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MR. C. W. A. SCOTT and Mr. T. Campbell Black arrived at Melbourne at 5.35 a.m. (G.M.T.), on Tues day, October 23, thus winning the England? Australia air race. The flyers left Mildenhall, England, at 6.35 a.m. on Saturday, October 20, thus completing the journey, a distance of 11,300 miles, in 2 days 23 hours. The aeroplane was a new D.H. Comet, constructed at the de Havilland works specially for the race. It was a low-wing monoplane with two unsupercharged Gipsy Six engines (230 horse-power). Mr. C. W. A. Scott has already several notable flights to his credit. In 1931, he flew from England to Australia in 9 days 4 hours 11 minutes, in 1932 he did the same journey in 8 days 20 hours 44 minutes, and in 1931 he flew from Australia to England in 10 days 23 hours. Mr. Campbell Black set up a new world Puss-Moth record in 1931 by covering 1,600 miles in a single day. The second arrivals at Melbourne were Mr. Parmentier and Mr. Moll, flying a Dutch K.L.M. (Douglas) air liner carry ing three passengers, who reached Melbourne at 12.54 a.m. (G.M.T.) on October 23, thus having com pleted the flight in just over three days. The flights are noteworthy achievements, for which tribute is due to the pilots for their skill and endurance, and not less to the designers and makers of the engines.
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England–Australia Air Race. Nature 134, 655 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134655b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134655b0