Evening star., 1934-10-20

By the Associated Press.
In the greatest race in history, 19
airplanes roared southeastward from
England today, bound for pot of gold
in Australia.
They were the contestants In the
Mac Robertson international air race.
They started from Mildenhall Air
drome, England, at $50 am. G. NJ. T.
Q:3o am. E. S. To, hoping to reduce
appreciably the present flying time
to Melbourne, Australia, of s days
II hours Sc minutes, set one year ago
today by Charles T. P. Ulm. The total
distance is approximately $4,000 miles.
BY midafternoon. English time, the
Dutch team of K. D. Parmentier and
J. ]. Moll, flying an American
Douglass alrplane appeared far in
the lead. They had passed over
Athens at 2:15 pm, G. NJ. T, with
Baghdad their proposed next stop.
Parmentier and Mol returned to the
Greek airport an hour and quarter
later. They remained 81 minutes.
soaring OH again dl y OS pm.
Miss Cochran Drops Out.
American partisans were jolted by
the withdrawal from the race of
Miss Jacqueline Cochran and Wesley
Smith of New York after they
reached Bucharest after making the
300-mile hop in the good time of
GA hours.
Miss Cochran said after landing:
"Our machine did not live up to ex-
pectations nor to the extraordinary
strain 20 which it was subjected on this
flight. Insead Of doing $50 kilometers
1886 miles, an hour, as we expected. it
did only little more than 300 kilome-
ters Q86 miles,.
The aerodynamic conditions Of the
machine also failed to fulfil expecta-
tions. Then we also were disappointed
in the stability of our machine"
At that time no report had come
on the progress of Col. Roscoe Turner
and Clyde Pangborn, the team con-
sidered Americas hope in the race.
The third American team of John
H. Wright and John Polando was
coming along gamely, despite some
motor trouble which caused them to
stop for repairs at Marseille.
Capt. T. Neville Stack of England
was forced down at Abbeville, France
in heavy fog bank at 8:35 am. He
made perfect landing and planned
to continue when the weather cleared.
H. L. Brook also was forced down
by bad weather at 9:l5 am, at Plessis
LuZarches. France.
j. D. Hewett and C. E. Kay Of New
Zealand we're forced down at Boulogne,
France, by engine trouble.
Experience Engine Trouble.
The air ministry at Croydon, heard
that r. Parer and G. E. Hen1sworth of
New Guinea were forced down near
Boulogne, France, because Of engine
trouble.
Squadron Leader Malcolm Mac
Gregor of New Zealand landed at
Marseille at Ills am, refueled and
took of for Rome at 1l:42 am. They
reached there at 2:55 pm.
James Woods and D. c. Bennett
OF Australia arrived at Marseille at
1924 am. and landed at Rome at
2:30 pm.
c. j. Melrose of Australia arrived
at Marseille at 1908 pm. and set of
for Rome at 1874 pm.
The plane Of Col. James C. Fitz-
maurice of Ireland never left the
field at Mildenhan. He withdrew his
entry because required reduction in
his fuel supply would have cut his
flying radius.
Stodarts Leave for Rome.
Squadron Leader D. E. Stodart and
K. G. Stodart of England landed at
Marseille at 1928 pm. and left for
Rome at 1888 pm.
D. L. Asjes and G. j. Geysendorfer
of the Netherlands arrived at Mar
seille at 1927 pm.
Lieut.. M. Hansen of Denmark land
ed his plane at Marseille at los pm.
He took off at 1;29 pm. for Rome.
Flying Officer H. D. Gilman, Brit
ish. who was reported to have made
a forced landing at Lyon, later flew
on toward Marseille.
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