The Bismarck tribune., 1934-10-23
SCOTT AND BLACK
END Long JOURNEY
HALF day IN LEAD.
Parmentier and Moll Land Safe.
" After Being Lost, Take
Second Prize
TURNER PANGBORN THIRD
10000 Persons Greet victors
With Noisy Demonstration
at Melbourne
TURNER .PANeBoRN THIRD
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London. Oct. 23.-(ReCol. Roscoe
Turner and Clyde Pangborn arrived
in Charleville at sos p. M. q. M. r.,
(3.o5 p. m, eastern standard time),
heading for Melbourne on the last leg
Of the race from England.
Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday,
Oct. 24.-(ReTwo Englishmen, Char
les w. A. Scott, 81, and Tom Campbell
Black, IS, won the $4,000 speed race
from England to Aelbourne Monday,
but their closest competitors, q Dutch
team in an American plane, won
fight for their lives early Tuesday.
The flying Dutchmen, K. D. Par
mentier and J. J. Moll, with five per-
sons in their big Douglas) transport
plane, were hours ahead Of their near
est rivals, Col. Roscoe Turner and
Clyde Pangborn, at midnight.
Then they became lost in transforms
which were sweeping over the high
uplands north Of the Australian Alps.
Australians, on the ground, saw
flares dropping from the great ship
through the sodden skies as the pilots
wandered in circles, trying to get their
bearings.
Plane Sends sos
Worst Of Ill, here ct the race head
quarters In Melbourne, was the re-
ceipt Of an SOS wireless message from
the plane. No one could 20 out to
the rescue, but q stream Of radio mes
sages was sent in an effort to help the
distressed fners.
Then came the best news heard here
since cheering throngs greeted the
English victors: Parmentier and Moll
had landed safely at Albury, about
200 miles northeast Of the finish line.
With the speed Of their ship, they
were only an hour from the home
port.
They landed there at 1:20 q. m,
C0:20 q. m, EST Tuesday.
A small district radio station was
given much Of the credit for assist
ing the Dutchmen to the safe land
ing. The station broadcast an appeal
to all farmers to 60 out and illuminate
the race course direction with their
automobile headlights.
The Comet plane OF Scott and Black
crossed the finish line at 3:34 p. m.
u2:30 a. m, EST Monday. setting q
record Of 70 hours, 50 minutes, so
seconds from Mildenhall Airdrome.
England.
Back Of them was scattered . field
Of outstanding pilots. most Of them
badly beaten in the ambitious IL ,323-
mile race halfway around the world.
The Parmentier plane had 120 gal
Ions Of gasoline still unused when it
landed.
The Dutch contestants plane was
Tot damaged but was deeply begged.
The pilots expect to extricate the
plane ct daylight after sending pas
sengers and mail to the nearest air.
drome. Parmentier explained that he
lost his course through dodging thun-
derstorms and eventually discovered
hts position when the Albury power
house turned the town lights on and
off spelling Albury in the Morse code.
Turner Picks Up Time
Turner was expected In Charleville
at q. m. local time moon Tuesday,
E. s. IT, He might have . fighting
chance to nose out parmentier II he
continues promptly.
H. L. Brook Of England, the Tall
ender in the race, arrived ct Athens
at 1902 p. m. Tuesday with 4 broken
propeller. He stayed there to await
its replacement.
1T was lousy trip and that Il
praising It," said Scott as newspaper
men swarmed about him for inter-
views.
The trip cut by more than two
thirds the record for . flight to Aus
tralia. Scott and Black, former Brit
ish army and navy fliers. respective
~, averaged 176.5 miles an hour fly
ing time and l60 miles an hour fo1
total elapsed time. They used {
British plane GEE Haviland Comet
with q gypsy vi motor.
More than $4,000 persons gathered
to welcome the fliers at Laverton air
drome.
All Scott and Black could do was to
smile YEARLY. Temporary deafness
robbed them Of the enjoyment OF the
shouted cheers and congratulations
They were guided through the crowd
to q hangar where they were given
nourishment.
Given Official Welcome
Returning to Pennington race
course, where the official finish line
is, the fliers were paraded down the
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