Mildenhall, Oct. 20 NE of the most sensational races ever to be recorded in the annals Col. Roscoe Turner of aviation started punctually at 6.30 this morning when the twenty competitors in the London to Melbourne air-race, held in connection with the Victorian Centenary Celebrations, began to take off safely from Mildenhall aerodrome, each determined to beat time over a course of 11,300 miles.
To the sound of wild cheering from the thousands of spectators who had been gathered at Mildenhall since four o'clock this morning, Mr. and Mrs, James A. Mollison were the first to set out in their D. H.
Comet Gipsy VI.
The flying couple were. followed at intervals of 45 seconds by the other competitors, and within seventeen minutes all twenty starters had cleared the field Sir Alfred Bower, Acting Lord the amazing show of speed by Mayor of London, was the starter. the leading entry, C.W.A. Scott and He stood on the ground with a red 'T. Campbell Black, who arrived in flag which he dropped for each Port Darwin this morning at 11.08 machine on a signal from the thin
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