The Archive · 1935

L. Brook Sets Up New Mark

London, Mar. 30.

Shattering the old mark by over thirteen hours, Mr. H. L. Brook, one of the competitors in the great Lon-fon-Melbourne air race last year, landed at Lympne. in Kent, to-day, with a new record for a flight from Australia to England to his credit.

Flying a new. type Miles-Hawke machine, he made the dash from Port to Lympne in seven days, 19 1nd $0 minutes. achieving this feat, he clipped 10 min. from the unofficial record set by C.J. Melrose, the young Australian tier, last Septem-

GAMUT. to-day. He took part in the handicap race to Australia last year, taking 26 days and 20 hours to reach

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