The MacRobertson Race from Mildenhall to Melbourne 1934
The Story of the Race, at a glance:
| Race No | Pilot(s) |
Plus |
Result | |||||
|
Miles M.2F Hawk Major |
ZK-ADJ | 2 |
|
Mad Mac McGregor | .jpg) |
Johnnie Walker | 5th in Handicap | |
|
Boeing 247D 'Warner Bros. Comet' |
NR257Y | 5 |  |
Roscoe Turner |  |
Clyde Pangborn |
Reeder Nichols (radio operator) |
3rd in Speed Race |
|
Pander S4 'Panderjager' |
PH-OST | 6 |  |
Gerrit Geijsendorpher |  |
Dick Asjes | Retired Allahabad, north-east India | |
|
Desoutter Mk II |
OY-DOD | 7 |  |
Michael Hansen |
Daniel Jensen (flight engineer) |
7th in Handicap Race | ||
|
Airspeed AS.5 Courier |
G-ACJL / VH-UUF | 14 |  |
David Stodart |  |
Kenneth Stodart | 4th in Handicap Race | |
|
Fairey IIIF 'Time and Chance' |
G-AABY / VH-UTT | 15 |  |
Cyril Davies |  |
C N Hill | Disqualified - arrived too late | |
|
D.H.80 Puss Moth 'My Hildegarde' |
VH-UQO / G-AEEB | 16 |  |
Jimmy Melrose | 3rd in Handicap Race | |||
|
D.H. Comet |
G-ACSR / F-ANPY | 19 |  |
Owen Cathcart Jones |  |
Ken Waller | 4th in Speed Race | |
|
Miles M.3 Falcon |
G-ACTM | 31 |  |
Harold Brook |
Miss Ella Lay |
Disqualified - arrived too late | ||
|
Lambert Monocoupe 110 'Baby Ruth' |
NC-501W | 33 |  |
Jack Wright |  |
John Polando | Retired at Calcutta - engine trouble | |
|
D.H Comet 'Grosvenor House' |
G-ACSS / K5084 | 34 |  |
C.W.A. Scott |  |
Tom Campbell Black | 1st in Speed and Handicap Races | |
|
Fairey Fox I |
G-ACXO / J7950, VH-UTR | 35 |  |
Ray Parer |  |
Godfrey Hemsworth | Disqualified - arrived too late | |
|
Lockheed 5C Vega 'Puck' |
G-ABGK / NC372E? G-ABFE VH-UVK A42-1 |
36 |  |
Jimmy Woods |  |
Don Bennett | Retired at Aleppo, Syria - gear trouble | |
|
Douglas DC-2 'Uiver' |
PH-AJU | 44 |  |
Koene Dirk Parmentier |  |
Jan Johannes Moll |
Bouwe Prins (flight engineer) Cornelius v. Brugge (radio operator) Roelof.Dominie P. M. J. Gilissen Thea Rasche |
2nd in Speed and Handicap Rac |
|
Granville R-6H Gee Bee 'QED' |
NX14307 | 46 |  |
Jackie Cochran |  |
Leland Smith | Retired at Bucharest, Romania - flap trouble | |
|
Klemm B.K.1 Eagle |
G-ACVU | 47 |  |
Geoffrey Shaw | Retired at Bushire, Persia - gear trouble | |||
|
Airspeed AS8 Viceroy |
G-ACMU | 58 |  |
Neville Stack |  |
Sydney Turner |
Butch McArthur (radio operator) |
Retired at Athens - electrical trouble |
|
D.H. Dragon Rapide 'Tainui' |
ZK-ACO | 60 |  |
James Duff Hewett |  |
Cyril Kay |
F Stewart |
6th in Handicap Race |
|
Fairey Fox I |
G-ACXX / J8424 | 62 |  |
James Baines |  |
Harold Gilman | Crashed Foggia, Italy, killing Baines and Gilman | |
|
D.H. 88 Comet 'Black Magic' |
G-ACSP / CS-AAJ | 63 |  |
Jim Mollison |  |
Amy Mollison | Retired Allahabad, NE India - broken oil line | |
