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12-710: The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race (also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race ) took place in October 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations . The race was devised by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne , Sir Harold Gengoult Smith , and the prize money of £15,000 was provided by Sir Macpherson Robertson , a wealthy Australian confectionery manufacturer, on the conditions that the race be named after his MacRobertson confectionery company , and that it

24-3253: A city in southern New South Wales , Australia. Town of Albury [ edit ] Name Term James T Fallon 1859–1862 Walter M Miller 1862–1863 John Roper 1862 Samual CV North 1864–1865 Samuel F Blackmore 1865–1866 Lewis Jones 1867 George H Mott 1868 George Day 1869–1870 Lewis Solomon 1871 William NM Edmonson 1872 George Day 1873 Kenneth McLennan 1874 James Day 1875–1876 William J Jones 1877–1878 Alfred H Emerson 1879–1880 George C Thorsold 1879 William NM Edmonson 1880 Alfred H Emerson 1881 William E Lamport 1882 George C Thorsold 1883 Luke Gulson 1884 George H Billson 1885–1886 Thomas H Griffth 1887 Thomas H Mate 1888 George A Thompson 1889–1890 Arthur Phillips 1892 George H Billson 1893 William Cleaver Woods 1894 David S Watson 1895–1896 James Hodge 1897 Conrad TenBrink 1898 Walter J Billson 1899–1900 John C Chenery 1901 Walter J Billson 1902 Robert M Wilkinson 1903 -1905 Conrad TenBrink 1906 Alfred Waugh 1907–1908 Alexander G Daniel 1909–1910 William C Woods 1911 James Allen 1912 George P Frere 1913 Alfred Waugh 1914 Stuart M Logan 1915 Percy D Burrows 1916 William Cleaver Woods 1917–1918 Alfred Waugh 1919–1920 Jame P Smithenbecker 1921 Alfred Waugh 1922 Clive H Burt 1923–1924 Henry G Davies 1925 Alfred Waugh 1926–1938 Dudley G Padman 1939 -1945 Cleaver E Bunton 1945 City of Albury [ edit ] Name Term Cleaver E Bunton 1946–1960 John C King 1961 Cleaver E Bunton 1961–1972 Tom E Pearsall 1973–1974 Cleaver E Bunton 1974–1976 Max R Barry 1976 Harold D Mair 1976 -1977 John L Roach 1977–1989 Leslie C Langford 1989–1992 Arch J McLeish 1992–1994 James G Paterson 1994 Leslie C Langford 1995 Amanda Duncan-Strelic 1995 Patricia G Gould 1996–1999 Mel Read 2000 Patricia G Gould 2001–2004 Arthur Frauenfelder 2004–2006 Amanda Duncan-Strelic 2006–2007 Stuart Baker 2007–2008 Patricia G Gould 2008–2009 Alice Glachan 2009–2013 Kevin Mack 2013–2015 Henk van de Ven 2015-2016 Kevin Mack 2016-2022 Kylie King 2022-Incumbent References [ edit ] ^ "Glachan steps aside, Mack and van de Ven elected" . The Border Mail . 24 September 2013 . Retrieved 9 February 2014 . ^ JOHNSTON, DAVID. "Mayor saved me: Henk" . Retrieved 2 October 2015 . Mayors of Albury (.pdf) – Albury City (PDF) , archived from

36-409: A flying replica. Comet G-ACSR promptly flew film of the race back to Britain setting a round trip record of 13 days 6 hr 43 min. The race was the basis for a 1991 Australian television miniseries The Great Air Race . 1934 in aviation This is a list of aviation -related events from 1934: List of mayors of Albury Mayors of Albury ,

48-600: A mixture of earlier racers, light transports, and old bombers. First off the line, watched by a crowd of 60,000, were Jim Mollison and his wife Amy Johnson in the Comet Black Magic , and they were early leaders in the race until forced to retire at Allahabad with engine trouble. This left the DH.88 Grosvenor House flown by Flight lieutenant C. W. A. Scott and Captain Tom Campbell Black well ahead of

60-548: The KLM Douglas DC-2 PH-AJU Uiver ("Stork") and Roscoe Turner 's Boeing 247 D. Both completed the course in less than a day more than the winner; KLM's DC-2 was even flying a regular route with passengers. During the race, the Uiver , low on fuel after the crew had become lost when caught in severe thunderstorms, ended up over Albury , New South Wales . Lyle Ferris, the chief electrical engineer of

72-618: The competitors could choose their own routes. A further 22 optional stops were provided with stocks of fuel and oil provided by Shell and Stanavo . The Royal Aero Club put some effort into persuading the countries along the route to improve the facilities at the stopping points. The basic rules were: no limit to the size of aircraft or power, no limit to crew size, and no pilot to join the aircraft after it had left England. Aircraft had to carry three days' rations per crew member, floats (e.g. buoyancy aids or personal flotation devices ), smoke signals, and efficient instruments. There were prizes for

84-612: The handicap section of the race, coming second overall. In gratitude KLM made a large donation to Albury District Hospital and Alf Waugh, the Mayor of Albury , was awarded an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau . Later that year the DC-2, on a flight from The Netherlands to Batavia , crashed in the Syrian desert near Rutbah Wells in western Iraq, killing all seven on board; it is commemorated by

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108-426: The outright fastest aircraft (£10,000 and a trophy, £1,500 and £500) and for the best performance on a handicap formula (£2000 and £1000) by any aircraft finishing within 16 days. The start was set at dawn (6:30) on 20 October 1934. By then, the initial field of over 60 had been reduced to 20, including three purpose-built de Havilland DH.88 Comet racers, two of the new generation of American all-metal airliners, and

120-456: The post office, went to the power station and signalled "A-L-B-U-R-Y" to the aircraft in Morse code by turning the town street lights on and off. Arthur Newnham, the announcer on radio station 2CO Corowa appealed for cars to line up on the racecourse to light up a makeshift runway. The Uiver landed successfully, and next morning was pulled out of the mud by locals to fly on to Melbourne and win

132-583: The rest of field, and they went on to win in a time of less than three days, despite flying the last stage with one engine throttled back because of an oil-pressure indicator giving a faulty low reading. They would have also won the handicap prize, but the race rules stipulated that no aircraft could win more than one prize. For their efforts the Royal Aeronautical Society awarded them the silver medal for Aeronautics. Significantly, both second and third quickest times were taken by airliners,

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144-719: Was organised to be as safe as possible. A further condition was that a gold medal be awarded to each pilot who completed the course within 16 days. The race was organised by an Air Race Committee, with representatives from the Australian government, aviation, and Melbourne Centenary authorities. The Royal Aero Club oversaw the event. The race ran from RAF Mildenhall in East Anglia to Flemington Racecourse , Melbourne, approximately 11,300 miles (18,200 km). There were five compulsory stops, at Baghdad , Allahabad , Singapore , Darwin , and Charleville, Queensland ; otherwise

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