Kingsford smiths entry charles kingsford smiths lockheed altair, with its offending name papered over, was lifted off the s. Initially there were 64 entrants but by starting time only 20 aircraft took part. The melbourne centenary air race, also known as the macrobertson international air race, was held in october 1934, to commemorate the centenary of the establishment of melbourne and the first european settlement of victoria. The macrobertson trophy air race took place october, 1934 as part of the melbourne centenary celebrations. Published on october 20, 2012 dawn on october 20, 1934, marked the beginning of the macrobertson air race, a race over an 11,380 mile grueling route that spanned from the starting point at raf mildenhall airfield in east anglia, england, to flemington racecourse in melbourne, australia. Macpherson robertson and the centenary air race velvet, iron. This week marks the 80 th anniversary of the historic macrobertson air race, put together by the royal aero club.
More specifically, its the 75th anniversary of the day the race was won. Scott and campbellblack, at singapore, were leading by 1,300 miles. Today, friday 24th october 2014 marks the 80th anniversary of the uiver landing at albury when. Macrobertson race october 20, 1934 mildenhall, england, to melbourne, australia 11,300 mi. Macrobertson international air race collection 1934 manuscript 1934. The macrobertson air race trophy the rules while earlier races to australia had simply been a prize to the first to successfully make the journey, by the 1930s, the reliability of aircraft had come to the point when the task was more properly organized as a race, with all the competitors taking off together and making the race to the finish. In 19 he donated his property for use by the fairfield bowling, tennis and croquet club. Hes also a longtime sawbones team member, and can be found at the merchandise table at the reno air races sharing his knowledge of aviation history and sawbones.
Macrobertson international air race collection 1934. The entire wikipedia with video and photo galleries for each article. The 1934 macrobertson air race airplane geeks podcast. In 1934, as part of the melbourne centenary celebrations, macrobertson donated 15,000 pounds in prize money for the macrobertson trophy air race, an aviation race between australia and england. Other than five compulsory stops baghdad, allahabad, singapore, darwin and charleville, queensland, the competitors could choose their own routes. Its the 75th anniversary of the macrobertson trophy air race. Medal macrobertson international air race, victoria. Fictional story about the 1934 london melbourne macpherson robertson. Klm douglas dc2 uiver at darwin during macrobertson air race, 1934. All payments must be received only by paypal within 10 days from the end of bid.
Uiver memorial community trust we are a notforprofit organisation devoted to restoring alburys uiver memorial dc2 aircraft. The race was initiated as part of the melbourne and victorian centenary celebrations. The story of 2co radio, alburys remarkable people and the uivers crew are one of the few occasions where the legend is less amazing than the facts. Winner of the handicap section and second fastest in the 1934 air race was a douglas dc2, uiver stork, crewed by d. The 1934 air race from london to melbourne was sponsored by melbourne businessman and philanthropist sir macpherson robertson, founder of the macrobertson confectionery company. Karachi and allahabad proved aviators undoing in a 1934 air race. Scott and tom campbell black macrobertson air race mildenhall uk to melbourne aus october 1934 result. Macrobertson air race news newspapers books scholar jstor january 2019. Combined with the led backlighting, colors appear bright and vibrant from almost any angle, making the macbook air ideal for anyone editing photos, creating a presentation or just watching a movie. Scott and tom campbell black of britain, who took just two days and twentythree hours to cover the 18200 km from london to melbourne.
In 1934 the macrobertson air race proclaimed itself as the greatest international air race devised, and history has confirmed that bold claim. The race was devised by the lord mayor of melbourne, sir harold gengoult smith, and the prize money of. The macrobertson race the worlds greatest air race, from england to australia to celebrate melbournes centenary in 1934, was the media event of the era, and the 37 pilots who assembled at mildenhall in mid october included some of the worlds most famous aviators. The aircraft shown over the following pages are listed in order of the race number that was given to each aircraft for the race. As with the round australia expedition, the air race was created to push the boundaries of industrial and commercial travel. Sir macpherson robertson with the winners trophy for the macrobertson air race sir macpherson robertson 1 kbe 6 september 1859 20 august 1945 was an australian philanthropist, entrepreneur and founder of chocolate and confectionery company macrobertsons. In october 1934 the mollisons took part in the macrobertson air race. With tim hughes, robert reynolds, caroline goodall, jonathan hyde.
Tom lymburn is a well known aviation historian and air show announcer in the midwest, and particularly well known in eaa circles, having attended eaas airventure for over 35 years. The uiver story is undeniably one of the most significant events in local history, and an important footnote in global aviation history. Mariposa by the crane titan and taken by barge to anderson park, neutral bay. Gold medal awarded to charles james melrose, the only australian pilot to win a prize in the melbourne centenary air race. The print features the uk and australian flags bottom corners of the print, the aircrafts details, and the title. The unique place of the 1934 macrobertson air race in aviation history. In 1921 he promoted a romanticised book of his enterprise entitled a young man and a nail can. More specifically, its the 75th anniversary of the day the race was won, 23 october 1934. The third day of the great air race from mildenhall england to melbourne australia for the macrobertson trophy given in connection with the victorian centenary celebrations finds the leaders, scott and black, in their d.
Superb illustrated cover carried on aeroplane dh 89 dragon rapide tainui zk aco and signed by pilot c. This section illustrates all of the participants that took part in the 1934 mildenhall melbourne, macrobertson air race. Macrobertson air race poster, 1934 growth continued through innovative marketing and sponsorships as well as philanthropic donations. One team took a staggering 116 days, escaping mussolinis forces along the way, while another crew was saved by the people of albury in an astonishing overnight rescue effort. Designed with an ultrathin display, the apple macbook air features 66 x 768 resolution on the 11 and 1440 x 900 resolution on the. Macrobertson centenary air race aviation in australia stories.
Macpherson robertson and the centenary air race velvet. A look back to the lead up to the macrobertson air race. Officially the speed race was called macrobertson international air race, and the handicap race was called thats right the macrobertson international handicap air race. The machine is labelled pd after its sponsor, millionaire peter dawson, a whisky manufacturer, who financed the purchase of the machine and much of the journey. The story of the amazing 1934 macrobertson air race from england to melbourne has it all. The macrobertson trophy air race also known as the london to melbourne air race took place october, 1934 as part of the melbourne centenary celebrations. Macrobertson centenary air race aviation in australia. The london to melbourne air race was an event that garnered international interest with contestants from britain, usa, europe, australia and new zealand. The buildings decline after chocolatemanufacturing moved to. Available in the national library of australia collection. Parmentier, landed eight hours behind them, and the klm crew cut their fuelling time down to 30 minutes in an effort to close the gap. The macrobertson air race, 1934 england to australia. It was divided into a speed competition and a handicap division, and was run over an 11,300 mile course. Macrobertsons operated in melbourne from 1880, and became the largest.
The great 1934 london to melbourne race was sponsored by the melbourne confectionary giant, sir macpherson robertson. Macrobertson air race 1934, england to australia, top centre. To celebrate the centenary of melbourne in october 1934, an air race was organised between england and australia the sponsor was sir macpherson robertson and 20 planes left mildenhall near london on 20 october. Only 200 carried, a large chunk of those are now lost to philately, and this is in the cleanest condition youll ever see for something 78 years old, and worth a. Medal macrobertson international air race, netherlands, 1934. The race commenced from mildenhall aerodrome near london on 20 october 1934. The centenary international air race, from london to melbourne, was sponsored by businessman and philanthropist sir macpherson robertson, who had founded the largest confectionary business in the commonwealth, macrobertson confectionary manufacturers ltd. In the 1934 macrobertson trophy air race, on the final leg from charleville to melbourne, the klm dc2.
Macrobertson air race 1934 pictorial speedplanes for. 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 route covered 18,240 km 11,330 miles from england to australia. It closed in 1972, and in 1976 the contents were transferred to the national air and space museum, where the exhibits include the boeing 247 that turner flew in the macrobertson race. Macrobertson air race trophy kf7nn9 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. Worlds greatest air race for macrobertson trophy picture. The race was from mildenhall in suffolk, all the way to melbourne, australia. Ray parer later took part in a similar journey, the macrobertson trophy air race in 1934. Comet, actually in australia and more than halfway across the continent to melbourne, their arrival having been.