Flight Contest \"London-Melbourne\" 

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Flight Contest \"London-Melbourne\"
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1387259
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Flight Contest \"London-Melbourne\"
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Australia
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1934
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Comment (free translation): Flight race "London-Melbourne" with the cooperation of the "Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij". The plane "UIVER" pilots Parmentier and Moll took off from London on October 20, 1934 at dawn, reaching Melbourne on October 24, 1934 at 10.54 am; it came first in the handicap competition and second in the speed competition, immediately after the Englishmen Scott and Campbell Black. Flown back to Europe by Parmentier and Moll, the "UIVER" took part in the raid "Amsterdam-Batavia" with 3 passengers and 4 crew members on board. The plane crashed on fire in Iraq. There was a national mourning in the Netherlands.

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