More Info →Squadron Leader M. C. McGregor and H. C. Walker with the Miles Hawk ZK-ADJ

Description

As part of their centenary celebrations, the City of Melbourne organised an Air Race from London to Melbourne. The Manawatū entrants, Squadron-Leader Malcolm McGregor, the then local instructor, and H. C. Walker, first 'A' licensee trained by the Club, finished in fifth place. Their Miles Hawk ZK-ADJ was the first single-engine machine to reach Australia and they were also the first of 'Handicap Only' competitors. H. C. Walker provided an account of the race in Middle Districts Aero Club: 1928-1978 Jubilee publication (1978).

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F7_039262

Archive

Manawatū District Aero Club

Relation

CA: Manawatū District Aero Club, Series 6, Folder 7

Date

circa 1934

Digitisation id

2022P_ManawatuAeroClub_S6-F7_039262

Format

B&W print

Held In

"Community Archives"