A. E. Clouston
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Air Commodore Arthur Edmond Clouston, was a New Zealand–born British test pilot and senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He took part in several air races and record-breaking flights in the 1930s.
A.E. Clouston, September 1936
Hafner AR.III (G-ADMV) at Heston, 1935
Miles Hawk Speed Six (G-ADOD), September 1936
DH.88 Comet (G-ACSS), Gravesend, August 1937
The Schlesinger Race, also known as the "Rand Race", the "Portsmouth – Johannesburg Race" or more commonly the 'African Air Race', took place in September 1936. The Royal Aero Club announced the race
A. E. Clouston
…retired when an oil pipe fractured. On 29 September 1936, he took off from Portsmouth Airport in his Miles Hawk Speed Six (G-ADOD), at the start of the Schlesinger Race to Johannesburg. He was one of nine starters, but force landed 200 miles short of the race destination, and was the last of eight entries that failed…
Official Schesinger Race programme, Front cover 1936
I. W. Schlesinger. Flight, 8 October 1936
Scott and Guthrie triumphant after winning the race. Flight, 8 October 1936
Scott and Guthrie standing in front of the winning Vega Gull.