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1921
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SEPTEMBER 15, 1921 IXe Rocral &ero Clu.of th& United KL OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS 'CROYDON AVIATION MEETING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1921 List of Competitors Entrant. Pilot. Machine. Engine. Surrey. Flying A. F. Muir .. Avro 504K 130-h.p. Cler- Services get. "Vice-Admiral Mark Kerr . . B.E. 2e . . 90-h.p. R.A.F.Mark Kerr, iA C.B., M.V.O. A. S. Butler .. A. S. Butler . . Bristol 240-h.p. Sidde- Tourer ley Puma. G. de Havilland G. de Havil- D.H.o .. 90-h.p. R.A.F. land 1 A. Brompton Motor A. H. Dalton D.H.6 .. 80-h.p. Ren- Company ault. Aircraft Dis- H. Shaw or D.H.ga . . 400-h.p. posal Com- M.W. Piercy Liberty, pany Surrey Flying A. F. Muir .. S.E.5a .. 220-h.p. Wolse- Services" ~ ley Viper. F. J. Ortweiler F. J. Ortweiler S.E.sa .. 220-h.p. Wolse- ley Viper.•F. S. Cotton .. F. S. Cotton S.E.5a . . 220-h.p. Wolse- ley Viper.H. A. Petre . . H. A, Petre . . Avro 504K 110-h.p. Le Rhone.W. R. Bailey .. W. R. Bailey. . Avro 504K 110-h.p. Le Rhone. A. V. Roe .. Lt.-Col. D. A. Avro 504K 110-h.p. Le Spenser Grey, Rhone. D.S.O. Welsh Aviation F. G. M. Sparks Avro 548.. 80-h.p. Ren- Company ault. Oxfordshire Maj. B. Fer- Avro 504K 110-h.p. Le Aviation rand, D.S.O., Rhone Services D.S.C. Sq.-Leader G. G. H. Bow- Sopwith 200-h.p. B.R.2. H. Bowman, man Snipe D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C. J.H.James .. J.H.James Sparrow- 200-h.p. B.R.2. hawk 3.0 p.m. Club Handicap.—Prizes : 1st, ^20 ; 2nd (if five starters), £10. For machines Avro type, engine power not ••exceeding 150 h.p. The race is over a distance of approxi- mately 24 miles, being three laps of the course. Pilot. Machine. Engine. D. A. Spenser Grey .. Avro 504K .. 110-h.p.Le Rhone. A. F. Muir .. .. Avro 504K . . 130-h.p. Clerget. H. A. Petre .. .. Avro 504K .. no h.p. Le Rhone. F. G. M. Sparks .. Avro 548 . . 80 h.p. Renault. W. R. Bailey .. Avro 504K .. 110-h.p. Le Rhone. B. Ferrand .. .. Avro 504K .. no-h.p. Le Rhone. 3.30 p.m. First Waddon Handicap.—Prizes : 1st, £30 ; 2nd (if five starters), £10. For machines with a speed of not less than 100 miles per hour. The race is over a distance -of approximately 24 miles, being three laps of the course. Pilot. Machine. Engine. F. J. Ortweiler .. S.E.5a .. 220-h.p. Wolseley Viper. F S. Cotton .. .. S.E.sa .. 220-h.p. Wolseley Viper. A. F. Muir .. .. S.E.5a .. 220-h.p. Wolseley Viper. G. H. Bowman .. Sopwith Snipe 200-h.p. B.R.2. Engine. 400-h,p. Liberty. Pilot. Machine. H. Shaw or M. W. D.H.aa Piercy J. H. James . . . . Sparrowhawk 200-h.p. B.R.2. 4 o'clock. First Croydon Handicap. Prizes: 1st, ^30 ; 2nd (if five starters), £\o. For machines with a speed of less than 100 miles per hour. The race is over a distance of approximately 24 miles, being three laps of the course. Pilot. Machine. Engine. A. H. Dalton .. .. D.H.6 .. .. 80 h.p. Renault. A. F. Muir .. .. Avro 504K .. 130-h.p. Clerget. H. A. Petre .. .. Avro 504K .. 110-h.p. Le Rhone. W. R. Bailey .. Avro 504K .. no-h.p. Le Rhone. D. A. Spenser Grey . . Avro 504K . . rio-h.p. Le Rhone. F. G. M. Sparks . . Avro 548 . . 80-h.p, Renault. Mark Kerr . . . . B.E.2e . . 90-h.p. R.A.F. IA. B. Ferrand .. .. Avro 504K .. 110-h.p. Le Rhone. G. de Havilland . . D.H.O . . . . 90-h.p. R.A.F. iA. 4.45. First Autumn Handicap.—Prizes : 1st, £50 ; 2nd (if five starters), £20. For machines occupying the first three places in the Waddon and Croydon Handicaps. The race is over a distance of approximately 32 miles, being four laps of the course. For competitors occupying the first three places in the Waddon and Croydon Handicaps. 5.15. Air League Challenge Cup. (Presented by Major-General Sir Sefton Brancker, K.C.B., and Mr. Philip S. Foster).—Relay race for three teams of three pilots each. Red. ' White. Blue. Flight-Lieut. J. M. Major E. L. Capt. A F. Muir. Robb, D.F.C. Foot, M.C. Flight-Lieut. R. W. Sq.-Leader G. H. F. J. Ortweiler. Chappell, M.C. Bowman, D.S.O., M.C. Flying Officer P. Mur- Major C. H. R. F. S. Cotton, gatroyd Johnstone, M.C. The race is over a distance of approximately 24 miles, being three laps of the course. One representative of each team will start together on S.E.5a machines. At the end of the first lap they will alight on the aerodrome, hand a baton to a second representative of each team, who will then fly the second lap in Avro machines. At the end of the second lap the second representatives of each team will alight on the aerodrome and hand the baton to the third representatives of each team, who will then fly the third lap in S.E.5a machines. On completing the third lap the machines will cross the finishing line in flight. The winning team will be the one whose representative, having properly completed the course, is the first to cross the finishing line. 6 p.m. Balloon Sniping Competition.—Three small balloons will be released at short intervals and immediately afterwards the machine will set off in pursuic. The machine will carry a passenger, whose object is to shoot down the balloons. An ordinary shot gun loaded with dust shot will be used. The competitor who destroys three balloons in the shortest time will be the winner. Each competitor will be allowed ten minutes to destroy the three balloons. Course.—The course for each event is approximately 8 miles, the turning points being Waddon Aerodrome, a white cross on the ground near Purley Downs Golf Club, and Croydon Cement Works, Beddington. Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB,3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON. W.i. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary. Meteorology and Aviation MAJOR-GENERAL SIR FREDERICK SYKES, Controller- General of Civil Aviation and Chairman of the British Meteorological Committee, presided at a lunch given by the •Government on September 9 at the Carlton Hotel to the International Meteorological Committee and sub-committees, ~which are at present conferring in London. General Sykes emphasised the importance of international co-operation in meteorological matters. He said that he understood that of the four commissions which were meeting in London that •which has the most difficult problems to discuss is the :., •->. v, .,...-.:- K • ' 619 Commission for Weather Telegraphy. Civil Aviation has, he said, made new demands on the weather forecaster which could not be met by the old interchange of information, and wireless telegraphy brings with it its own difficulties. He wished Col. Sacconey's commission every success. Avia- tion and meteorology must go hand in hand. It is a mutual- partnership, for aviation needs meteorology and meteorology needs aviation. General Sykes concluded by paying a warm tribute to the work of Sir Napier Shaw, and said that his work for England had been paralleled by the work done for France by Professor Angot.
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