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1927
1927 - 0260.PDF
APRIL 21. 1927 THE BOURNEMOUTHEASTER MEETING Bournemouth, Good Friday, April 15 FOR several years now FLIGHT has advocated the introductionof " one-design " racing, somewhat on the lines familiar to yachting enthusiasts, pointing out that air racing betweenmachines of widely differing power and characteristics, in which one machine has to give another a very long startis not likely to be anything like as interesting as is a race between machines of identical type and power. In the lattercase scratch racing becomes possible and the race is decided mainly by the skill of the pilot in flying a good course, corner-ing, flying high or low according to the wind direction, etc. The Bournemouth Easter meeting,although the great majorityof races are handicaps, seems to have brought much nearer the day of the one-design race, thanks mainly to the de Havil-land Aircraft Company's production of the " Moth," which is the machine used by all the subsidised light 'plane clubs,and which is represented by some nine or ten out of the 28 machines present at the Ensbury Park racecourse. The fact that the " Cirrus Mark II " engine has been introduced recently has resulted in a number of " Moths " being equipped with this engine, and consequently a distinction has to be made between those " Moths " fitted with the more powerful " Cirrus " and those which still use the older Mark I. Never- theless, the Bournemouth meeting is remarkable for a much closer similarity between competing machines than we have had in air racing in this country for very many years, if ever before. This, we think, is a step in the right direction. Another welcome feature of this meeting is that the private element, as represented by private owners, the light aero- plane clubs, etc., forms a large percentage as compared with the " trade " machines. This also is a healthy sign, and promises well for the future of air racing in Great Britain. Altogether the first air race meeting of 1927 has all the appear- ances of marking an important milestone in British sporting aviation. Altogether 21 events have been planned for the Bourne- [" FLIGHT " Photographs THE BOURNEMOUTH EASTER MEETING 1927 : Top, a view of the aerodrome, with some of the machines. Below a general view of the enclosures. 234
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