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JUKE 14, 1928 low altitudes, and in fact seemed to do just what he likedwith the machine. No sooner had we persuaded our hairs to settle down thana flight of three Gloster " Gamecocks " from No. 43 Fighter Squadron (Tangmere), led by Sqdn. Leader C. N. Lowe, M.C.,D.F.C., with Flt.-Lieut. Collier, Flying-Officer Pritchett ;and /or Flying-Officer Hayter, took off and gave us one of those delightful demonstrations of close formation flying for whichthe R.A.F. are now world famous. In spite of the high wind, they carried out most of the evolutions, with wing-tipalmost touching wing-tip, which we have had the pleasure of seeing before at the R.A.F. Display, the Hamble Pageant,and elsewhere, but they wisely, we think, did not attempt the " inter-leaved spin." After this—still on time—came the final of the Air LeagueChallenge Cup (2 laps), in which five started, as follows :— Air League Challenge Cup • First Prize, Challenge Cup and £50 presented by the Duke of Sutherland ; second prize, /25 ; third prize, £10. Pilot and Entrant. R. L. Jackson (Midland Ae.C.)F. L. Turnboll (Newcastle Ae.C.) Miss W. Brown (Lancashire Ae.C.)Norman Jones (London Ae.C) H. Brooklyn (Hulton Ae.C.) Flight-Lieut. Le Poer Trench on the K.A.C. II was a non-starter. While they were away on their first lap, Capt. H. A.Brown gave a thrilling exhibition on a slotted Avian, which included extraordinary hovcrings and loops and half loopsclose to the ground. Meanwhile, the racers concluded their first lap ; 'LW wasstill in front, but 'Wl and 'RO had obtained second and third places respectively, 'VZ being fourth and 'PT last.At the end of the final lap, 'RO had obtained the lead, having passed both 'Wl and 'LW—the latter now being third.'VZ and 'PT remained as before, fourth and fifth. The result of the Air League Challenge Cup race was thereforeas follows :—(1) H. Brooklyn, 20 mins. 10 sees. (90J m.p.h.). (2) Norman Jones, 20 mins. 16f sees. (87J m.p.h.). (3) R. L.Jackson, 20 mins. 40 sees. (75 m.p.h.). Next came an individual aerobatic display by Fit.-Lieut.A. C. Collier, on a Gloster " Gamecock." When we say this was up to the usual R.A.F. standard, we have said about allthat can be said. This pilot executed loops, rolls, spins, upside-down flights and all the other evolutions which notso very long ago would have been considered impossible. Machine and Engine. "Moth-Cirrus 1 " 'LW" Moth-X-Cimis II ' " Avian-Cirrus II " '* Moth X-Cirrus II ' " Widgeon-Genet II ' 'PT . VZ .' 'Wl . " 'RQ Handicap mins. 3 2 . 1. 0 0 .sees26 13 SI 59 31 He concluded his splendid performance in a heavy rain storm.With the rain, also came a slight break-up in the pro- gramme; the next event down (No. 9) was the parachutedescent, but conditions just then were, of course, such that an event of this character was out of the question. Thenagain, Event 10 was to have been a demonstration of speed by Flt.-Lieut. Luxmore on the Avro " Avenger " (Napier" Lion "), but for some reason unknown this event did not materialise. There was, however, an excellent " Deputy." This was a demonstration of Crazy Flying by SquadronLeader Noakes on an Avro " Avian III " (" Cirrus II " engine) fitted with the Handley Page slotted wings. Noakesau nature! was always a dish that required some effort to swallow—but with sauce a la Slot ! Well, we still feel some-what uncertain as to what actually happened, if it did, during that remarkable Jazz round the Aerodrome. Anyway,if we tried to describe it, we doubt if the words required could be found even in the new Dictionary ! However, we were brought to earth by the next event, a" Ground Strafe " in which our R.A.F. friends, in the " Game- cocks " surprised a " hostile tank " (we feel certain it waslast year's Turkish Bath cabinet), and bombed it by con- verging attack methods. Incidentally, one of the bombs—or part thereof—endeavoured to obtain a free flight on the Imperial Airways Handley Page engaged in passenger carrying, for after leaving the " Gamecock " it made its way through the fuselage of the H.P. and stowed itself away inthe luggage compartment ! We now come to Event No. 12, the final of the balloon-bursting competition. The high wind rather upset this event, for when the bunch of balloons was released theywere carried rapidly out of sight—except for those who had glasses. However, five pilots took turns at attempting todestroy as many of each bunch of nine as they could. The first two, J. D." Parkinson on " Moth " 'P.T., and a second" Moth " (we failed to identify) each accounted for five. Somebody—Flight-Lieut. Worsley, according to the pro-gramme—on the Parnall " Imp,"' came next, but only succeeded in " Imp "-aling one. Flight-Lieut. Paget, on" Widgeon " 'RQ, and A. Goodfellow, on " Avian " 'RR, followed with 2 and 3 respectively. Event 13 was respectfully ignored by the organisers.It was now just on 5 o'clock, and the wind having somewhat calmed down it was announced that Miss June would makeher parachute descent. She went up in an Avro piloted by Capt. Mnir, of the Surrey Flying Services. Having climbed [" FLIGHT " Photograph AT THE MIDLAND PAGEANT : Miss Mollie Darby (leit), Col. M. O. Darby, O.B.E. (Judge), and (right) Marques de C6rdoba, who is visiting this country fromSpain to purchase aircraft. 445 [" FLIGHT " Photograph THE NEWCASTLE TEAM AT BIRMINGHAM: On the left, Flight-Lieut. Turnbull, winner of the Inter-Club Handicap, and J. D. Parkinson,who represented the Newcastle Aero Cl,ub.
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