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FLIGHT. MAY 30, 1929 j 1 Pit/It; CLI«a-Gsx, 56R$i«rTHE SA5S0CW CUP A GOOD race, with a closefinish, marked this yearsJf race, on May 28, for the Sassoon Cup—one of the few Servicesporting air events held for pilots in the'R.A.F. It is a handicap cross-country race between the various Fighter-Squadrons for a trophy pre-sented by Sir Philip Sassoon. This year the race started andfinished at Northolt, and the course lay via North Weald, Hornchurch,Biggin Hill, Kenley and Brooklands, a total distance of 100 miles. Anew feature was introduced this time in the handicapping, which broughtout an element of skill on the part of pilot and crew apart from actualflying and performance of the machine. Pilots and crews wereplaced 100 yards from their machines, which were empty of fuel and oil,and with one wheel detached. On the word " go " they ran to theirmachines and had to pump in the fuel and oil (Bowser pumps beingprovided) and fix the wheel. The time taken to get the machine readyfor flight counted in the handicap allowance in the race itself. Twelve squadrons were representedand these were as follows : No. 1 Tangmere, Sqdr.-Ldr. E. O. Grenfell(Siskin Illa.s-c) ; No. 3 Upavon, Flight-Lieut. H. W. Taylor (Game-cock "Jupiter"); No. 17 Upavon Flight-Lieut. F. H. Woolliams (Sis-kin) ; No. lBDuxford, Sergt. Parsons (Siskin) ; No. 23 Kenley, Sergt. Free-man (Gamecock " Jupiter "); No. 25 Hawkinge, Fying Officer G. P. Mac-donald (Siskin) ; No. 29 North Weald Hying Officer j. Clarke (Siskin s-c) ;No. 32 Kenley, Flight-Lieut. C. F. Le Poer Trench (Siskin) ; No. 41Northolt, Flying Officer H. T. Andrews (Siskin s-c) ; No 43 Tang-mere, Pilot Officer H. H. Leech (Siskin) ; No. 56 North Weald,Flight-Lieut. C. L. Lea-Cox (Siskin s-c) ; No. 111 Hornchurch, Sqdr.-Ldr. F. O. Soden (Siskin s-c). The Siskins were fitted with Armstrong-Siddeley " Jaguars," both super- charged (s-c) and unsupercharged. • The competitors started, in orderof handicap, at 3.30 p.m., and were soon out of sight of the 'drome. Whilethey were away we were treated to one of the best demonstrations of"crazy flying" that we have seen bv the two pilots, Flying OfficerCampbell and Flight-Sergt. Brown of Digby, who will give this item atthe forthcoming R.A.F. Display; they were flying Avro-Lynx machines.We will not describe here ever, if we could •) what these two pilots did Fl.IGH T Photographs THE SASSOON CUP. (Below) The line-up of Siskins and Gamecocks representing 12 Fighter Squadrons, and above the finish, showing Flight-Lieut Lea-Cox, No. 56 Sqdn. (left), and Flying Officer Clarke, No. 29Sqdn. (right), both on Siskins, with but 2 seconds "*«>+—« «""« " 439
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