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1931
1931 - 0458.PDF
FLIGHT, MAY 15, with a cheap car of poor per-formance. Things are, how- ever, greatly changed whensuch a car as the M.G. Midget is available, for here at a verylow price indeed, one can have a car which holds its own withalmost everything on the road. It has already built up anenviable reputation for itself, and the race on Friday andSaturday greatly enhanced this. It showed, in fact, thatthe tiny car of low price has advanced in efficiency, speedand endurance to a degree which even those with athorough knowledge of racing cars did not realise. There is something pecu-liarly attractive to people who ^•fei^i -.Jfe* The Earl of March (left) and Flt.-Lt. C. S. Staniland, after their momentous victory. fly, about small cars like thisand there is certainly more thrill to be got out of drivinga car which, although of such small size, has an engine withreally exceptional acceleration, has good brakes and is ex-tremely nippy. There are, of course, severalcars of about the same class built in standard forms, but asa Sports model the M.G. Midget is supreme. The M.G.Car Co., at Abingdon-on- Thames, which started onlyfive years ago as a small garage in an Oxford back street, hasnow assumed very large pro- portions, and is to be reckonedas one of the leading Sports car factories in the country. THE GLIDING SHOW An Interesting Exhibition of Gliders and Stands of the various Gliding Clubs^at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington. No one with gliding at heart should miss this E GLIDING EXHIBITION.—Now that theGliding Exhibition in the Gallery of the Used Motor Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall isproperly arranged, we are able to give a few more particulars of it, for those who are unfortunate enough notto be able to attend. This is an exhibition which everyone who is interestedin gliding—and the number is already very great—should make every effort to see.There are several representative types of gliders, such as the " Scud " shown by E. D. Abbott, Ltd. ; the" Albatross," designed by Capt. Latimer Needham long before the present vogue of building highly efficient glidersover here had taken hold ; the " Hols-der-Teufel," a German machine which is capable of soaring, but exceptfor the faired in nacelle-like fuselage, is practically a Zogling, in fact, the tail part of the fuselage structurelooks very flimsy and not at all suitable for hard work usually given Zoglings. This, we understand, has beenbuilt by Mr. Hiscox, of the London Gliding Club, together with some of his co-members, from drawings obtained fromGermany. Finally, there are two examples of gliders from that prolific designer, Mr. Lowe-Wylde, whose factory, theBritish Aircraft Co., at Maidstone, has already turned out so many different types. Those shown are the B.A.C. II,which is a superior type of Zogling belonging to the North Kent Gliding Club, and the B.A.C. VI, which is so wellknown as one of the machines upon which Mr. Lowe- Wylde has given such a large number of demonstrationsof auto-towed gliding. The range of Stands is also quite comprehensive, and,starting from the far end, we find a space devoted to Caravans built by Rice Caravans, Ltd., of Skipton, YorksTheirs is a folding type of caravan particularly suitable for towing behind a small car, and which should be ofgreat use to those interested in gliding and who wish to camp out during week-ends. Mr. Rice is well known inNorthern gliding circles, and is a keen glider pilot. Next comes a Stand devoted to an exhibition of parts of theDickson glider, which are being shown by Selfridge s A view down the gallery at the Agricultural Hall. The gliders from left to right are the Hols-der-Teufel, the Scud, the Albatross, and the B.A.C. VI. Between this last and the Albatross is one of the Rice folding caravans. .;' : V:; ..,:.." .-" : ?~ (FLIGHT Photo.) ^':':::;:"'7y:":"..;::;.:::r 426 - ,
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