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1931
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FLIGHT, JUNE 26, 1931 r THE BARNARD "CIRCUS" AT THE BRISTOL AIRPORT: On the left a Potez with "Bees a Securete," orslots fitted permanently open. On the right, the " Jupiter "-engined Fokker " Spider" taking up the Lord Mayor of Bristol, and party. (FLIGHT Photos.) be very useful, as it certainlyhas a low landing speed and a good take-off and climb.During the day Mr. Brie gave demonstrations of theCierva " Autogiro," and his landings were made in such away as to illustrate in the best possible manner the way inwhich this machine can get into a very confined space.One of our photographs shows this admirably. Mr. Uwins gave the Bris-tolians cause for justifiable pride in one of their home pro-ducts by showing what the Bristol " Bulldog " can do inthe way of speed, climb, rolls, bunts, etc. His demonstrationwas slightly marred by his occasional wandering off the" stage " during some of his evolutions, to a part of thesky where the spectators could not readily see the machine.One of the Bristol evening papers had stated the nightbefore that Mr. Uwins would use the sky as a spring mat-tress, and possibly the springs may have been too strong.But that was at least prefer- able to doing the stunts overthe heads of the crowds, as so many pilots still persist indoing. In a " utility competition "the machines were lined up with engines running, and thepassengers had to run to the machines, which then made acircuit, landed and taxied up to " lock-ups." The wingswere folded and the crews raced to the finishing tape.The competition turned into COMPETITORS AND JUDGES: The upperphotograph shows Mr. R. F. Hall and his passen- ger, Dr. Templeton, who, in a Hermes-Avian, wonfor the Lancashire Aero Club the S.B.A.C. Cup for a race from London to Bristol. The lowerphotograph shows Mr. H. Thomas, a director of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and his son settingoff from Filton for the Air Port at Whitchurch in a Bristol machine piloted by Mr. Campbell. (FLIGHT Photos.) an exciting race between aParnall Elf and a De Havil- land Puss Moth. The PussMoth scored on the point of speed over the course, but" kited " a long way over the aerodrome and had to taxyback. The Elf, on the other hand, was landed very close tothe lock-ups, with practically no run, and so evened mattersup. A parachute jump by JohnTranum was novel in that two parachutes were used simul-taneously. As might be ex- pected, the rate of descentappeared slower than when a single parachute is used. Altogether the " turns "shown at Bristol were quite good, if not very original. Itis not very easy nowadays to think of anything new. Butthe organisation was at fault in the timing of events. Toooften there was a prolonged wait between the finish of oneevent and the start of the next. Even Will Hay's run-ning commentary, broadcast to all the enclosures, could notaltogether make up for the long periods of waiting. Itwas unreasonable to expect even the " Headmaster of St.Michael's " to be unceasingly funny for 20-minute periods onend. A word of praise for thehandicappers should be said here. They were, as usual,Messrs. Dancy and Rowarth, and the finish of the London—Bristol race was a very close one indeed. STRENUOUS BUT USEFUL: There was a close finish in the "Utility Race" between the crews of a Parnall "Elf" and a De Havilland "Puss Moth," the latter arriving on the ground first but gliding a long way, while the " Elf" was landed very near the finishing line. (FLIGHT Photo.) 574
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