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FLIGHT, JULY 17, 1981 Tbe new and spacious hangar ati Stanley Park Aerodrome. at 6 p.m. At this point the pro-gramme lagged somewhat con- siderably, until a motor car hadbeen got ready and Mr. Mole was again towed off by the car, to analtitude of a few hundred feet. He then made several turns duringhis subsequent glide down, and gave the crowd a little better ideaof such flying. In the meantime, Herr Kronfeld, whose Wien hadbeen brought up by road during the night, was attached to theN.F.S. Moth fitted for the purpose and towed up to somewhere about1,500 ft. He had hoped to be able to make a flight over Black-pool, but the conditions were very bad, and lie was only able to soar about for some timeover the aerodrome without gaining any appreciable height. His machine is particularly graceful, and the crowdapplauded his flight in a very enthusiastic manner. Mr. Will Hay, the well-known comedian, who, by the way,has now sold his other aircraft and become the owner of a Kedwing (Genet II). was acting as occasional announcer,and constantly butted-in on Mr. E. C. Brown with some of his usual witty remarks. He coined a word which should,we feel, be perpetuated, when he said that cross-country flights, such as Herr Kronfeld's from Hanworth to Chathamand back, should be called " sky-hiking." After Herr Kronfeld came down, Herr Krause was also towed up inthe Falke, which is being run by the Lyons Tea Depart- ment, but he appeared to have some difficulty in remainingabove the towing aircraft, and instead of being towed right over Blackpool as had been announced, he finally slippedquite close to the aerodrome and came in. At this point all, flying was stopped, as the competitorsin the Hanworth—Blackpool race were about due to arrive. LACKPOOL This race was fairly well attended, with 14 entries, andcaused considerable excitement. The first to arrive was the Spartan, with Col. Louis Strange and Squadron-LeaderH. W. Penderel. We were particularly glad to see the Spartan win this race, for they have tried so consistently,and so seldom been successful in beating the handicapper. This time, however, they apparently ran away with therace and maintained their lead throughout. Squadron- Leader Penderel was actually flying the machine, and thereis an amusing story about him when he lost a wheel from a Camel he was flying, which shows the type of pilot heis. He had one of the few 160-h.p. Clerget engines fitted to the Camel when the accident occurred many years ago,and since it gave his machine a better performance than others, his days and most of his nights were spent inlooking after this engine. On this occasion he lost a wheel on taking-off, and his first thought was for his belovedengine ; getting the machine on to the ground safely would have been sufficient for most pilots to think about, but notso Squadron-Leader Penderel, for he climbed to a consider- able height, then cut off his en-gine and dived it until he got his propeller absolutely horizontal andstationary, his worry being that if he broke the propeller on landinghe would bend the crankshaft ; in the final landing which he madeon the one wheel, he did it so well that the machine did not eventurn over, and his engine was not damaged in any way. After an interval of someminutes, the machines began to arrive somewhat closer together,the next two being Capt. E. W. Percival, on his Hendy 302, andMr. L. M. J. Balfour, on his Puss Moth. They came almost neck toneck for the winning post, Capt. Percival managing to get in firstby 2 sec. The others then followed Mr. E. C. Brown (right) just getting out of the tarpaulin ahead of Mr. Light in the obstacle race. RegistrationMark. WYVZ FIa : DAJE BN HMRN YUCR IYVT Pilot. Col. Strange .Miss Brown T. Rose ..L. S. Dawson Miss SpoonerJ. D. Irving W. L. HopeF./O. H. Leech . Miss GuestH. R. Law F./O. Rex HayterLieut. Rodd. R.N. L. M. J. Balfour Capt. E. Percival Aircraft. ArrowArrow III Civilian CoupeCivilian Coupe^ MothMoth MothMartlet MothWidgeon III AvianPuss Moth . . Puss Moth g .Hendy 302 - . Engine. Gipsv IICirrus III Genet-MajorGenet-Major Gipsv I ..Gipsy I .. Gipsy II ..Genet II A.. Gipsy II ..Hermes II Hermes IIGipsy III .. Gipsy III ..Hermes II Started at h. m. s. 2 05 002 14 00 2 18 052 18 05 2 20 402 21 55 2 24 202 25 31 2 26 402 27 48 2 27 482 41 36 2 42 022 46 57 Finished at h. m. s. 4 16 004 26 32 — 4 22 144 23 40 4 22 294 31 43 4 29 304 26 40 4 31 424 25 25 4 21 464 21 44 AverageSpeed. 90$ 89 — 97* 97* 100J94 96i 100 96 114*119 125i Placing. 18 — — 4 6 5 1210 9 117 32 •690
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