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FLIGHT, JULY 31, 1981 Miss Diana Guest was fifteenth on Gipsy-Moth (26). Herpntemal rival, Captain F. E. Guest, P.C., failed to reach Sbcrburn. Competitors Retire There were many machines eliminated from the race atthis stage or on the next stage to Birmingham. Miss Brown came down at Heckleton, 20 miles south of Sher-bum, and damaged her undercarriage, but she and her passenger were not injured. Miss Guest also came downafter leaving here. That a " Bluebird " gained the Cup was no doubt agratifying compensation to the Sherburn and Brough air enthusiasts, for the failure of the " Arrow Active " hadbeen a keen disappointment, and their interest in the event waned further when four out of the five '' Bluebirds ''retired here. Flight-Lieut. Atcherley's " Bluebird " developed a cracked seam in the gravity tank as he wastaxying to the starting point to take-off for Birmingaam ; terminating a promising performance. Similar trouble tothe same machine forced it out of last year's race, if our memory is correct. A broken flying wire frustratedF/O. J. W. Gillan on " Bluebird " (10) after his arrival, and the third machine in, " Bluebird " (5), developedvalve-seating trouble. The fourth " Bluebird " retirement was Flight-Lieut. J. Bradbury's (2). He had already lostsome time before reaching Sherburn through a necessary detour, and he had been gone ten minutes on the stage toBirmingham when he met a very bad patch of dark cloud, which compelled him to return. Two machines had a narrow escape from colliding onemerging blindly from low clouds after leaving Sherburn. They were the Curtiss Reid " Rambler," flown by Mr.J. C. Webster, and Mr. F. Gough's Gipsy-Moth (24), which found themselves flying wing-tip to wing-tip when they leftthe clouds. Gough had already lost considerable time through being diverted from the course at Leicester, anda survey of his chances decided him to return to Sherburn. The Armstrong-Siddeley Genet " Martlet " (29), flownby F/O. H. H. Leech, finished at Sherburn. His engine was pulling well, but he was only making 102 m.p.h. atthe most, which was about 7 m.p.h. below the figure he was handicapped upon, so there was hardly a good reason OUR GERMAN VISITOR: Herr Udet is here seen " skating " his " Flamingo " sidew ays acrofs the Aero- drome. (FLIGHT Photo.) THE ST. S WITHIN HANDICAP: A corner of the Members' enclosure at Heston during a lull in (he proceedings (but not rain). (FLIGHT Photo.) 751
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