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FLIGHT, AUGUST 21, 1931 A MEETING AT SCARBOROUGH ON Saturday last, August 15, the Scarborough AeroClub held an Air Pageant and Kally. Over 1,000visitors gathered on the Kacecourse for the event,the early part of which was favoured with a little sunshine, although thunder threatened and a heavystorm broke later in the afternoon. An interesting and comprehensive programme had beenarranged, but, owing to bad weather conditions prevalent between Scarborough and London, many aircraft, whosearrival had been expected, were prevented from coming. About thirty 'planes were expected, but only six arrived.Two prizes for those arriving nearest to a sealed time, and also one for the first lady pilot to arrive, wereawarded by local firms. These were won by Mr. C. Clarkson in a Moth, Capt. Clayton in a Bluebird, and MissJoan Page in a Redwing. After the Fly Past of the machines;, Capt. Clayton inhis Bluebird gave an aerobatic demonstration. His machine was the one which the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruceused on her round-the-world flight and was also similar to the one used by the winner of the King's Cup Race.The demonstration comprised a series of loops and stall turns, and ended with a spectacular dive. The next item, which especially appealed to Scar-borough's young visitors, was a balloon bursting competi- tion. It was unfortunate that more aircraft were unableto take part. A demonstration of towed gliding was then given byHerr Magersuppe. A Rollason Aircraft Co.'s Avian towed Herr Magersuppe in a glider to a height of about 800 ft.The glider was then released, and Herr Magersuppe, having first circled round the aerodrome, made a perfect and well-controlled landing. M EWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AERO CLUB.—The Gros-1 * venor Challenge Cup Race will be held at Cramlington Aerodrome on August 22. At this meeting there will alsobe an arrival competition with the zero hour at 12 noon, and the heats for the race will lie run between 12.30 and2.30 p.m. The entrants for the Grosvenor Cup Race are: — Mr. Clarke (Rollason Aviation Co.) drew many gaspsfrom the crowd when he gave an exhibition of wing walking. He crawled along the wing of the machine,attained a sitting position between the struts, and then returned to the cockpit.Miss Joan Page, who about a week ago obtained her " B " licence, gave a demonstration of stunts and slowflying. The machine she used was a Redwing two-seater, with an Armstrong-Siddeley-Genet engine and side-by-sideseating. One of the items most exciting to the spectators was aparachute descent by Flt.-Sgt. Fairlie from Hendon. Mr. Fairlie was taken up in an Avian, piloted by Mr. H.Marsden (Rollason Aviation Co.), to a height of between 1,500 and 2,000 ft. He carried out an excellent descentin full view of the spectators, landing in an adjacent road. A diversion from the flying events was made by an itementitled "A Non-Flying Thrill," in which Mr. Hall, of Hull, drove a high-speed motor bicycle through a framecontaining a sheet of plate glass. A demonstration of " bombing the car " was given, andamusement was caused when Mr. Payne, of Croydon, scored a direct shot with one of his " bombs " of flour onthe moving " baby " car. Herr Magersuppe gave another exhibition of gliding, andmore stunt and other types of flying were shown before the completion of the programme. The latter part of thiswas, however, somewhat spoilt by the imminence of the storm, which, when it broke, was very violent. It wasvery unfortunate that the Pageant, the second venture of the Scarborough Aero Club (Chairman, Mr. F. Morgan ;Secretary, Mr. W. Baynes), should have been marred both by the non-arrival of so many expected aircraft and thegathering of the storm. P. C. C. "T HE CARDIFF AEROPLANE CLUB are holding apageant at Splott Aerodrome, Cardiff, on Saturday, September 19. This will be in the nature of the officialopening of the club. Among many other attractions there will be a race from London to Cardiff, open to all comerson handicap. The fir.si prize will, it is hoped, be £100. Ref. Marks G-ABAG.. G-AAHEG-ABIX G-AAOC .. C.-ABMA.. G-ABEDG-EAUM.. G-AAZFG-ABCI G-EBWIG-EBUZ G-EBQVG-AAIIV G-AACCG-AAUU G-ABAH G-ABBH..G-AAHP G-AADE G-EBROG-AAJR.. Machine Gipsy Moth AvianArrow-Active . . Bluebird Gipsy Moth AvianAvro Babv Comper Swift . .K!etnni . . D.H.60 XD.H.60 X D.H.fiOSpartan BluebirdBluebird Gipsv Moth Martlet'Gipsy Moth Widgeon WidgeonComper Swift . . Engine . Gipsy I . Cirrus III. Hermes IIB Hermes I .. . Gipsy H .. Hermes II. Cirrus I .. . Pobjoy " R ". Cirrus III . Cirrus II ... Cirrus II .. . Cirrus II ..Hermes 1 . . Hermes I . .Gipsy I . Gipsy 11 . Genet II ..Gipsy I . ' Gipsv I . Cirrus III. Pobjoy " R " Pilot T. C. Fawcett A. P. C. lohnsonFlt./Lt. C. Wincott.. D. Atcherle\ or A. M. Long- moreH. R. Murray-Phillipson . . Miss W. BrownH. R. Edwards Sqd.'Ldr. ]. Robb . .P. I. M. Kennard . . C. W. Duffie..C. Thompson F. P. J. Mi-Gevor . .Miss C. Leathart F./O. E. Edwards . .H Peak I.. M. I. Balfour F. <O. H. LeechLord Douglas Hamilton C. S. Napi"r J. <;. OrmstonH. C. Mayers Entrant T. C. Fawcctt. A. P. C. lohnson.C. R. Beilins. A. M. Longmore. H. R. Murray-Phillipson. Miss W. Brown.H. R. Edwards. Capt. G. Fane.D. I. M. Kennard. Newcastle Aero Club.Newcastle Aero Club. Newcastle Aero Club.Miss C. Leathart. R. McAlpine.H. Peak L. M. J. Balfour.F./O. H. H. Leech. Lord Douglas Hamilton.C. S. Napier. J. G. Ormston.H. C. Mavers. Members of the Herts and Essex Flying Club before taking off on a recent flight to Paris. 812
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