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Aviation History
1932
1932 - 0471.PDF
FLIGHT, MAY 20, 1932 The line of pumps erected by- Eastern Air Transport at Skegness to serve aircraft on the field or cars on the main road which borders it. lortunately, hors de combat with a broken valve), and in the crazy variety by Mr. H. A. Brown, who look liberties with the Avro Cadet " which proved him, as the announcer said, a finished pilot, but which would, had he been otherwise, have resulted in a pilot finished. Incidentally, what an extraordinary pleasant and satisfying aircraft the " Cadet " is to fly. Few machines give such evidence of the care which has been spent on the design of its controls. Fit. Lt. C. Clarkson, whose inverted flying and aero batics are well known at all flying meetings, went into raptures over it. All the controls are almost the same weight and absolutely positive in their action. The effi ciency of its design may be judged from its very flat glide, and its controllability at speeds even down below 55 m.p.h. Miss Winifred Brown opened the Display with some neatly-executed aerobatics, and was followed by Mr. L. Stace on the " Spartan " 3-seater (Gipsy II). The " Spar tan "—apart from the hard work the club 3-seater did joyriding— distinguished itself by winning the 45-mile race during the afternoon. This was flown off in two heats and a final, the heats being two laps of a 15-mile circuit and the final, three laps. The aircraft flying were: Autogiro (Genet Major), G-AAYP, R. Brie ; " Moth " (Gipsy I), Sqd. Ldr. D. Carnegie ; " Widgeon " (Gipsy I), C. S. Napier ; " Moth " (Gipsy II), Fit. Lt. C. Clarkson ; " Blue bird " (Gipsy I), J. Clayton ; " Avian " (Hermes II), Winifred Brown ; " Spartan " 3-seater (Gipsy II), Gordon Store ; Avro " Cadet " (7-cylinder Genet - Major), R. H. Dobson ; "Active " (Hermes II. B), F/O. H. Leech. The analysis of the final shows clearly the amazing accuracy of the handicapping of Messrs. Rowarth and Dancey. Especially The start of the first heat for the Race at Skegness : (Left to right) " Avian," " Cadet," " Avian," " Spartan," " Widgeon " and Autogiro^the last, in its first race. 439 c 2 learning to fly. Capt. G. A. Pennington replied on behalf of the club and voiced the hope that everyone would enjoy their stay in Skegness. Well, Sunday wasn't bracing ; it was darn depressing. The sea mist lay on the housetops and the rain rained. However, the opti mism of Mr. M. D. Scott and Capt. Pennington was evidently a potent form of ju-ju, for, by 12.30, it was already possible to see the tops of the nasty great beam-wireless masts which rear themselves near the aerodrome, and by 2.30 p.m. it was quite a passable day. At any rate, the inhabitants—indigenous and Whit- sunitory—thought it worth while seeing what all the posters were describing as " The Great Air Pageant," for many thousands, probably some 20,000, came and blocked the roads for miles. Even the most blas£ of them could not have been disappointed with the programme ; they got superb aerobatics both in straightforward clean flying such as any well- trained pilot might hope one day to perform on the common or garden aircraft, including that ex cellent piece of safety propaganda —a landing without his engine running—by Fit. Lt. C. Clarkson (his own " Moth " (Gipsy II) fitted for inverted flying was, un- Mr. Gordon Store receiving the first prize from the hands of Mrs. Pennington for the Air Race at Skegness. In the foreground Col. L. Strange reflects pensively on the excellence of his " Spartan "—which Mr. Store flew to win.
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