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1932
1932 - 0673.PDF
FLIGHT, JULY 8, 1932 KING'S CUP RACE, 1932 IT the end of each NLESS scratchings take place at the eleventh hour, there will be 46 starters in the air race for the King's Cup, which starts from Brooklands aero drome to-day, July 8. The race this year is flown on two days, the com petitors returning to Brooklands at circuit. The Course The course is indicated on our sketch maps, from which it will be seen that on the first day (Friday) the machines will start from Brooklands and fly via Abingdon, Shoreham and Portsmouth to Bristol (Whitchurch aero drome). At Bristol there is a compulsory stop of 40 min., and competitors then continue to Leicester (Ratcliffe aero drome), via Birmingham (Castle Bromwich), Hooton and Manchester (Woodford). Again there is a 40 min. com pulsory stop at Leicester before the last stage of the first day's race is flown. This is back to Brooklands, via Ipswich (Municipal aerodrome) and Northampton (Sywell aerodrome). The only controls are Bristol and Leicester, the other aerodromes being merely turning points, where the machines do not alight. On the second day the course to be flown is a much shorter one. After leaving Brooklands the competitors fly via Bristol and Northampton back to Brooklands, where a stop of one hour is made. The last circuit is via Shoreham, Portsmouth and Bristol, where the finish takes place. On the second day Brooklands is the only control, Bristol, Northampton, Shoreham and Portsmouth being turning points only. The length of the first day's circuit is approximately 728 miles, while the two circuits to be flown on the second day (Saturday) total only 495 miles. The total length of the King's Cup course is 1,223 miles. It is a condition of this year's King's Cup Race that no machine will be handicapped at less than 110 m.p.h. One result of this is that the race will not be quite as protracted as has been the case in certain previous races for the King's Cup. On the first day the limit man will be started from Brooklands at 8 a.m., while on the second day, owing to the shorter route to be flown, the start of the first man is timed for 11.30 a.m. In order to assist our readers we have included on our sketch map the approximate times when the limit man may be expected to arrive at the various turning points and controls. It will be obvious that these times can be THE ARROW " ACTIVE II " (GIPSY III) : A development of the " Active I," this machine is, apart from its clean design, remarkable for its fine construction. 625 D 2
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