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1932
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FLIGHT, JULY 8, 1932 THE VICTORS C. S. Napier, who won the Grosvenor Cup on his own Westland "Widgeon" (Gipsy I) G-AADE. Fit. Lt. W. E. P. Johnson, who won the S.B.A.C. Cup on the London Aeroplane Club's " Moth " (Gipsy I) G-AAJJ. Place Entrant. Pilot Aircraft and Engine Start Finish Av. Speed GROSVENOR CUP RACE C. S. Napier London Ae. C. .. L. A. Strange Mrs. G. Patterson Redwing Aircraft Co. Lancashire Ae. C. T. Hall Entrant W. E. Johnson Entrant G. Lowdell L. Payne ., Widgeon (Gipsy I) . Moth (Gipsy I) Arrow (Gipsy II) Moth (Cirrus III) Redwing (Genet II) Avian (Hermes II) . 5 10 4 23 3 44 4 42 0 00 7 34 37 20 1 37 38 1 37 59 38 31 39 54 Retired 94 = 92 83 79 S.B.A.C. TROPHY RACE London Ae.C. L. Lipton Mrs. G. Patterson Miss W. Brown . . Lancashire Ae.C. W. E. Johnson Entrant Entrant Entrant T. Hall Moth (Gipsy I) Moth (Gipsy I) Moth (Cirrus III) Avian (Cirrus III) Avian (Hermes II) 0 13 0 13 0 26 0 00 2 21 22 22 22 23 24 30 45 50 11 06 94i 93i 93 i 90* S6f PORTSMOUTH CHALLENGE CUP RACE Air Taxis, Ltd. .. London Ae.C. Mrs. G. Patterson L. A. Strange L. M. Balfour .. A. J. A. Barr B.A.T.,Ltd. J. V. Holman G. Birkett.. W. E. Johnson G. Lowdell Entrant J. Maslin .. J. Cantrill.. L. Anderson Entrant Monocoupe (Scarab) Moth (Gipsy I) Moth (Cirrus III) Arrow (Gipsy II) Moth (Gipsy II) Bluebird (Hermes II) Klemm (Hermes IIB) Arrow (Hermes II) .. 6 28 3 32 3 25 2 46 4 19 4 25 4 02 3 37 24 34 25 00 25 02 25 07 25 16 25 39 25 56 26 41 116 97| 97| 94 100J 98| 98 91 seaplane landing station. Despite this large area, however, they have not squandered their money on inordinately ex tensive buildings which would not be likely to justify their erection for many years to come. They are for the present contenting themselves with one large hangar which will be used by the Portsmouth, Southsea and Isle of Wight Aviation Co., Ltd., who are running a ferry service be tween Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight and who are at the same time managing the Portsmouth aerodrome. We might also mention that the Ryde aerodrome of this company has been " Hunterised " and is now fit for use. Other buildings at Portsmouth comprise a restaurant and small administrative building combined under one roof, while for the Flying Club which is to be established there, two cottages have been converted and a small hangar built alongside them. Those primarily responsible for all this praiseworthy work, and who have been throughout the, so to speak, driving power of the airport sub-committee are Councillor L. N. Blake (Chairman) and Councillor J. Webb. To the whole of this sub-committee, however, we offer our congratulations on their work. The programme which had been arranged to coincide with the opening of the Airport was perhaps somewhat long, but it undoubtedly included everything which could possibly interest those who had come to see flying. Both the Grosvenor Challenge Cup and S.B.A.C. Challenge Trophy races had been allotted by the Royal Aero Club to this meeting, while Col. Sir William T. Dupree had also presented a magnificent challenge trophy designated " The Portsmouth Challenge Trophy," to be raced for annually Fit. Lt. G. Birkett, who won the Portsmouth Challenge Cup Race on Air Taxis' " Monocoupe " (Scarab) G-ABBR. (FLIGHT Photos.) in a handicap race open to all types of air craft. Not one of these races drew more than eight entries, but all were keenly con tested, and excellent finishes were ensured m.p.h. ky ^g handicapping of Messrs. Rowarth and Dancy. No doubt the management en countered severe difficulties in choosing the course, but it certainly seemed a little un fortunate that for over three-quarters of the course the machines should have been out of sight. All the races were flown round the same course ; that for the Grosvenor Cup being three laps, making a distance of approximately 50 miles, and the other two being two laps. As will be seen from the tabulated results, our old friend Mr. C. S. Napier won the Grosvenor Cup with his " Widgeon " (Gipsy I). We are particularly glad to see this success, as Mr. Napier has consistently flown in races since he obtained his " Widgeon," somewhere about five years ago. So far, however, he has not had the luck which everyone felt he deserved. The winner of the S.B.A.C. Cup was Fit. Lt. W. E. P. Johnson on a " Moth " (Gipsy I), entered by the London Aeroplane Club. Fit. Lt. Johnson did sterling work for the club with this same " Moth," as, apart from winning this cup, he was also second in both the Gresvenor Cup and Portsmouth Challenge Trophy races. This latter was won by Fit. Lt. G. Birkett, of Air Taxis, Ltd., on an American " Monocoupe " (Warner Scarab). The programme itself opened with the usual fly-past of aircraft, and this was followed by a demonstration of the A.W. XVI flown by Fit. Lt. D. S. Green. Our readers will know only too well the magnificent performance of which this machine is capable from our account of the S.B.A.C. meeting at Hendon on June 27. The R.A.F. con tingent commanded by Grp. Capt. J. E. Baldwin provided the spectacular part of the programme. The Air Council had combined with the management in an unprece dented manner, so that five complete items, as carried out at the Hendon Display on June 25, were allowed to be repeated here. The first was Squadron Air Drill by No. 43 (Fighter) Squadron from Tangmere, commanded by Sqd. Ldr. R. H. Harmer. The formation flying of this squad ron was as perfect as we have now come to expect, and it was generally agreed that both this and the subsequent items were perhaps even more perfectly per formed than at Hendon on the previous Saturday. This may have been to some extent due to the lesser degree of officialdom and the lack of restraint consequent on the machines being displayed before a purely civil crowd. The synchronised aerobatics which followed the drill were really wonderful, and both pilots made full use of the marvellous controllability and speed range of their Hawker " Fury " (Kestrel) aircraft. The next event, was inverted 630
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