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1934
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922 FLIGHT. SEPTEMBER 6, 1934. INTERNATIONAL MEETING AT LYMPNE Five countries were repre- sented at this meeting, with a total of over one hundred visitors who arrived by air for a two-day stay at Lympne ALTHOUGH nearly four yearsold, a "Cirrus III "-engined'' Moth '' belonging to three members of the Cinque Ports Flying Club, was hotted up to aver- age over 100 m.p.h. and win both the races at the International Flying Meeting held at Lympne last Sunday. This machine was the joint property of Messrs. J. G. Brown, G. B. Fel- lowes and T. S. Webb. Mr. Brown flew it to victory in the Folkestone Aero Trophy Race and Mr. Fellowes flew with equal success in the Cinque Ports Wakefield Cup Race. Both races were over three laps of a course which kept the machines within sight of the aero- drome throughout the total distance of 50 miles. The handicapping was in the able hands of Capt. Dancy and Mr. Rowarth, and our tables show what an excellent job they made of it. Mr. J. G. Brown (left), winner of the Folkestone AeroTrophy Race; Mr. G B. Fellowes, winner of the Cinque Ports Wakefield Cup Race ; and M. Dupont, avisitor from Belgium, who won the arrival com- petition. [Flight Photos.) The meeting was organised by the club, whose manager is Mr. W. E. Davis, and a large number of pilots from Sir Philip Sassoon presenting the Folkestone Aero Trophy to Mr. J. G.Brown. On the right are Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davis, whose management spelt success for the meeting. (Flight Photo.) abroad were invited. Many of these were prevented by bad weather on the Continent from arriving at Lympne. A sufficient number to give the occasion an International aspect, however, arrived on Saturday, the first day of the meeting, and attended the club dance in the evening. The weather played havoc with the heats of the two races which were run off on that day; Mr. Henshaw, flying the "Gipsy Major "-engined Comper "Swift," had his face cut by the hail which also perforated the wings of Sir Charles Rose's " Hawk" and interfered with the carbura- tion of his '' Gipsy Six'' engine; other competitors found great difficulty owing to the heavy rain and hail accom- panying the thunderstorms which circled round the aero- drome most of the afternoon on Saturday. Sunday was fine, however, and the finals were run off under admirable conditions. The programme, which was varied each day, included aerobatics by Flt.-Lt. G. Stainforth in an Avro "Tutor," fitted for inverted flying—as usual, "George" flew in a smooth and effective manner whether he was doing an inverted spin or steep upward roll, he was just as at home on his back as the correct way up ; demonstrations of the Monospar "S.T.10" by Capt. R. Stocken and the British Klemm "Eagle" by Mr. E. G. Hordern ; para- chute descents by Miss Heron-Maxwell and Mr. A. W. Fairlie ; an exhibition of auto-towed gliding by members Markings. G-AAMU G-ABOG G-AAYL G-ACNR G-ACTO G-ACSA G-ACIZG-ABVW G-ACRG G-ACOO Entrant. J. G. Brown C.P.F.C, Lympne Mrs. E. Battye K.K. Brown Herts and Essex Aero Club K. Norwood Mrs. G. M. PattersonL. Lipton British Klemm Co., Ltd. .. F. Cameron FOLKESTONE Pilot. Entrant Ken Waller . . Entrant Entrant R. Frogley . . Entrant EntrantEntrant E. G. Hordern Entrant AERO TROPHY—FINALS. Aircraft and Engine. Moth (Cirrus III) . . Moth (Gipsy 1) Moth (Gipsy I) Moth (Gipsy Maj.) Hawk (Cirrus III).. Moth (Gipsv Maj.). . Hawk (Cirrus III)Moth (Gipsy HI) Eagle (Gipsy Maj.) Leopard Moth (Gipsy Maj.) Start. min. sec. o oo i 17 1 44 4 044 °4 4 IQ 5 16 7 06 8 30 9 22 .;:--..' :.-. v Finish. min. sec. 29 38 30 38 3i 44 3° 39 3° 143° 36 3° 493° 37 30 28 3i 35 Av. Speed. m.p.h. IOIJ 102J 100 II2i 1 Hi 114 "7iI27i 136* 135 Place.' 1st6th 10th 7th 2nd 4th 8th 5th 3rd9th G-AAMU G-ABXZ G-ACSA G-ACIZ G-AAVT G-ABWW G-ACTE G. B. Fellows E. F. Walter R. Norwood A. L. Patterson C. S, Napier A. H. Cook Sir Charles Rose CINQUE PORTS. EntrantEntrant EntrantEntrant Entrant A Henshaw .. Entrant WAKEFIELD CUP—FINAL Moth (Cirrus III) . . Moth (Gipsy I) Moth (Gipsy Maj.). . Hawk (Cirrus III).. Hendy 302 (Hermes IV) . . Swift (Gipsy Maj.). . Hawk (Gipsv Six) . . 0 1 3 5 7 11 13 00 18 44 26 55 27 20 3r 29 31 3° 3°3° 5i 07 56 10 °7 09 38 100J 100J 1I4J n6| *35 160J 172I 1st6th 2nd 7th 3rd 4th 5th
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