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1936
1936 - 1451.PDF
VM FLIGHT. JUNE 4, 1936. On the left is Mr. Beard, the pilot of the interesting little American machine, the Taylor Cub, which was virtually a non-starter owing to carburation difficulties. The opening action at the side is noteworthy. Mr. Lowe's Comper Swift (right) has been improved in appearance by the fitting of an N.A.C.A. type of cowling designed and made by Mr. Cross, of Romford. H. J. Wilson (B.A. Swallow), and G. Cohen (Puss Moth) had all failed to cross the line, though all but Rose came on to the Island, and both L. Lipton (D.H. Moth) and S. L. Turner (Cessna) lost so much time before going round again that they had little chance of appearing amongst the leaders. Turner, incidentally, was flying with a full load of passengers and luggage. The Redhill Flying Club's Autogiro, flown by their chief instructor, R. F. Bulstrode, damaged its tail wheel fittings and came along to the Island on Sunday, and I. P. Tidman (Westland Widgeon) was unlucky enough to descend on an unmarked hole on the aerodrome itself (!), breaking things up fairly severely. So far as the actual arrivals at Speke could show, there had been some sorting out of positions. The Praga and the Autogiro had overtaken the Aeronca, which, incidentally, had averaged 68.77 m.p.h. Lipton had moved up five places, and A. Henshaw (Leopard), carrying his father as navigator, was already moving up. The Backmarkers On the final section everything was, of course, changed out of all recognition. Henshaw and F/O C. F. Hughes- don, flying J. G Hopcraft's Tomtit, had worked up through what remained of the field—the latter, judging from his speeds, must have held a remarkablv accurate course—while the back-markers, W. Humble (Miles Hawk) and J. C. Higgins (D.H.86a), followed respectively into third and fourth places after overtaking the two Avians, the Aeronca and the Praga. Although their names do not appear in the finishing order, the Misses Glass deserve mention for getting through to the Island at all in an open machine with their comparatively small flying experience. It must have been an uncomfortable and frightening passage for them, and involved a forced land ing near Hooton. Both Humble and Henshaw, inci dentally, lost quite a lot of time over the Speke business, and the former also suffered distributor trouble, crossing the water with only one magneto in action. In the evening the prizes were distributed by H.E. the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Montagu Butler, K.C.S.I. Addi tional to the four money prizes for the first three places and for the maker of the fastest time, a fourth prize was given by the Parker Pen Company, and Mr. Alexander Duckham gave a special trophy to the first "B" licence pilot to cross the line—in this case Mr. J. C. Higgins. LONDON-ISLE OF MAN AIR RACE RESULTS. Pilot. 1 A. Henshaw 2 C. F. Hughesdon 3 W. Humble 4 J. C. Higgins ... 5 S. Gleave 6 H. It. A. Edwards 7 A. E. Clouston... 8 S. L. Turner ... 9 L. Lipton Machine. D.H. Leopard Moth. Hawker Tomtit- Miles Hawk D.H.86a Avro Avian Sports. Avro Avian Sports. Aeronca Cessna C.34 D.H. Moth Handicap Allow ance. h. m. a. 34 33 . 52 19 Scratch 6 14 1 6 58 1 8 35 1 56 40 11 48 57 52 Actual Flying Time. h. m. s. 2 21 3J 2 47 47 1 58 1 2 5 IS 3 G 7 3 19 22 4 9 15 2 42 21 3 38 1G Speed m.p.h. 12G.75 107.01 •152.00 .143.18 96.2a 90.09 72.1.'. 110.50 82.25 Fastest time. Spectators at Hanworth on Saturday obtained the first public view of the Cirrus Minor-engined B.A. Swallow (left) which has been under going tests at Brough. On the right is Mr. J. C. Higgins who flew the D.H.86a into fourth place in the race to the Island.
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