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1937
1937 - 0633.PDF
MARCH n, 1937- FLIGHT. 243 THE OASES MEETING Varying Fortunes in the Circuit and the Speed Race Participants Unlucky British Cairo, March 4. T HE Oases Meeting is over and has been pronounced a oreat success bv everybody. The organisers have every reason to congratulate themselves as warmly as they have been congratulated. The weather was perfect and "a good time was had by all." The conditions oi the two events, the Oases Circuit and the Speed Race, were set out in last week's issue of Flight, when it was stated that 41 competitors in the Oases Circuit got away from Almaza, Airport of Cairo, safely. After a 1,300-mife flight 35 of the 41 completed the circuit. One was disqualified on account of a technical error. The following, briefly, is the history of the six unfortunates who did not complete the course and of the seventh who com pleted it but was disqualified: (1) Prince Omar Halim, flying a Miles Hawk, damaged his undercarriage taking off from Hur gada; landing at Luxor proved too much and the undercarriage collapsed. (2) Karl Schwabe, flying a Klemm, had tyre trouble taking off from Dakla. His next stop, Baharya, was soft and an accident was practically inevitable. He very sportingly landed in the desert just outside the landing area so as to avoid creating an obstruction on an already tricky landing ground for competitors following him. He nosed over on landing, but fortunately was not hurt, and damage to his aircraft was reported to be slight. This was a really very sporting dis play. (3) A Zlin XII, piloted by Fuksa, had engine trouble at Dakla. (4) A Caudron 635, piloted by Wattine, had engine trouble at Luxor. (5) A Farman 402, flown by Gagey, also had engine trouble, but at Assuan. (6) Kutloch, flying a Baby Okypn, had some trouble getting off at Hurgada. He eventually forced-landing at Khozan. near Luxor, but luckily was found without any difficulty. The seventh, F. C. J. Butler (Hornet), had the bad luck to misunderstand his instructions for throw ing out a message bag containing his number at the first turn ing point, Ghobit el Bos, and consequently had to be dis qualified. Through the Fence The only other real excitement seems to have been provided by one of the Messerschrnitts, which approached Hurgada under instead of over the already rather low telephone wires. The soft sand at Hurgada and Baharya, which was expected to give trouble, did not prove nearly so difficult, except perhaps to the Baby Okypn, which seemed to be used to something a little more solid underfoot. The first home was Fit. Lt. Heber-Percy, who showed every body that the D.H. Puss Moth is still a "jolly good aeroplane. The winners of the Oases Circuit which, as explained last week, is a trial of efficiency taking into account petrol consumption, H. E. Mohamed Taher Pasha, president of the Royal Aero Club of Egypt (centre) with some of the officials of the meeting. pay load, speed and equipment, were found by the formula to stand in the following order: — Aircraft. (1) Junkets Ju.86 (2) Messerschmitt Taifun (3) Caudron Simoun (4) Messerschmitt Taifun (5) Percival Vega Gull (6) Percival Vega Gull (7) Zlin XII .„ /Leopard Moth... ' 'tCaudron 035 ... Before passing on to the Speed Race there are two other aspects of the Oases Circuit which might be mentioned. The marks awarded under Category "C," which dealt with such matters as the passengers' comfort, acces sibility of the engine and Pilot. Freih Speck von Sternburg Otto R. Thomssn Guy Hansez President von Gronau P. G. Aldrich-BIake De Chateaubrun ... Ambrtis Ahm?d Salem H. Lumiere Prize. £ E. 250 (and a cup) I E. 200 £ E. 150 £E. 100 £E. 80 £E. 60 £E. 50 £E. 20 £ E. 20 f^i^' A T "f 510/600"h!*","8 the minn°ws : the Junkers Ju.86 (two c 'rcutt of th r?0 dlesels> which t0°k first Place •» th« n,! ,^ase?—the general efficiency competition, y n the right are the German crew.
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