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1937
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JUNE IG, 1937. FLIGHT. 569 (Right) Herr Hellman Tolxis and Herr Ritsch, his passenger, who came over in a Klemm 35, are linguistically assisted by the ever - helpful Mr. R. L'E. Malone of Airwork. (Below) Herr Wolfgang Falck (in helmet) and Mr. Julian Rowntree, one of the stewards of the meeting. (Right) Herr Oskar Ursinus, the editor of our contemporary characteristic attitude He came over from Planen with Herr Goetz in an open- cockpit Klemm. ing day's civic luncheon in the Mansion House. The Lord Mayor was, of course, in the chair, but Councillor Watson, chairman of the Parks Committee (and, subsequently, prime mover in the Corporation's aerodrome development scheme) welcomed the visitors in an apt speech. Herr Gerbrecht replied and showed not only his grasp of colloquial English, but also his understanding of the English amateur flying world. Un fortunately, time had necessarily to be cut down and no other representatives had a chance of voicing their own appreciation of the hospitality. The party reached the aerodrome-again just as Mr. Heushaw, Junr., was streaking impressively about the sky in his white Mew Gull, by way of making the steadily increasing crowd sit -up and take notice. His slow roll looked smooth and com fortable, but, apparently, it was not so very comfortable for Mr. Henshaw; the Mew is not, after all, intended for real aerobatics. Two other pilots had, we learnt, already done their pieces. Just for once, Mr. Henshaw and another well- known racing pilot, Mr. W. Humble, as race stewards, were appreciating the amount of ground work which is necessary to get the machines to the line and so forth. After Mr. Wills Flngsport, in a at Sutton Bank. had demonstrated the quiet beauty of the sailplane—in this case a Kirby Kite, towed off by a Cadet—and Mr. Munday had put a B.A. Swallow through its many smooth paces, dead-stick approach and all, the first of the two race heats was flown off. • The handicappers (need we say who ?) could not be expected to know all about the German and French machines, but the heat finishes were reasonably good, and after a little adjust ment, the final was definitely close. They misjudged the Jungmeister (perhaps its pilot was nursing the engine for his aerobatic display) and the Klemm 32, which shot up from fourth to first during the second lap of the first heat, but, over three short eight-mile laps a great deal depends on the relative racing skill of the pilots themselves. Apart from the spectacular movement of the Klemm in the first heat and the aerodrome forced-landing by Miss Leathart (Swift) in the second, it rested with the final to provide the necessary excitements. Meanwhile, excitements of another kind were provided by Miss Heron-Maxwell (cum parachute) and by Herr Herwarth Wendel in the Biicker Jungmeister single-seat trainer, which certainly looks the part, with its small span and general robustness. Some of those who saw the photograph of low inverted flying in Flight of April 8 may have imagined that it was a fake. It wasn't. On one passage the Jungmeister's fin was not more than a couple of feet from the ground and the knowledgeable spectators had heart-failure. We have only one further suggestion to make to Herr Wendel; why doesn't he wind up his display by cutting his engine in this position, The Final of the handicap race : the winning Klemm 35 (Tolxis) and the Focke Wulf 44 (von Braun) turning away from each other after they had crossed the line.
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