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1937
1937 - 1510.PDF
570 FLIGHT. JUNE JO, 1937. More personalities : On the left are Herr Wilhelm Berlin and his passenger, Herr Fritsch, who came over in a Heinkel * Kadett. In the centre group, from left to right, are Messrs. J. M. Provost (Hornet) and P. Paratre (Leopard), M. O'B. S. Barrington, M. R. Roncin (Farman 402) and Fit. Lt. N. M. S. Russell. On the right are Herren Ernst Gerbrec'.it and Dick Bentley ; the latter helped to fly the Messerschmift up from Heston rolling over and landing straight off the roll ? Then we should all die of heart-failure. Those who consider that low-altitude inverted flying is a commonplace should have seen the Jungmeister's successive flick rolls. It must be a strong machine; the speed of rota tion was about two a second and the movement was unbeliev ably vicious. Those flick rolls had to be seen to be believed. Then there were inverted loops, continuous rolling circuits and vertically banked turns with no turn; in other words, the machine flew on its fuselage with lots of top rudder and full throttle. Even sideways on that fuselage is better than a subsidy. In the final of the handicap race there were few changes until the last lap. The Bluebird dropped behind, the Focke Wulf 44 forged into second place and Herr Gerbrecht's Messer- schmitt lost its fuel pressure and cruised about until the race was over. But the entire remaining field of seven crossed the line in about half a minute; the two leaders could only be separated by means of a stop-watch. The results and speeds were: 1, H. Tolxis (Klemm 35), 117I m.p.h.; 2, F. E. von Braun (F.W. 44), no m.p.h.; 3, Miss S. Glass (Moth), 104 m.p.h.; 4, W. Falck (Klemm 32), ngi m.p.h.; J. R. Micklethwait (Moth), 104 m.p.h.; M. O'B. S. Barrington (Vega Gull), 151J m.p.h.; and J. Carter (Bluebird), 91^ m.p.h. Although a few of the visitors necessarily drifted away on Sunday, the majority travelled to Sutton Bank to see and, in one or two cases, experience this gliding business. Monday was, technically speaking, the end of the short and pleasant term. Let us hope that it becomes an annual affair. INTERNATIONAL ODDMENTS THE luggage question has always been a serious one where sports-type aeroplanes are concerned, and for the York affair the visitors were expected to bring a dinner jacket as well as a respectable suit for the civic luncheon, and a not- so-respectable suit for other parties. In the case of the Ger man guests they were lucky enough to have the use of one of the world's better single-engined freighters—a Junkers W.34. This machine, which was brought over by Count Schaesberg, belongs to the German Air Ministry, and, judging from the radio etceteras to be seen thereon, has probably been in use for wireless experimental flyirig. During the last few months the two race stewards, Messrs. Henshaw and Humble, have organised (via Airwork) an in teresting part exchange deal. Bill Humble originally bought Major Miller 's South Africa race Mew Gull, but, as a newly married man, was encouraged to part with it to Alex Henshaw, taking the latter's Leopard in part exchange. On Saturday Humble, as a mining engineer, went back to work to Don- caster in his Leopard, returning in time to do his job in the afternoon. On Saturday it was announced that Lord Grimthorpe, a prominent Yorkshireman and director of North-Eastern Air ways, had given ^500 to the G.A.P. Benevolent Fund. Mr. J. C. V. K. Watson's week-end was made complete when he discovered that the machinery of the fair in action next door to the aerodrome was operated exclusively on Germ oils. A private aeroplane can be exceptionally useful. On Sun day morning we left with Mr. Amherst Villiers in his Straight for Heston and Warsash, Hampshire, where the Household Brigade Flying Club was paying its annual visit to the asso ciated Yacht Club. Ten machines in all came over and were put down in Sir Warden Chilcott's private landing ground. By no other means of transport would it have been possible to see and do so much in one day. Our grandfathers might have asked whether it was quite necessary to do so—but there Finale: Herr Wendel (inset) winds up his demonstration with theBiicker Jungmeister with a high-speed inverted passage across the aerodrome at zero altitude. When this picture was taken he was climbing to avoid the Short Scion on the left ; on his previous passage the Biicker's tail fin positively stroked the grass—to the terrified joy of the onlookers.
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