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1938
1938 - 1632.PDF
564 FLIGHT. 9, T93S. , " Flight " photograph*. On the left, the second and first pilots home, Messrs. A. Henshaw and S. T. Lowe, face the weather with the former's Gipsy Comper in the background. (Right) The third to arrive, Fit. Lt. H. R A. Edwards, emerges from his Avro Avian ; very wet. latter, too, arrived nearly a minute be-fore Fit. Lt. Edwards' Avian, and though Edwards had lost about fortyseconds at Hatfield, when his engine re- fused to start, it is not likely thatthis loss of time made any difference to the final placings. Henshaw had aver-aged a record speed of 247.5 m.p.h. After two years of the Isle ot Man racevyeek-cnd—and two of comparative failure at that—the fact that the entrylist was larger than ever shows that there is much more in this Island eventthan mere air racing. Quite obviously the competitors tnjoy the race equallyas an excuse to attend what is virtually a very good flying party—one of theseason's best. One day, perhaps, other persons willjoin Mr. J. M. Cubbon in providing really useful prize money for the event,and in that case it would seem almost as if it will become the most important airrace in this country. In all there were twenty-nine entries for one or more ofthe three races, and of these twenty- three put in an appearance. Of the non-starters. Fit. Lt. T. Rose's engine had apparently been sold and Mr. HenshawSenior's insurer had voted against his participation in the races. Needless tosay, he was over in the Island with the Vega Gull—Fit. Lt. H. J. Wilson (a pre-vious competitor) as chauffeur. Fit. Lt. Clouston's entry had been unfortunatelycancelled at the last minute owing to the illness of his wife. This year there were no criticisms ofthe organisation, but it might be sug- gested that the race committee should arrange for, say, a couple of experienced ground engineers to be brought over from Liverpool or elsewhere specially for the event. In almost any race of this kind the competitors experience little troubles which can be rectified at once by com- petent engineers, and it is obviously impossible for those permanently on duty at Ronaldsway, and with other transport machines on their hands, to do justice to twenty-odd machines of different types. The German contingent brought over their own engineers and these proved to be extremely useful when two of the Messerschmittts suffered cowling trouble. Despite a somewhat depressing morn- ing weather report, the two circuit races were, after all, held on Tuesday. The Manx Air Derby was won by Mr. J. Rush (Tomtit) at a speed of 117 m.p.h., with Herr Ernst Gerbrecht (Focke Wulf Stieglitz) and Mr. A. Henshaw (Mew Gull) as runners-up at speeds, respec- tively, of 109 and 239 m.p.h. The first three in the Tynwald Air Race, for machines of 120 h.p. or less, were Mr. S. T. Lowe (Gipsy Comper), Fit. Lt. H. R. A. Edwards (Avro Avian) and Mr. R. L. Porteous (Chilton) in that order at speeds of 148, 102 and 99 m.p.h. We hope to publish a report of these events, which were run concurrently, in next week's issue. Finnbmi Order. 1o s4 6) 5 /7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 Machina. Gipsy ComperMew Gull Avian IV ... . T.K.2B. P. W.Me.108 Mew GullAgo] 92 Ktemm 35 ...V.F..F.J.12 ... . ' . Chilton ..:Sparrowhawk Tomtit ...Miles Ma^ister Stinson t .Desoutter .;. :. Beta 51 ISLE OF MAN AIR Pilot S. T. Lowe*A. Henshaw ... H. K. A. F.dwartt. . G. de HavillandF. Tasqnay .. G. Guthrie ...II. Seidernann F W. ClausenP. A very R. L. Porteous SV. Humble ... J Rush •... -J. M. Barwick j. Kinvan C. G. M. A ling ton Lt Co!. J. Kalla RACK Finishing Time. hr. min. sec 14 55 2814 68 30 14 57 27 14 58 3315 00 15 15 00 1515 00 40 15 01 5915 03 56 15 04 3415 04 86 15 04 5315 06 26 15 OS 4515 10 27 15 13 15 Flying Time. hr. min. sec. 1 61 211 11 41 2 31 07 1 82 351 82 50 1 17 021 25 33 2 07 372 02 07 2 89 341 43 17 2 24 122 "05 24 2 13 312 36 35 2 24 24 Spettt. m.p.h. 159.5 247.5 117.5 l«2.0 191.5 230.5 207.5 139.25 145.5 111.25 172.0 123141.5 133 113.5 123 • Receives the London to Isle of Man Air Race Challenge Trophy and replica presented by Germ Lubricants. The winner aud the second aud third men receive £125, £75 and £U0 (presented by Mr. j. M. CtlbbOHi " flight' photograph The winner axies n : Mr. Lowe about to notice the difference between horizontal and vertical rainfall.
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