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1939 - 0842.PDF
-302 FLIGHT. MARCH 23. 1939 THE ROYAL AERO CLUB News and Official Notices for the Week Ended March 18 The King's Cup, 1939 "T_TIS MAJESTY THE KING has given his approval to the -Ti running of the King's Cup Air Race for 1939 according to an entirely new formula, which will establish it as the most remarkable air contest yet devised. Pilots' skill, high speed, unlimited power, concerning quick ness, and the calculations of the handicappers will form the pieces in a novel game of " Handicapper's Halma," which will be played at a leading provincial airport early in September. No limit is placed upon the horse-power of the engines fitted to the aircraft taking part, but the lowest handicapping speed will be 140 m.p.h. The race will be divided into four sections, each consisting of five laps of 20 miles, making a total distance for the course of 400 miles. Between each section the competitors will be re-handicapped, the performance during the previous section being used as the basis. In order to prevent " pulling," penalties will be im posed for any unexplained variations in speed. Marks will be given for the winner and those placed in each section, and the aircraft gaining the most marks in all four sections will be the winner. Aircraft and engines must be of British manu facture. In addition to the Cup presented by His Majesty, the winner of the race will receive a cash prize, and there will be additional cash prizes for those placed second and third. There will also be prizes for the competitor placed first in each of the four sections and a special prize for the fastest time. All cash prizes, which reach a total of £1,000, have been presented by Viscount Wakefield of Hythe. Wakefield Challenge Trophy Race INTERLEAVED between the sections of the King's Cup Race will be t'.ie three corresponding sections in the race for light aeroplanes, which has already been announced in these columns. The name of this event is to be the Wakefield Challenge Trophy Air Race. In this case, as in the one just mentioned, Lord Wakefield is providing the cash prizes. The method of running and handicapping this race will be similar to that for the King's Cup. The minimum handicap speed of the light aeroplanes will bn 85 m.p.h. The handicappers ior both the above races will be Captain W. Dancy and Mr. F. W. Rowarth. The detailed regulations lor both the King's Cup and Wakefield Challenge Trophy races will be published later. Royal Aero Club Administration A SERIES of new names put forward by members of the Royal Aero Club has necessitated a ballot for the nine vacancies on The Committee of the Club. For some years the retiring members have been elected. This year thirteen mem bers have been nominated. The voting will be carried out by postal ballot, and lists showing the composition of The Com mittee and of the Sub-Committees, together with the attend ances ot the past year, will be sent out with the voting forms. The following eight retiring members offered themselves for re-election : — A. J. A. Wallace Barr; Cdr. James Bird, O.B.E.; Fit. Lt. C. Clarkson; Capt. A. G. Lamplugh ; Lt. Col. Sir Francis K. McClean, A.F.C.; Capt. R. L. Preston; Major J. Stewart, O.B.E.; G. H. Wilson-Fox. The five new nominations are: Capt. H. S. Broad; Richard Ince; J. S. Newall; Dr. A. P. Thurston; P. A. Wills. C.A.G. hitch O NEROUS conditions have been laid down by the Air Ministry limiting the distribution of profit earned by aero plane clubs operating the C.A.G. Severe criticism was launched at these conditions by representatives of some forty clubs at a meeting of the General Council of Associated Light Aeroplane Clubs held at the Royal Aero Club, and it was stated that these conditions might seriously endanger the future of the scheme. The Air Ministry limits the distribution to 5 per cent, in any one year. This is considered to be a figure so low as to preclude the clubs from obtaining the finance necessary for the purchase of equipment. The clubs were unanimous that the Air Ministry should be approached again on the matter. The development of the C.A.G. scheme to give extra flying to "starred" members has already been agreed upon, and for this many clubs will be requiring additional aircraft. Apart irom the development, the clubs find at the present time they are still short of aircraft in order to operate the scheme in a successful manner. The Air Ministry has been approached bv the Executive Committee of the General. Council with proposals that the clubs should be assisted with finance in order to meet the situation. Proposals envisaged an advance from the Ministry of £250 per aircraft acquired since the announcement of the C.A.G. scheme, and the clubs were quite willing for the repayment to be made to the Treasury on an agreed basis spread over the period of the C.A.G. subsidy scheme. Aviators' Certificates No. 7,284 7,285 7,286 7,287 7,288 7,289 7,299 7,291 7,292 7.2!<:5 7,294 7,295 7,293 7,297 7.298 7,299 7,300 7,301 7,302 7,303 7,304 7,305 7,306 7,307 7,308 7,309 7,310 7,311 7,312 7,313 7.314 7,315 7.316 7,317 7,318 7,319 7,320 7,321 7,322 7,323 7,321 7,325 7,326 7.327 7,828 7,329 7,331) 7,331 7,332 7,333 7,334 7,355 7,336 7,337 7.33S 7,339 7,340 7,341 7,342 7,343 7,344 7,345 7,346 7,347 7,348 7,349 7,35:i 7,351 7,352 7,353 7,351 7,355 7,356 7,357 7,358 7,359 7,363 7,301 7,302 7,303 7,301 7,305 Name Frederick George Shaw Wilson John Bernard Hancock ... Frederick Charles Dafforn Ronald Gordon Lintott... Claude Beary Savory Antony Gerald Brownsill Michael Edward Hallam Yvonne Kathleen Newman Ronald Arthur Palmer ... Noel Primrose Anson Margery-Bertha Grimmer Dorothy Phyllis Wilson ... Frederick •Geoffrey Harrison Wall Frederick George Smith Neville Frederick Jordan Tom Hurst Peter Anthony Major ... Maurice Robert Lacy Archibald Norman-MacConncll. Oswald Cyril Chambers ... Paul Lailey Uphill Cecil Thompson ... Henry Stockley Brown ... Gerald Theodore Lydford Norman Augustus Geer... Norman Colton Cragg Raymond George Brutou I'rancis Stanhope Homersham .. Jack Jackman Charles Joseph Thomas Gardner John Charles Heyworth Mercer.. Edward Solomon Hymans Robert Holden Sidney James Last Jean Mclntyre Weeks ... Lewis John Plumstead ... Thomas Quintin Osburne Alan William George Woodford Margaret Lilias Stirling Penelope Anne Mary Smith Rewse. James Emrys Gwynne Johns John Basil Fenwick. Alfred Cleaver Horace Adcock ... Dennis Frederick Woods Eric Frank Edsall Ernest Henry Christopher Pear mund. Edwin Arthur Boyes James Fairley Swan ... Duncan Menzies Masson Gerald Percival Kudston Furriest Magnin Richard Reginald Jordan Ronald Edwin James Hill David Johnston ... Jesse Heitncr Frederick James Golightly John Henry Ballard James Longmuir Hamilton Alfred Ernest Firmin Thoma* Graham ... John Probert Kskdale ... Matthew Kenneth Mann James Wenman Wykeham Francis Hawthorn Ashdown Kenneth Lloyd CoBtasOQ David Beaton Lindsay ... John Gordon McEwan Ernest Harold Hall Rupert Henry Gratton-Doyle Ivor Albert William Bowman Corinne Munro Mackenzie Nazan Lucille Haddock ... Arthur Hallock Lindsay Hugh McCutchion Margery Joan Small Colin Philip I.ia.lsay-N'icholson Stanley Leslie Leon Kingshott ... Cor il William Stableforth James David Margrie Andrew Ferrier Ritchie ... Benjamin Gerald Heron... Club or Schoo; Hampshire Aeroplane Club Northern Aviation Club... Southend Flying Club ... Southend Flying Club ... University Aero Club University Aero Club University Aero Club Bedford Aero Club Bedford Aero Club Bedford Aero Club Bedford Aero Club Eastbourne Flying Club... Newcastle-on-Tyne Aero Club. Herts and Essex Aero Club Bedford Aero Club Thanet Aero Club Thanet Aero Club Reading Aero Club Reading Aero Club Reading Aero Club Reading Aero Club Edinburgh Flying Club ... Bournemouth Flying Club Bournemouth Flying Club Bournemouth Flying Club Herts and Essex Aero Club London Aeroplane Club ... No. 30 E. and R.F.T.S. Derby. No. 17 E. and R.F.T.S. Barton, Manchester. Redhill Flying Club Mailing Aero Club Mailing Aero Club Lancashire Aero Club Southend Flying Club . . Romford Flying Club ... Cambridge Aero Club .. West Suffolk Aero Club ... Hampshire Aeroplane Club Hampshire Aeroplane Club Hampshire Aeroplane Club Bournemouth Flying Club Grimsby Aero Club County Flying Club Worcester Flying Club . Southend Flying Club ... Southend Flying Club ... Southend Flying Club ... Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Scottish Flying Club Loudon Aeroplane Club .. Hull Aero Club Hull Aero Club Exeter Aero Club Tollerton Aero Club Northern Aviation Club... Brooklands Flying Club... Liverpool and District Aero Club. Thanet Aero Club Scottish Flying Club Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club. Cardiff Aeroplane Club ... Newcastle Aero Club Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Kent Flying Club Southend Flying Club .. Thanet Aero' Cub Slrathtay Aero Club Edinburgh Flying Club ... County Flying Club London Aeroplane Club South Coast Flying Club . South Coast Flying Club... South Coast Flying Club... Hampshire Aeroplane Club Coveatry Aeroplane Club Cinque Ports living Club London Air Park Flying Club. London Air Park Flying Club. Strathtav Aero Club Bournemouth Flying Club Scottish Flying Club ••• Bournemouth Flyine Club
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