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6io FLIGHT- MAY 26TH, 1949 THE NATIONAL AIR RACES Regulations Issued : King's Cup and an All-jet Event SEVEN events for widely differing types of aircraft will,as already mentioned in these pages, constitute theNational Air Races, 1949. Given a good entry and reasonable weather, this meeting, to be held at BirminghamAirport from Friday, July 29th, to Monday, August 1st, should be the most ambitious and colourful air speed contest everheld in this country. In particular, the race for jet aircralt should arouse the greatest interest. Further details of theevents have now been issued by the Royal Aero Club, with regulations and entry forms, which may be obtained on appli-cation to the Secretary-General at 119, Piccadilly, Lon- don, W.i. On the morning of the first day, the Friday, aircraft willarrive for the King's Cup and Kemsley Challenge Trophy Races, while during the afternoon the course will be open for practiceflying by competitors in these two events. On the following morning, verification of then machines will take place, andthe actual races will be held during Saturday afternoon. The five remaining races—those for the Grosvenor ChallengeTrophy, the Air League Challenge Cup, the Norton Griffiths Challenge Trophy, the S.B.A.C. Challenge Trophy and theSiddeley Challenge Trophy—will all be held on the afternoon of Monday, August 1st. Verification for these events will beon the Monday morning, arrival and practice being scheduled for the previous day. All races—which will, of course, be conducted by the RoyalAero Club under F.A.I, regulations and R.Ae.C. competition rules—will be flown over a varying number of laps of thesame 20-mile quadrilateral circuit. Handicapping will be in accordance with estimated full-throttle performance.The following is a brief summary of conditions governing the races:— King's Cup Air Race: For aircraft with a maximum s.l.speed of over 120 m.p.h. and total power below 1,000 h.p. The course for three heats and a final—the first five competi- tors in each heat qualifying for the final—will be over threelaps of the 20-mile circuit. Entrants (who must be individuals, and not companies), pilots and passengers must be Britishsubjects. The King's Cup was last won by Mr. Alex Henshaw Percival Mew Gull) in 193S. Kemsley Challenge Trophy : International high-speed handi-cap race for aircraft of any nationality, entered by any indi- vidual or organization, with maximum s.l. speed over 300m.p.h. The course will be four laps. (No previous contest.)- Grosvenor Challenge Trophy: Two-lap race open to aircraf|j;-of any nationality, entered by an individual or organization^, provided certified all-up weight is less than 2,205 lb. Last woOlrby Lt. Cdr. Phillips in 1935 in a race held at Leicester. *. Air League Challenge Cup : Four-lap international race fcHj|piston-engined aircraft with a maximum s.l. speed of £ 250 m.p.h. entered by any individual or organization.last won by Mr. S. Cliff (Desoutter) at Bristol, 1932. ' Norton Griffiths Challenge Trophy : For aircraft of anynationality with maximum all-up weight of between 2,205 H*i and 3,858 lb, entered by an individual or organization. To'be flown over three laps. (No previous contest.) S.B.A.C. Challenge Cup: Four-lap international race opetfto any type of aircraft powered by a gas-turbine unit or units; entered by an individual or organization. The S.B.A.C. Cup'was previously awarded in a private-aircraft race, and was last Avon by Lord Willoughbv de Broke (B.A. Eagle) at Bristolin 1935- Siddeley Challenge Trophy : This three-lap race is for Britishlight-aircraft clubs which are members or associate members of the Association of British Aero Clubs and Centres. Each clubmay enter one machine, which may have an all-up weight not exceeding 3,858 lb, and must be the property of the club orthe pilot entering. Pilots must be non-professional members ' representing their clubs. The race was last won by Mr. W. M.Moiris (Midland Aero Club) in 1948. ROYAL AERO CLUB AWARDS "yESTERDAY—Wednesday, May 25th—Lord Brabazon of •*- Tara, president of the Royal Aero Club, was due to present the highest British aviation awards for 1948. First of these presentations was the Britannia Challenge Trophy, awarded to G/C. John Cunningham, D.S.O., D.F.C., for his achievement in regaining the height record for Great Britain by flying a de Havilland Vampire I to 59,446ft on March 23rd, 1948. The Trophy, presented in 1913 by Mr. Horatio Barber, goe? annually to the British pilot making the most meritorius performance of the year. THE SEAGRAVE MEMORIAL TROPHY was presented to S/L. John Deny, D.F.C., for his 100-km. closed-circuit record of 605-23 m.p.h. 011 the de Havilland 108, achieved on April 12th, 1948. The Trophy (presented jointly by the R.A.C., R.Ae.C., and Marine Motor Association) commemorates the late Sir Henry Segrave and is awarded to the pilot '' who . . . has accomplished the most outstanding demonstration of the possi- bilities of transport by land, air or water." S/L. Derry also receives the GOLD MEDAL OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB—the 25th to be awarded—in recognition of his achievement in exceeding the speed of sound, which he did while flying the D.H. 108 on September 6th. The award of the SILVER MEDAL OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB to Mr. Alan Bristow marks his successful attempt, with the YVestland-Sikorsky S-51 helicopter, to deliver supplies to the Wolf Rock lighthouse-keepers after efforts to send supplies by sea had failed. Also due to be presented yesterday were commemorative medals from the Aero-Club de France; the recipients were the pilots concerned in the 47-minute " Hare-and-Tortoise " flight between London and Paris on September 30th—Mr. Eric Swiss (Bristol 171 helicopter), S/L. W. A. Waterton, A.F.C. (Gloster Meteor 7), and Mr. A. E. Bristow (Westland-Sikorsky S-51). NEXT SATURDAY'S GOODYEAR RAGE AN entry of 31 aircraft has been received for next Saturday'sGoodyear Trophy Race, to be flown during the Air Display arranged by the Wolverhampton Aero Club at Wolverhampton Airport. In addition to the Trophy, substantial cash prizes (£100 first, /50, £25, etc.) have been donated by the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Great Britain), Ltd. Three left-handed circuits, each of approximately 21 miles,will be flown. Technically, the competing aircraft present no startling novelties, though G-AKDC, the Gemini flown byJ. N. Somers, is the machine modified by the fitting of Gipsy Major engines, as illustrated in Flight of May 12th. The final of the race starts at 15.30 hours. Entrant* O. J. Jemmett R. A. Walley A. G. Lockley B. F. Francis J. H. Parkin J. N. Somers, Ltd. (J. N. Somers) P. Barton (S. Robinson) C. G.AIinjton J. A. Bradley J. E. Onions D.A.Ray) G. Bickley ... E. R. Pyatt P. W. Bayliss D. McCaskill C. Turnill L. E. T. Barley C. A. Woodward (A. McDowall) Midland Aero Club(A.J. Penzer) W.Stuart A. L. Cole R. H. Timmis D. Everall Hereford Aero Club (M. J. Edwardes) ... W. H. Binns (W. A. Bower) G.Reid Walker R. R. Paine and E.Ward (R. R. Paine) R.L. Porteous Blackburn & General Aircraft (P. G. Law- rence) Worcester Aero Club (M. Morgan) H. T. Ryan J. C. Rice Club Wolverhampton Wolverhampton — Wolverhampton n > t" Derby Midland — Wolverhampton Hereford Wolverhampton Worcester Wolverhampton Leicester 1 Aircraft Hawk Trainer III .. AusterJ.I Auster Mk. V AusterJ.4 Auster J.I Registra- tion AKPE AGVN AJR AIPG AJRH Gemini (Gipsy Major) AKDC Hawk Major Sparrow Hawk AusterJ.I Auster Mk. V Auster Mk. V Proctor IV Proctor III Auster Mk. V Hawk Trainer III .. Auster J.I Hawk Trainer III .. Auster " D " Proctor III Comper Swift Hawk Trainer III .. AusterJ.I Auster J.4 . .. Auster J.I Piper Super Cruiser Hawk Trainer III Auster Arrow Proctor 1 Chrislea Super Ace... Hawk Trainer III ... Tiger Moth ... ACYO ADNL AIGR AKPI AJTV AKEF AKXZ AIPO AHNV AHAO AITN AHVS ALIS ABUS AHNU AHST AIPL AIGH AJGY AKPF AJXZ AHVG AKVD AHNW AHRC Racing Number , 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 II 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ' * Where the entrant is not himself the pilot, the pilot's name is given in parenthesis. B4
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