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725 FLIGHT, 22 June 1950 KINGS CUP and GOODYEAR RACES Eventful Week-end at Wolverhampton : £• Day (Miles Hawk) Wins KingTCup^Nmm^/otld Records ^Illustrated with Flight Photographs) (Top left). The 1950 King's Cup winner, a modified Miles Hawk Trainer, is led in. Above, Edward Day, receives the coveted trophy from Lord Pakenham. L. E. T. Barley, hon. sec. and race steward, looks on. THE ragged layer of low cloud which covered theMidlands on the morning of Saturday, June 17th,added to the inevitable air of uncertainty preceding the King's Cup Air Race—to be held that afternoon at Wolverhampton Airport. Happily, the threat of rain was not fulfilled and the result of the race was left in the hands of the pilots—the handicappers, of course, having already made their own contribution to the final outcome. Wolverhampton Airport, compact and grass-covered, was a pleasant picture. Competing aircraft were aligned in order of the racing numbers painted on their wings and tails; most were receiving a last-minute polish from their pilots. There were many willing friends and helpers for this duty, assisting in the search for the fractional but possibly vital gain in speed given by the kind of surface finish that has just that little extra. From time to time came the sound of a well-tuned engine running-up, and one or two permitted pilots made final circuits of the course. „ • . ; Princess Margaret's Hurricane IIC (second) rounds the pylon. At a briefing before luncheon, competitors refreshed theirminds on a few important racing regulations. It was neces- sary, for example, for them to guarantee that their aircraftcarried a fuel reserve for at least 20 minutes' flying; and during overtaking, it was stressed, the onus of safety lay on the over-taking pilot. While no maximum altitude was laid down, % • , - No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 COMPETITORS, PLACINGS AND SPEEDS Entrantand Pilot* A. J. Linnel (A. L. Cole) R. E. Clear G/C. Wheeler W. H. Moss H. Moss (G. F. Bullen) Major R. E.Young J. H. Ashcon R. H. Young (C. A. N. Bishop) D. M. Brown (D.J.Jemmett) E. A. Ross H. T. Ryan H. E. Scrope E. Day D. Lowry D. E. Bianchi (D. G. Cotter) E. W. West- brook W. P. BowlesG. C. Marler E. W. Phillips (L. S. Loveridge)D. C. Jemmett E. A. Taylor (Mrs. M. Rendall) U/Cdr. J. G. Crammond (R. G. Kent) F. DunkerleyE. F. Wild Lady Sherborne Dr. D. F. Little J. F. Rylands (W. 1. Lashbrook) V. Van Damm(F. Weir-Willats) D. J. Bennett S/L J. Rush J. N. Somers C. G. Alington R. R. PaineW. S. Shackleton (Miss Sharpe) H.R.H. PrincessMargaret (G'C. Townsend] P. G. Robarts Aircraft Comper Swift Comper Swift Auster Vb Mosscrafc Sports Mosscraft MA4 Hawk Trainer III Hawk Trainer III Hawk Trainer 111 HawkTrainerlll Hawk Trainer III HawkTrainerlll HawkTrainerlll HawkTrainerlll Chrislea CH.3 Falcon Messenger IVa Messenger lla Messenger IIIHawk Major HawkTrainerlll Rapide Heck lie Gemini la Gemini la Vega Gull Vega Gull Proctor 1 Proctor V Proctor V Falcon Six Gemini III Sparrowhawk Hawk Speed SixSpitfire 5b j Hurricane IIC i 1 Spitfire Trainer Order of Start 8 1 II 12 1 3 8 14 20 3 5 15 17 5 18 5 13 19 20 15 22 26 23 20 29 28 26 25 23 30 31 32 33 36 36 34 35 Order at : Lap 1 Lap 2 F 6 2 10 12 1 7 3 15 9 4 5 17 14 II 20 8 13 18 19 16 — 25 21 22 30 28 29 26 23 27 31 32 33 — — — 5 72 4 13 1 II 9 8 6 18 3 15 26 12 10 22 17 14 — 21 16 20 28 29 19 31 24 23 25 27 30 — — 32 — inish 12 21 3 10 20 6 18 15 17 14 26 I 27 31 22 8 2313 19 — 7 27 25 28 29 4 30 24 II 16 9 — — 2 — Speed (m.p.h.) 126 122 132 125 122 128 130 126 124 125 126 138 119 127 122 131 136145 129 — 159 154 138 152 150 161 148 140 163 167 _ 191 — — 283 — * Where entrant is not pilot, pilot's name is given in parentheses.
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