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1951
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2i September 1951 385 TOMORROW'S SOUTH COAST AIR RACE THE raining-out of the Daily Express Challenge Trophy AirRace on August Bank Holiday has brought at least one com- pensation : when it is flown tomorrow, September 22nd, there will be 11 additional entries, while only one of the original entries has scratched. The list of 63 competitors is given below, with the additional entries in italics. Among the additions is the veteran Hart "MR," entered by Hawker Aircraft and to be flown by F. Murphy. The course remains as before—from Shoreham Airport along the coast to Newhaven, then a cross-country leg to a right-hand turn at Herne Bay Pier, and so home round the coastline. The start is at 2.30 p.m., and the finish (at West Pier, Brighton) will beat approximately 4.20 p.m. The public will be admitted free to Shoreham Airport, except for parking charges (cars 2s 6d, motorcycles is, cycles 6d, coaches 10s). Public-address systems at resorts along the coast will relay the progress of the race, and pro-grammes will be on sale. This time an additional attraction will be a flight round thecourse, before the race, by a squadron of Naval Attackers. In addition to the Challenge Trophy, the winner of the race willreceive £1,000 and other cash prizes include £500 and £250 for second and third place respectively. Racing No. 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 16 18 19 21 22 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 35 37 38 40 41 44 48 50 51 52 57 62 Entrant Capt. R. E. Gillman ... P. M.A.Hull G/C. G. F. K. Donaldson B. F. Francis H. M. Kendall Mrs. Y. M. Grace D. G. S. Cotter Personal Plane Services Capt. R. J. Crosfield ... Avions Fairty D. D. Dempster R. G. Pilkington P/O. N. D. Norman ... Hawker Aircraft, Ltd. ... T. W. Hayhow E. W. Westbrook S/L. J. A. R. King F/L. P. Raymond G. Marler R. Matthews-Naper ... W. P. Bowles H. J. G. Turner R. Blackburn Capt. J. H. Christie ... Mme. P. Genin A. E. Colt man Miss E. L. Curtis W. P. 1. Fillingham ... Mrs. D. M. 1. Cole E Ross . W/C. ;. H. Ashton L. C. Marmol Pilot Entrant Entrant Entrant Entrant Entrant Entrant Entrant H. E. Scrope Entrant /. 0. Motthews Entrant Entrant Entrant N. Duke Entrant Entrant P/O. M. R. T. Chandler Entrant Entrant Entrant Entrant Entrant P. G. Lawrence Entrant Entrant Entrant Entrant Entrant A. L. Cole ... Entrant Mrs. 1. H. Ash- ton Entrant Aircraft and Racing Registration No. Avro Avian IVm (G-ABEE) 63 D.H. Gipsy Moth (G-ABAG) Taylorcraft Plus D (G-AHUG) 64 Auster jA (G-AIPG) 65 Chilton D.W.1 (G-AFGI) Taylorcraft Plus D (G-AHKO) 66 Taylorcraft Plus D (G-AHSB) 67 D.H. Puss Moth (G-AAZP) Auster Autocrat (G-AJEK) 68 Tipsy Junior (OO-ULA)Chilton D.W.1 (G-AFSV) 70 Auster V (G-AJVT) 71 D.H. Moth Major (G-ADHE) 73 Hawker Tomtit (G-AFTA) 74 Auster Aiglet (G-AMIH) 5 Miles Messenger IVa(G-ALBE) 76 Miles Hawk Trainer III 78 (G-AKRH) 80 Miles Hawk Trainer III • 81 (G-AKRW)D.H. Tiger Moth (G-AMHP) 82 Miles Messenger Ma (EI-AFH) 83 Miles Messenger Ha (G-AJYZ) 85 Miles Hawk Trainer III 86 (G-ALFE) 87 Miles Messenger I (G-ALAC) 89 Klemm KI35D (LN-OAV) Miles Whitney Straight 90(F-APPZ) 91 MilesHawkMajor(G-ADMW) 92 Wicko G.M.1 (G-AFJB) 93 D.H. Moth Minor Coupe 4 (G-AFOJ) 95 Comper Swift (G-ABUS) 96 Miles Hawk Trainer III (G-AITO) 98 Miles Hawk Trainer III 99 (G-AKMN) 100 Percival Proctor I (OO-INT) Entrant J. T. Basnett H. A. Purvis A. J. Whittemore and Co. Dr. D. F. Little ... ... H.R.H. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia E. Day Eagle Aviation, Ltd. ... R. Blackburn A. S. K. Paine K. C. Millican V. Van Damm D. J. Bennett J. P. Crowther W/C. R. H. Mclntosh... Hercules Cycle and Motor Co., Ltd.W. W. Lyle B. G. Heron J. G. L. Lignel J. G. Gamier ...P. Genin J. E. Rylands J. N. Somers Hawker Aircraft, Ltd. ... S. A. I. Ambrosini R. Crewdson F. Dunkerley S/L. J. Rush R. R. Paine Count L. Bonzi Hawker Aircraft, Ltd. ... Vickers-Armstrongs, . Ltd. Pilot Entrant Entrant R. A. Peacock Entrant Entrant Entrant J. H. Sauvage H. Wood ... Entrant Entrant Mrs. Z. Irwin Entrant Entrant Entrant C. 8. Wilson Entrant F. C. Fisher Entrant EntrantEntrant W. I. Lash- brookEntrant G. F. Bullen... G. Ferrari ... I. A. Forbes Entrant EntrantEntrant Entrant F. Murphy ... J. K. Quill ... Aircraft and Registration Miles Hawk Trainer III (G-AIUE) Percival Proctor V (G-AGTC) Percival Proctor III (G-AMGE) Percival Vega Gull (G-AFEA) Percival Proctor I (G-AGWV) Miles Hawk Trainer III (G-AKRV)Percival Proctor 1 (G-AHES) Percival Proctor 1 (G-AHVG) Percival Proctor 1 (G-AHNA) Percival Proctor III (G-ALMS Percival Proctor V (G-AIET Percival Proctor V (G-AHGR Pereival Proctor III (G-AKWV Percival Proctor 1 (G-AIEB) Percival Proctor III (G-ALJH) Percival Proctor 1 (G-AHDJ) Miles Monarch (G-AIDE) S.F.C.A. Lignel 46 (F-BCZJ) Nord 1203 Norecrin (F-BEBL)Beechcraft Bonanza (HB-ECS) Percival Proctor III (G-AIHD) Miles Gemini III (G-AKDC) Howker Hart (G-ABMR) Ambrosini S.7 (I-EFFI) Miles Nighthawk (G-AGWT) Miles Gemini la (G-AKKB) Miles Falcon Six (G-AECC)Miles Hawk Speed Six (G-ADGP)Ambrosini S.7 (I-BOZI) HawkerHurricane2c(G-AMAU) Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire 22 U.S. Operators and the Comet "DEFORE and during Farnborough week, American interest was" made apparent in the Vickers Valiant, in Avro 707s and in rubber-deck-landing developments. Last week-end, also, Mr.W. T. Gill, S.B.A.C. president, said that several American airlines were prepared to order de Havilland Comets (presumably Mk Us)provided that deliveries could be guaranteed by the dates on which United States manufacturers were prepared to guaranteedeliveries of piston-engined airliners. He added that it was hoped that the Government would help the industry (with labour andmaterials) to secure these orders at the same time as military com- mitments were looked after. Blackburn and General Aircraft Progress CPEAKING at the recent annual general meeting of Black-^ burn and General Aircraft, Ltd., Mr. R. Blackburn, O.B.E., A.M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.Ae.S. (chairman), referredto the progress being made with the Universal Freighter. Results so far obtained in tests were so promising, he said, that work wasnow being done on the design of a civil version capable of carrying bulky loads of nearly 20 tons. The firm was financing this ventureat present, but the directors considered the expenditure fully justified by the potentialities of the aircraft. Mr. Blackburn went on to say that work now in hand at Brough,both aircraft and non-aircraft, was insufficient to keep the factory working at full capacity but should enable it to operate profitablyfor the next year or two. So far, the main aircraft contract from the Ministry of Supply was for the production of the Boulton PaulBalliol; other contracts, both from the Ministry and from aircraft manufacturers, had been accepted. The position disclosed by the accounts, said the chairman, wasmuch more satisfactory than seemed possible when he addressed shareholders a year ago. Although the trading profit was only halfthat shown in the previous year it had, in fact, increased from £150,000 to more than £320,000, after taking into account theprovisions which, no longer required, had been written back. Canadian Bristol Appointment THE appointment is announced of Mr. J. W. Truran, A.F.C.,A.R.Ae.S., as special projects engineer to the Bristol Aeroplane Co. of Canada, Ltd. He leaves England for Montreal on October16th to take up his new appointment. At one time a Boscombe Down test pilot, Mr. Truran haslogged some 1,500 flying hours in 120 different types, ranging from Tiger Moths to Lincolns. He learned to fly at the BristolFlying School at Filton in 1931, on his return to this country after a long stay in America. He took the R.A.F.O. ab initio course /Ur. J. W. Truran, whose appoint- ment to the Canadian Bristol pany is an- nounced here. under the supervision of Mr. C. F. Uwins, then chief test pilot. In 1938 Mr. Truran joined the Air Ministry as a technical officer engaged on flight-test development. Throughout the war he served with the R.A.F. as a test pilot at Boscombe Down and remained there from 1945 to 1947 as senior handling technical officer under the Ministry of Supply. The next two years he spent in America as West Coast repre- sentative of the British Joint Services Mission, returning to England in 1950 to join the M.o.S. as principal scientific officer in charge of transport aircraft and pilotless targets.
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