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1952
1952 - 1704.PDF
738 FLIGHT (Left) No. 17 R.F.S., Hornchurch: FIL. B. R. King, Pit. IV S. £. Punt, Sgt. R. G. Wilkins. (Right) No. 18 R.F.S., Fairoaks: FIL. F. E. Rowe, F/L L. Staples, F/L A. 8. Cartwright. No. 1 R.F.S., Panshanger: FIL. J. P. Blackmore, F/L F. A. Fox, Sgt. H. W. Crone. No. 22 R.F.S., Cambridge: F/L T. C. P/ck, FIL. P. J. Q. Back, P/O. J. D. Price. No. 24 R.F.S., Rochester: F/L S. 0. Reeves, F/L. R. D. Farebrother, Pit. IV J. Home- wood. Encouraging th —Among the Reservists: M IT is to be hoped that the annual competitions organized by No. 61 Group of Home Command for their Reserve pilots and crews will become an increasingly valuable and popular Service event. Apart from the competitive interest and the incentive to attain high standards among the individuals and schools, an excellent opportunity would be afforded for V.R. pilots to meet their old friends. This year's results, following contests flown off at R.A.F. Station Kenley on Saturday, June 7th, were briefly reported last week, together with an account of the occasion. We are now able to present a number of Flight photographs of the teams of three pilots, representing each of the six schools in the Group, and some of the aircraft—Chipmunks and Ansons—taking part. The schools concerned were No. 1 R.F.S., Panshanger; No. 15, Redhill; No. 17, Hornchurch; No. 18, Fairoaks; No. 22, Cam bridge; and No. 24, Rochester. Three trophies are awarded each year: one for the crew competition—in Ansons, each flown by a staff pilot, carrying one navigator and one signaller from the Reserve School; a second for the pilots' competition, for teams of three Chipmunks flown by genuine Reservists (as opposed to instructors or professional pilots); and a third for the highest aggregate of marks obtained by one school in the two competitions. For the second year running No. 18 R.F.S., Fairoaks, won the pilots' competition and the combination trophy, while No. 24 R.F.S., Rochester, won the crew cup. The totals of marks obtained were given last week, and the breakdown, indicating the degree of proficiency attained in the individual manoeuvres in the pilots' competition, is included below. Detail requirements in the pilots' competition are as follows: three pilots selected from those engaged at the time of the compe titions upon their 15 days' annual continuous training fly the following sequence of formations in Chipmunks : (a) take-off in vie; (0) fly-past at 1,000ft above the airfield in vie, line abreast, line astern and echelon; (c) land in vie. The time limit for the event is ten minutes, with a penalty of ten marks for each minute over. Marks are lost for unnecessarily long or short runs, flying dangerously close—particularly on take-off or landing—slowness in changes of formation or turns, raggedness or unsteadiness in formation at any stage, and crabbing. On completion of the formation flying the aircraft again take Competing aircraft—Chipmunks and Ansans- fiy at Kenley airfield. -awaiting their turn to No. 15 R.F.S., Redhill: F/0. D. A. Twyman, F/O. W. D. Musther. F/L R. G. /. £///ott.
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