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1955
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FLIGHT, 15 July 1955 LASHAM 97 PROSPECTS A Preview of the 1955 National Gliding Cham- pionships in Hampshire Lasham Airfield, with the main E.-W. runway in the foreground. On the perimeter are the club- house and the glider hangar. The map shows the airfield location. GIVEN good weather, this year's National Gliding Cham-pionships—at Lasham, Hampshire, from July 23rd toAugust 1st—should prove an exceptionally interesting meeting. For the first time since before the war the contests are being held in the South of England, and launching of the competing sailplanes from Lasham's flat site will be entirely by aero-tow. At the time of going to press 41 entries (listed below) had been received. The competition debut of the Slingsby Skylark II will take placeat the championships, six of this type having been entered. These include the prototype of the Mark II flown by Frank Foster (anddescribed by him in an article overleaf)- An absolute newcomer is the Skylark III entered by F. N. Slingsby himself and to beflown by Tony Deane-Drummond. Main differences seen in the Mark III are increased span (59ft) and aspect ratio (20:1) andan associated increase in area of fin and rudder. It is hoped that the Skylark III will be ready in time for the iqrtley BaaThot,'intney stamts. London pton rey fS.Warnborouqh FARNl O I 2 3 4 rom Portsmouth competitions. The same hope applies to the modified Olympia(No. 28) entered by the RA.F.G.S.A./Wessex Gliding Club in the open team class. An extended and modified Perspex canopy,6ft in length and based on a design suggested by A. Cdre. G. J. C. ENTRIES No. Aircraft Entrant Individual Class (Open) 1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 1314 Te 1516 17 18 19 20 21 Olympia 4 Skylark II Kite IIA Olympia Skylark II T.42 Eagle Olympia SkySkylark III Olympia WeiheOlympia Sky Olympia im Class (C Skylark IISkylark II Olympia Skylark II Olympia Prefect Olympia H. C. G. Buckingham Dr. O. J. C. Cotton A. Coufson C. W. Dowdall, W. Kahn and D. Scallon F. FosterHulton Press J. V. Inglesby London G.C.F. N. Slingsby D. A. Smith and G. H.Stephenson Surrey G.C.Surrey G.C. P. A. WillsMr. and Mrs. D. O. Burns and Junior Mirror pen) Army G.C.Army G.C. Bristol G.C. Cambridge Univ. G.C. Cambridge Univ. G.C. Cambridge Univ. G.C. Derby and Lanes G.C. Pilot D. Ince .,-:. J. L. Cotton - ' - . A. Coulson C. W. Dowdall F. Foster L. Welch J. V. Inglesby D. A. Smith A. J. Deane-Drummond C. A. P. Ellis W. A. H. KahnD. C. Kerridge P. A. WillsA. D. Piggott D. Macey, P. W. Ball C. G. Dorman, E. G. Shepherd J. M. Hahn, J. D. Jones, D. Stowe A. L. L. Alexander, G. S.Neumann, G. R. Whitfield K. E. Machin. D. R. Clayton, D. D. Carrow, G. A.Hookings G. C. Hudson, P. J. Neilson, V. S. Pollard P. Rivers, R. Dickson No. Aircraft Entrant Team Class (Open) 22 Skylark II Imperial College G.C. Olympia Olympia Oiympia Olympia Olympia Olympia Gull IV 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 T-: 36 T-21B Sky Olympia Sky Olympia Olympia Olympia London G.C. Southdown G.C. Surrey G.C. R.A.F.G.S.A./Wessex G.C. R.A.F.G.S.A., E. Midlands G.C. R.A.F.G.S.A./Wessex G.C. R.A.F.G.S.A./Moonrakers G.C. Empire Test Pilots School Empire Test Pilots School E. J. Furlong G. C. Varley and R. C. Stafford-Allen A. H. Warminger A. H. Yates and G. H. Lee 11 BSedbergh Class R.A.F./A.T.C. Home Com- mand Gliding Instructors School 37 T-21B R.A.F./A.T.C. No. 89 G.S. 38 T-21B R.A.F./A.T.C. No. 142 G.S. 39 T-21B R.A.F./A.T.C. No. 188 G.C. 40 T-21B Imperial College G.C. 41 T-21B Midland G.C. Pilot W. N. Tonkyn, D. P. L. Scallon J. Simpson, H. Fursman W. F. Jordan, D. C. Snod- grass, J. H. Holder S. Morrison, C. Wills P. Kearon, C. Scorer C. M. Harcourt, W. D. Cam- pion, D. A. Macdonald A. Gough, L. Eldridge, G. Smith, G. Taylor K. C. Fitzroy, S. Wells P. L. Bisgood, E. D. Blake A. W. Bedford E. J. Furlong, G. H. Stephenson G. C. Varley, R. C. Stafford- Allen A. H. Warminger, B. Gould G. H. Lee, A. H. Yates R.C.Jones, R. Williams F. R. E. Hayter, J. C. Allan W. Verling, D. E. Varney L. Redshaw, R. Porter P. Murden, P. Minton J. H. Hickling, A. T-kup
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