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124 FLIGHT CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS . . . the wish was expressed that the forthcoming International AirRally to be organized by the Club in 1957 would be as successful and enjoyable as those held in the past. A DDITIONAL details have been announced by the Royal Aero•^*- Club concerning this year's racing and aerobatic contests (reported briefly in Flight last week). Trophies are to be awardedfor speed as well as for final placings in the races, and the first prize in the new aerobatic contest will be £100. Further detailsare as follows: — Meetings: At Yeadon on June 10 (first two rounds of class races,Royal Aero Club Aerobatic Competition), and at Baginton on July 13 (final rounds of class races, Lockheed Aerobatic Competition, King'sCup Race). Class Races: (1) Osram Cup (pilot achieving fastest time over coursewins Air League Challenge Cup). Each round comprises four ten- mile laps. (2) Kemsley Challenge Trophy (pilot achieving fastest time overcourse wins Norton Griffiths Challenge Trophy). Each round com- prises three ten-mile laps.(3) Goodyear Challenge Trophy (pilot achieving fastest time over course wins Grosvenor Challenge Cup). Each round comprises threeten-mile laps. Prizes of £100, £50 and £25 will be awarded in each round of eachrace to pilots placed first, second and third, respectively. The British Air Racing Championship will go to the pilot with the highest numberof points in the three class races. King's Cup Race: To be flown over a 112-mile triangular course,Baginton - Sywell - Peterborough - Baginton. Open to British pilots and aircraft which have completed at least one round of the classraces. S.B.A.C. Challenge Cup to be awarded to pilot achieving fastest time over course. Entries restricted to aircraft of gross weight notexceeding 1,750 kg (3,858 lb). British Lockheed International Aerobatic Competition: Eliminatinground on July 12, finals on July 13. Two groups, for light and heavy aircraft respectively. Prizes of £300, £250, £200, £150, £100 and £50donated by Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Co., Ltd., with additional prizes of £50 for the highest marked pilot in each group who fails to qualifyfor the final. Royal Aero Club Aerobatic Competition: New event for British pilotsin aircraft not exceeding 1,750 kg gross weight. Prizes of £100, £75, £50 and £25 donated by Automotive Products, Ltd. li/|~EETINGS announced by the Tiger Club for the coming•"•*• season include a race meeting for Tiger Moths at Sandown Airport, Isle of Wight, on April 21 and 22, and an aerobaticcompetition for the de Havilland Trophy at the Northamptonshire Aero Club, Sywell, on May 5. This latter occasion is stated to bethe official celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Tiger Moth, which gained its C. of A. in March 1932. The Club has alsomade the following announcement: — "Apart from the National Air Races at which, of course, the club'smembers hope to compete as usual, the Tiger Club will do its best to encourage racing at local club functions, should any clubwish to include these in their programme. To this end, the Tiger Club will provide up to six Tiger Moths at any one display, together with thepilots to fly them, but in order to encourage the younger generation of pilots to gain experience in racing, opportunity will be given to alimited number of local pilots from the club visited to take part in the event, provided that (a) they produce a statement from their chiefflying instructor confirming that they are, in his opinion, fit to race, (b) they are in possession of a current Royal Aero Club Competitor'sLicence, and (c) they become associate members of the Tiger Club before entries for the races close. The aircraft of the Tiger Club willbe fully insured for third-party risks, and each will have easily dis- tinguished colour schemes. . ." A WELL-KNOWN instructor at Fair Oaks Aero Club, and•**• author of Student and Private Pilot's Handbook, H. H. ("Eddie") Edwards has recently left this country for an aviationcareer in the U.S.A. At Fair Oaks, the two successful socials held during Decemberare to be followed by one on January 26. Messrs. Brock, Black and Bond have obtained P.P.Ls., and a total of 4,827 hours wereflown during 1956. CJOME 60 members of the Scottish Aero Club, Perth, attended a^ very enjoyable Hogmanay Party. Flying rates have been in- creased following the rise in the cost of petrol and, as manymembers have considerable distances to travel to the club, the rationing of car fuel has caused a slight drop in attendance. rpO soften the blow of petrol rationing, Lancashire Aero Club -*• have organized a particularly active programme of socialevents. These events include a film show on January 27, and a Valentine Ball on February 16. This New Zealand ultra-light, designed by C. G. Andrews, made its first flight at Rongotai Aerodrome on January 2. Cadets under training at Elstree, with instructor W. H. Bailey (left) and C.F.I. David Ogilvy (right): C. Denham, D. C. Vincent, J. I. Jen- kinson, M. J. Talbot and M. R. Smith. A reunion of Elstree-trained scholarship cadets is planned; those interested should contact the C.F.I. FLYING hours for 1956 at Elstree Flying Club totalled 3,741,compared with 3,180 the previous year. Blaming the weather for the fact that the increase was not greater, C.F.I. DavidOgilvy comments that December's figure of 98 hr was the worst for any month in the last three years. Between the 6th and 30thof that month instructors Ogilvy and Bailey flew only ten minutes each; fogs, gales, rain and low cloud keeping them grounded forthe remainder of the time. An example of what is possible, how- ever, was the 31-hour total for one day, December 2. The club's new year has begun with the publication of plansfor new instrument-flying and instructors' courses. While not going as far as the Instrument Rating, the instrument courseincludes 15 hours' basic Link training and five hours' instrument flying in the Chipmunk, and costs £45, or £42 if paid in advance.The courses for the Assistant Instructor's Rating will be full- time, lasting a minimum of 14 days and including 25-30 hours'flying, a course of lectures and practice briefings. TN spite of last summer's bad weather, a further increase of-•• activity during 1956 has been reported by the Lasham Gliding Centre. Among the year's achievements were 20,812 launches,3.230 hours flown, and 6,586 cross-country miles, compared with 18,238 launches, 2,730 hours and 4,227 miles during 1955. Flyingwas possible on 323 days during 1956, and soaring on 168 days. Three new British records were set up from Lasham duringthe year. These were the British two-seater out-and-return, the U.K. 100 km single-seater speed, and the U.K. single-seater200 km triangular speed records. All the 1956 instructional courses were fully booked, and a similar programme has been arrangedfor this year. A total of 31 gliders and sailplanes are now based at Lasham, 17 of which are privately owned. "D ECORDS homologated recently by the B.G.A. include theAV British national out-and-return record, set up by R. C. Forbes (Weihe) in a flight of 217 miles from Grand Prairie, Texas, toStephens County Airport, Texas, and return, on August 8, 1956; and the women's British national and U.K. gain-in-height recordof 10,500ft by Mrs. Ann Burns (Skylark 3) on December 2, 1956, from the Long Mynd. T3ECENTLY elected to Associate Membership of the Britishix Gliding Association is the Northampton Gliding Club, which operates from Sywell Aerodrome. The secretary of the new clubis A. G. Clarkson, 6 Mill Road, Kettering, Northants.
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