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828 FLIGHT, 17 June I960 '**', Award winners at Cardiff were (left to right) J. Stewart-Wood, Claude Grahame-White Challenge Cup for the London to Cardiff race; John Severne, first in the class 2 short-circuit race (but he had to surrender that Norton-Griffiths Trophy to Stewart-Wood after the points scored had been re-calculated); Miss Sheila Scott, winner of class 3 short circuit race and joint winner with Geoffrey Marler of the de HariHand Tiger Moth Trophy; . : •• - !. . ;v. - v -.. and D. M.Hartas, winner in class 1 of the Air League Challenge Cup RACING DOWN TO RHOOSE ... which had their wings down in a bank before they were clear. Around the aerodrome pylon at the end of the lap the order was Joan Short, first-off and still in the lead; Francis, up from fourth to second place ahead of Norman Jones; and Severne already up to fourth. Bailey too had picked up two places, displacing the two Prentices. Margo McKellar was missing and remained out of the race until she landed at the end. Next time around, the order had shifted again. Joan Short, very high, held her lead but Severne was coming up fast now in second place; Gregory too had slipped past the Currie Wot and Bailey was now roaring around after Norman Jones' red Turbulent. Last time around the circuit and the field were diving for finishing line on the edge of runway. First home was John Severne, 17sec ahead of the Francis' Turbulent. Bailey lashed through the diving huddle to finish third. Last race of the day was a Moth benefit for the de Havilland Tiger Moth Challenge Trophy—Tigers, Jackaroos, Hornets and Moth Minors. Much in evidence were the Tiger Club, with the "Sue Burgess," the "Deacon" and the "Archbishop." Only 2min 49sec covered the first (Sheila Scott's Jackaroo) and last (Beverley Snook's and Benjamin's Tiger Moths) aircraft away. At the aerodrome turn the first time round they had already bunched up considerably; Miss Scott was still well ahead but Bishop had moved up in G-ACDC and Statt's pretty Moth Minor had picked up too. Beverley Snook was well up in the ruck, beginning to work his way through the field; the next time round he had picked up five more places. Already he seemed a chal- lenge to the leading Jackaroo, but Sheila Scott in "Myth" held a lead which was still commanding when she crossed the line. Interspersing the races were a number of display items spon- sored by the Glamorgan Flying Club. It was these that gave the meeting its full title of the "1960 International Welsh Air Rally and British Air Races" and provided additional entertainment for the 20,000-odd spectators who crowded in to watch Wales' biggest-yet aeronautical Eisteddfod. Some of the items were Sweeping past the aerodrome pylon to the finishing line is Sqn Ldr John Severne in the Turbulent entered by the Duke of Edinburgh. No other Turbulent could get within 5 m.p.h. of it Pilot Class 1: R. R. Paine G. P. WatsonR. H. Mclntosh ... E. Crobtree P. G. Masefield ... A. S. K. PaineA. J. Spider P. Blamire D. W. Phillips K. B. Neely D. M. Hartas*C. Boddington V. H. Bellamy Class II: J. Severne C. Gregory J. Stewart-Woodf Miss J. L. Ferguson W. H. BaileyC. P. Francis G. Rees Miss J. H. Short ... N.H.Jones Miss M. MacKellar J. F. Underwood ... C. W. Hubbard ... R. W. Bowles J. H. Denyer M. L. Brewer Class III: C. A. N. Bishop ... J. M. Donald P. G. Statt J. Piercy Dr E. D. Fox L. J. Benjamin C. E. Elton W. P. Meynell Miss S. Scout J. W. C. Judge ... G. MarlerJ B. J. Snook Miss G. M. Cazalet Aircraft Hawk Speed 6 Proctor 3Cessna 175 Gemini 3c Chipmunk Proctor 1Proctor 3 Gemini 3c Linnet Proctor Jodel D.117Comper Swift Spitfire Mk 8 Turbulent Taylorcraft Auster V Turbulent Hawk Tr.Turbulent Prentice Turbulent Turbulent Turbulent Currie Wot Prentice Auster 6 Auster J1N Autocrat Tiger Moth Tiger Moth Moth Minor Hornet Moth Tiger Moth Tiger Moth Tiger Moth Tiger Moth JackarooHornet Moth Jackaroo Tiger MothTiger Moth Regn. G-ADGP G-AOEJG-APYA G-AKEG G-AOTM G-AHNAG-AHEK G-ALZG G-APNS G-AOGE G-AOPZG-ABUS G-AIDN G-APNZ G-AHGZ G-AIKE G-APMZ G-AIUAG-APZZ G-AOPL G-APIZ G-APVZ G-APBZ G-APWT G-AOLP VF544 G-AJEH G-AHHK G-ACDC G-ANZU G-AFOZG-ADNB G-APRA G-AOAA G-ARAZ G-ANEL G-APAMG-AEWY G-APAP G-ANZZG-AOCV London-Cardie Speed (m.p.h.) 205* 162J 159* 180 145* 168* 155*185 134* 162* 1351391 222 110i 1251 134* Force 144*1051 1391 97 98* 103 98 142* 141 138 99 116 Place in class 4 21 10 12 6 8 7 11 9 3 5 13 3 4 1 f Race Place Over- all 10 82 24 36 15 19 17 29 22 912 38 7 16 1 >d landing 89 7 11 12 10 13 5 2 6 14 6 Forced land 123* 128 115* 129 116 1171 115*124| "7* 126*124* 710 11 9 5 8 312 1 42 2831 27 34 35 3237 21 6 26 39 14 ing 1825 30 23 13 20 533 3 114 Circuit B Speed (m.p.h.) P Disqualif 145 130 1631 127 154 139 1711 121 146 1221 Disqua 254 100 1111 1201 — 13395 1261 Disqua 83 f if Retire< 100 126 1261 1261 — 1041 — 112114 1021 1171 104 105 1041131 1041 1181091 * Air League Challenge Cup. \ Norton-Griffiths Challenge Trophy and Claude Grah White Challenge Cup. J de Havilland Tiger Moth Challenge Trophy (shared) absolutely first class, notably the formation aerobatic teams of the Central Flying School and 111 Squadron. , Undaunted by the reputation of the Black Hunters, the CFS instructors put up a show in their red fluorescent-splashed Jet Provosts that was completely individual, highly polished and utterly absorbing. Starting in an ultra-tight box formation they split into pairs for a_ synchronized, mirror-image performance. Their forte is to fly tip-tank trailing tip-tank, a tip-tank's length apart, and from that standard they rarely wavered. What more can be told of Sqn Ldr Peter Latham's Treble One squadron that has not been amply demonstrated already? Their perfection remains unblemished, although at Cardiff the timing 01 their finale was upset by diminished visibility. New this year is the "all-talking loop," so called because of the rapid formation- changing which requires constant orders from Sqn Ldr Latham's leading black Hunter. They started their display as a nine, broke to seven, broke to five and, in card five, bomburst downwards, smoking, for their finale. When the noise of their Avons died away, the airfield was strangely quiet. •._•••• A. T. P. V-
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