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1960
1960 - 1945.PDF
451 .^•:<: FLIGHT, 16 September 1960 Left, the ascent of the Vulcan B.2, stupendous in spectacle, stunning in sound Right, the Hunters of Treble One run in, with smoke before the bronz- ing, breathless crowd An exclusive "Flight" photograph of five English Electric F.ls of 74 Squad- ron—the greatest number yet seen in an air-to-air picture. The squadron sent Lightnings over Farn- borough on every day except one more gentle noise of an Auster and a Tiger Moth towing gliders,in a most pleasing display which the RAE Gliding Club arranged for the three public days. The pilots who performed these silentaerobatics were the club's CFI, David Martlew, in a Slingsby Swallow; the deputy CFI, Roy Procter, in an Elliott Olympia 2b;and the CFI and assistant CFI of the Lasham gliding centre, Derek Piggott and Brian Masters, flying respectively an Elliott 460 and a Slingsby Skylark 3. Towing was initially done by twoAusters, one of them a 6a lent by the manufacturers; but after the other Auster met with an accident on its return to Lashamon Friday afternoon, resulting in the death of the pilot (Tony Thackery), towing was undertaken on the Saturday and todayby the 6a flown by Derrick Goddard and a Tiger Moth flown by Leslie Creed. [Continued overleaf
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