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867 FUGHT International, 21 May 1964 SPORT AND B U 8 I N E88 Some of the 140 aircraft which went to Jersey. Almost three times that number would have been entered had acceptances not been limited FULL HOUSE AT JERSEY THERE have now been ten Channel Islands InternationalAir Rallies, their success increasing year by year. For thisyear's event, in fact, the Channel Islands Aero Club had to limit the numbers to 385 visitors in 140 aircraft, although almost a thousand people would like to have taken part and 394 aircraft would have been entered. The rally took place over the weekend May 8-10. As with most rallies of this kind (writes a participant), the idea is to fly to and from, take part in simple competitions and a con- cours d^ elegance, and for the rest of the time to enjoy oneself and get to know the resort upon which the rally is based. There was very little formality—a vin d'honneur in the Town Hall at St Helier and a banquet with prizegiving on the final night. A splendid selection of private aircraft, varying in size from a Queen Air from Lubeck to the smallest single-seaters from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark and the British Isles, were shep- herded into Jersey's airport, and in due course many of their pilots received prizes. The president of the club, Deputy M. L. Thomas, took the chair at the banquet in the Hotel de France with Mr Julian Amery as guest of honour, and under the patronage of the Lieutenant Governor, Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Villiers. The Minister, who flew to Jersey in a Beagle 206, proposed the toast of the club, congratulating Senator W. H. Krichefski on the Island's developments in aviation and the encouragement it was giving to private flying. Mr Amery remarked that Europe was far behind the Americans in private flying. "We must catch up, modernize, and adapt," he said. Referring to the Junior Wings scheme, he paid a generous tribute to Flight International for its "imaginative" gesture in offering a follow-up scholarship. Speaking of the nineteenth anniversary of the island's liberation from the Germans, being celebrated that day, the Minister sugges- ted that in two years' time there should be a "monster rally in memory of 1066 and all that." Senator Krichefski, who is president of the States of Jersey Harbours and Airport Committee, thanked the Minister for his joast and for the help and co-operation of his Ministry since the liberation of the island. It was a happy thought, he said, that on "us nineteenth anniversary of the liberation the first prize for the railycould be given to a young German pilot from Lubeck. The Guests" were proposed by Deputy M. L. Thomas, and Siran Cobham amused everyone with stories of some of his early flying experiences. Before the prizes were presented by Lady Villiers, one visitor from each of the countries represented in the rally thanked the organizers. The principal prize-winners (Grand Prix: navigation and air- manship; concours a"1 elegance; and best British and foreign entries) were H. Bauer (Queen Air, Lubeck), E. Wein (Picchio, UK), and G. W. Scheel (Tripacer, Lubeck). Special awards went to P. Hoist (Turbulent), who flew from Denmark, and to T. A. Davis from Elstree, who gave a first-class display in his Spitfire. Other prizes were awarded to D. M. Parsons (Comanche 250, Fairoaks), L. P. Zobel (Jodel, Lubeck), A. McLennan (Cessna 210, Perth), — Westerbarkey (Cessna 175, Gutersloh), G. Lassen (Aztec, Ham- burg), Mrs Sudborough (Cessna 172C, Bedfordshire), — Huebinger (Bolkow, Diisseldorf), S. Attwood (Autocar, Blackbushe), P. Genest (Jodel, Cosne) and M. W. Warner (Cessna 182). The club prize went to the Halfpenny Green Flying Club. Appropriately on Ms 19th anniversary of the island's liberation in 1945, a Spit- fire 9, G-ASJV, was flown in and demonstrated by its owner, T. A. Davies Winner of a special award was P. Hoist, in a Turbulent from Denmark
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