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1982 events in view AS 1982 opens here is a preview of some rallies and gliding events for the diary. An early event on this year's international rally calendar is the 1982 Jersey rally, hosted by the Chan nel Islands Aero Club at Jersey Air port and beginning on April 30. Normally extending over three days, an optional extra day has been added for a visit to the nearby Aero Club de Dinan in France during the latter's 50th anniversary year. Entry fee for the rally is £82 plus 300Fr for the Dinan event. Enquiries to the Channel Islands Aero Club, Jersey Airport, telephone 0534 42706. Following the success of last year's Northumbria International Air Rally, the Newcastle Aero Club plans to re peat the event in 1982, from June 11-13. Telephone 0632 861321. The 1982 Malta Rally runs from June 19 to 23 and includes six com petitions (arrivals, elapsed time, flight planning, longest distance and cours d'elegance) as well as a busy social programme based at the Grand Hotel, Verdala. Contact the Organising Com mittee at Rally House, Granaries Square, Floriana, Malta. Kinair, the Kilkenny International Air Rally, celebrates its 10th birth day this year from June 18-20. Based in the south-east of Ireland, the rally's social programme takes in the local 18th century brewery as well as Kilkenny Castle. The Kilkenny Air Race counts as a qualifying event for the King's Cup. An innovation this year is the acceptance of payment by Access or Visa card. A "staging point" for entrants from Europe will be Bournemouth Airport, with accommo dation at a nearby hotel for the even ing of June 17. Contact Kilkenny Air port, The Parade, Kilkenny, Ireland, telephone 22036. Major European events on this years gliding calendar include the European Club Class Championships at Hammelburg from June 5-19, for fixed-wheel sailplanes without water ballast. The 1982 German national championships will be in Bayreuth from May 26 to June 6. Time- recording cameras are likely for future German contests, as used in the 1981 event. In the USA, the 1982 Soaring Society of America's National Con vention is from March 2 to 7 at Houston, Texas, and National Soar ing Week is from June 6 to 12. The 15 Metre National Championships are from June 29 to July 8 at Harris Hill, New York; the Standard Class Championships are from July 20 to 29 at El Mirage, California; and the Open Class contest is from August 3 to 12 at Caddo Mills, Texas. Contact the Soaring Society of America at Box 66071, Los Angeles, California 90066, telephone [213] 390-4449. This year's UK National champion ships have yet to be confirmed, but provisional arrangements are for the Open Class at Lasham from June 5 to 13; the 15 Metre Class at Dunstable, July 10 to 18; and the Standard Class at Wycombe from August 7 to 15. Contact the British Gliding Associa tion on 0533 531051. Ninety years old—and still flying. Air Cdre "Daddy" Probyn, who must be the world's oldest licensed pilot, steps out of his Jodel at a special gathering in Kenya lost month to celebrate his 65 flying years. He learned to fly in 1916, and ended his service career as Com mandant of the RAF College, Cranwell, before moving to Kenya post-war. Today he still regularly flies his single-seat VW-powered Jodel Briefings . The British Women Pilots Association is inviting nominations for its annual awards covering achievements in aviation during 1981. These are the Lennox Bird Trophy for long-term service or achievement; the Brabazon Cup for a single achievement; and the O. P. Jones Cup for an outstanding flight or long-term service in gliding. Nominations should be made by January 31 to Mrs M. Wood, 16 Upper Mill, Wateringbury, Maidstone, Kent, and awards will be decided by the Royal Aero Club's Medals Com mittee. New main address for the BWPA is 25 Fouberts Place, London Wl. Bristow Helicopters has presented one of its earliest Westland WS-55/3 helicopters (a civil version of the Whirlwind) to the British Rotor- craft Museum. The aircraft dates from 1954 and was originally opera ted by Air Whaling, Alan Bristow's first helicopter operation. Currently dismantled and stored, the Westland should be on display when the museum is re-opened at Weston-super- Mare this year. Private Official organ of the Royal Aero Club Safety SENSE Take-off problems AN uphill slope and a runway too short for the prevailing conditions were factors in a take-off accident to a Rallye Tobago in which one occu pant was seriously injured, and the other three escaped unhurt. With four people on board and nearly full tanks the weight was below maximum, but the grass runway had a 2 per cent uphill slope, wind was almost calm, and the tyres were found to be well below recommended pres sures. Flight manual data showed that, considering the above factors, the aircraft needed a 585m take-off run, whereas only 501m were avail able. A runway slope significantly affects take-off performance, a 2° slope adding perhaps 10 per cent to the take-off run. In a take-off accident to an Emeraude two people escaped unhurt, although the aircraft was destroyed. Wind was light and variable, tem perature was 26° C. the runway had a significant uphill slope and the grass was long enough to cover the aircraft spats. It lifted momentarily but sank back on to the ground, and while it lifted over the boundary' hedge it eventually stalled and crashed into bushes beyond. Take-off performance can be cut down drastically by many factors, and these are useful guidelines. • A head/tailwind component which is 10 per cent of unstick speed can reduce/increase take-off run by 20 per cent. • A 2 per cent uphill gradient can in crease take-off run by 20 per cent. • A 5 per cent weight increase might increase take-off run by 25 per cent. • A 1,000ft increase in density alti tude, or a 10°C increase above ISA temperature, can increase take-off run by 12 per cent. The 1982 Flight Pilot's Diary is now sold out, and money which has been sent with orders is being returned. 10 FLIGHT International, Z January 1982
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