Sailplane & Gliding 1966 - Lakes Gliding Club
Sailplane & Gliding 1966 - Lakes Gliding Club Sailplane & Gliding 1966 - Lakes Gliding Club
WHERE ARE YOU? Keep your airfield recognition up to scratch by giving a name to this airfield somewhere in Britain. If you don't know it or guess it straight off, here are some clues to help you. ~::::::=~::;;;;;==--T---I----I---~,: The main runway The npproa.cb a-nd headlnp are tower frequenCies Restaurant !aci!itle.:; I 17/35 and 08f26 are: Approach. at Airport and 118.65: Tower. 119.4. there are fil~St class hotels nearby. The belght of the alrlleJd I. • feet AMSL. CwrtoII18 category cB' a"..Uable during 1---------1 hours of operation. The name of the Shell.Me" and a.p. AIrfield DePOt Manaa:er Is Mr. A. L. J. Seaward. Add tbe lifeblood of any aIrport A VTUR. AVGAS eo and AVGAS 100.'130. Ta..··d•• Publ1c T'r&naport and Hire Cars are B-vaJlable. GOT IT YET? Here"s another clue. The 8AC III fir" fie,· from here. (ulnH) u/oow.wnog =~su..... SHELL-MEX AND B.P. LTD Operators in the U.K. of the Shell and the BP Aviation Services.
SAILPLANE &, GLIDING OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE, BRITISH GLIDING ASSOCIATION Editor: Alan Stater, M.A., F.R.Met.S. Assistant Editor andProdacfion Manager: 'Rika Harwood C,lub News, 'Editor: Yvonne Bonham Advertisement Manager: Peggy Mleville Committee: Philip Wills Chairman, G. Harwood, W. Kahn, M. Bird, M. Simons CONTENTS Californian Holiday A Raling System Kronfeld Club News The German Natioml!l B,G,A. News O.S.T.T.V. News The Care and Feeding of PasseneeTS V-Tails Rebuual To Glider Handicapping London Rcgionats New Finnish ··Utu" Flying in the V.S. National. "Turn Left At Reading" A Front to Remember Results - R.A.F. Germany On Flying The Northern. Ready - Steady - Go It's All Yours A Sobering Thought Rieti 1966 Results - Bicester Easter Rally .. First Gold For Wales Gliding Certificates Obituary: L C. Ottlcy. R. P. Cooper Corrc~spot1deoce Club NC\Iors Service New. Overseas News F. N. Slingsby A, F, W. Edwards Yvonne Bonham L. A. de Lan~e G. Locke J, Gibson R. E. Sehr.d.r Rik. Harwood R. E. S.hrcder R M. Wade K. Nurcombe S. B. Wills .. W. A. H. Kahn Ann Welch .. P. Minton .. P. A. Wills I. H. Shattock J, Furlong. P. A. Wills P. M. Scou, W. A. H. Kahn P. A. Wills, J. Fifth, A. Edwards, J. EHs, R. Pricle. D. Carey, J. C. RiddelJ, G. W. Gilrller, R. Joncs COI'er pl,otogroplr: A Capstan [tom the West Wales Club fll'itl~ aboye of'Oi;raphie cloud oyer the coast near Tenby. Photogroph by Grohom R. Httgl,es, Squibbs Studi"s. Tenby, 339 346 348 349 3~1 352 H3 357 358 359 364 367 371 372 375 376 380 382 383 385 386 387 391 392 393 ,402 410 412 Publi.....d by rh. Brilish Gliding AISDci.lilHll 75 VidoriJo Slr••I, London, S.W.1. SullIV.n 75."9 P,int.et by Th. AmberJ.,. Pr.n. hrnhlih. Suruy. Vol. XVII No.5
- Page 1: SAIL A &GLIDI October-November 1966
- Page 5 and 6: CALIFORNIAN HOLIDAY By FRED SLlNGSB
- Page 7 and 8: A gaggle, assembly, dope, or produc
- Page 9 and 10: to Lake Tahoe, partly in Nevada but
- Page 11 and 12: a most interesting visit to the Soa
- Page 13 and 14: Guo (sharply): Are you referring to
- Page 15 and 16: THE GERMAN NATIONALS EARLY a hundre
- Page 17 and 18: B.G.A. NEWS Association Secretary R
- Page 19 and 20: THE CARE AND FEEDING OF PASSENGERS
- Page 21 and 22: "A.h, bwt lift in clowds is much bi
- Page 23 and 24: V-TAILS By JOHN GIBSON HE recent in
- Page 25 and 26: LONDON REGIONALS 30th July - 7th Au
- Page 27 and 28: would also be possible. Pilots were
- Page 29 and 30: Final 3L7 2.8 5.8 Total Place PI/or
- Page 31 and 32: uckling of the whole wing upper sur
- Page 33 and 34: FLYING IN THE U.S. NATIONALS By R.
- Page 35 and 36: course ran S.E. diagonally across t
- Page 37 and 38: "TURN LEFT AT READING" Some Thought
- Page 39 and 40: SKYlARK FURTHER l.INES OF LAUNCHED
- Page 41 and 42: others could be seen along the fron
- Page 43 and 44: 1250 Regular asClockwork Every fiv~
- Page 45 and 46: lost. An urgent plea over the radio
- Page 47 and 48: silver colIectio.n from Burton, Bur
- Page 49 and 50: ular lesson, and above an what he i
- Page 51 and 52: RIETI 1966 By PHIL.lP WILLS W· HEN
WHERE ARE YOU?<br />
Keep your airfield recognition up to scratch by giving a name<br />
to this airfield somewhere in Britain. If you don't know it<br />
or guess it straight off, here are some clues to help you.<br />
~::::::=~::;;;;;==--T---I----I---~,:<br />
The main runway The npproa.cb a-nd<br />
headlnp are tower frequenCies Restaurant !aci!itle.:; I<br />
17/35 and 08f26 are: Approach. at Airport and<br />
118.65: Tower. 119.4. there are fil~St<br />
class hotels nearby.<br />
The belght of<br />
the alrlleJd I.<br />
• feet AMSL.<br />
CwrtoII18 category cB'<br />
a"..Uable during 1---------1<br />
hours of operation.<br />
The name of the<br />
Shell.Me" and a.p.<br />
AIrfield DePOt<br />
Manaa:er Is<br />
Mr. A. L. J. Seaward.<br />
Add tbe lifeblood<br />
of any aIrport<br />
A VTUR. AVGAS eo<br />
and AVGAS 100.'130.<br />
Ta..··d•• Publ1c<br />
T'r&naport and<br />
Hire Cars<br />
are B-vaJlable.<br />
GOT IT YET?<br />
Here"s another clue.<br />
The 8AC III fir"<br />
fie,· from here.<br />
(ulnH)<br />
u/oow.wnog<br />
=~su.....<br />
SHELL-MEX AND B.P. LTD<br />
Operators in the U.K. of the Shell and the BP Aviation Services.