Sailplane & Gliding 1966 - Lakes Gliding Club

Mick Ensor made our "highest" this
year when he reached 14,000 ft. in his
Skylark while chasing Gold height, some
icing was encountered.
The dub boffins are working hard on
some "home built radio equipment, which
they hope to fit to all our competition
machines.
Finally, we are to stay at FeltweU for
the time being. Visiting pilots, who are
always welcome, should note th3t all
circuits must be made to the north side
of the airfield. R. G. J.
R.A.F.G.S.A. (Bicestet)
D
URTNG the Junior Championships
held at Bicester from the 20th-29th
August, seven contest days were flown
by League I, and eight contest days by
League 2. Fran~ois
Louis Henry, France,
the current World Champion Standard
Class and Maurice Delvigne, another
French Air Force pilot. both flew hors
concours in League 1.
Final leading results: League I: 1.
e. M. Greaves, Olympia 419, 6118 pts.;
2=. J. Stanley and J. N. Stevenson, Skylark
4, 5238 pIs.; 2 =. D. S. Bridson,
Ka-6cR, 5238 pts. Henry, flying an Edelweiss,
finished above No, 1 with 6962
pts and Delvigne, Edelweiss, above No.
9. eague 2: I. R. J. Hale, Skylark 2,
5471 pts.; 2. R. McLuckie, Olympia 28,
4545 pts. and 3. G. R. Ross, Olympia
28. 4520 pts.
WREKIN
SI CE our introductory report in the
last S. & G., the Club has become
well established. We now have a fleet
of five - T-21, T-31, Tutor, Grunau 2
and Olympia 2, with the relevant supporting
equipment, and our launch rate
has risen from 450 in the first month
to over 1,000 in July. We hope to beat
th' soon!
Twelve A and B's have been gained.
plus eight C's and four Bronze C's. We
hope to expand our cross-country flymg.
.now we have a trailer. Johnny
Morns, our C.F.I., showed us the way
w(lth a quick dash to Swinderby
declared).
Many R.A.F.G.S.A. members will
know Olympia 2 No. 26 - I doubt they
Will recognise it, resplendent in a new
finish, the result of much. time and effort
by Jim Pignotl. Jim has taken over as
aircraft member. and has never stopped
working since!
We were very lucky to move into splendid
new premises recently, thanks to our
Chairman, and the improved facilities
make life much easier and more pleasant.
H. F. O.
CRUSADERS (Cyprus)
T
HE hot summer sun beating down on
our airstrip brings no thermals,
merely cool sea air. Flying has also
been limited by the regrettable damage,
in flying accidents, to two of our aircraft;
this has left us with a single serviceable
T-21. On a few days in mid·
July the sea air held off and we had
several heurs soaring at a 5.000 ft.
cloud base. On one trip the T-21, after
entering a dust devil after a winch
launch, m3de 5,000 ft. within nine
minutes of take off!
When the sea air comes in an soaring
is cut off. bot we do have one
interesting local phenomenon, a minute
standing wave which forms at the inversion
on the top of the sea air. With the
strong sea breeze this will give areas of
zero sink at about 800 ft., enough to
prolong the winch launch considerably.
At the end of the day, the stronger
sea breeze front from the other side of
the island often crosses the site, this
not only provides some interesting soaring
but the sudden gusts which accompany
the front give some hard work to
the ground handlers.
We are still without a hangar and
have to derig the aircraft after flying.
If we are not allowed names in the
club news could we put in a plea, for
all certificates, granting of instructor
categories and other personal items to
be printed somewhere in the magazine,
even in the smallest possible type.
R. P. S.
TWO RIVERS
(Laarbruch, Germany)
T
HE R.A.F. Germany Competitions
were held at R.A.F. Butzweilerhof
from 28th June to I1 th July, 1966. Our
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