Volume 16 No 1 Feb 1965.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

•Official rest day.three pilots assisted with radio messagesand Ron Wood in the Oly 463 landednearby to give assistance. All three hadsecond launches, but it was too late inthe day for really effective distance tobe run up.Results: Reid, 1,000; Handley, 601;Fowke, 577.WedDesday, 25thOfficial rest day. Wave did developlater in the day, and Andy Gough,visiting froom England, managed to workit up to 15,000 ft.; but wasn't able to gethis Diamond gain of height.Thursday, 26thThe task was set as distance arounda 75-km. triangle as many times as possible.However, it soon became apparentthat no one was making headway againstthe wind although the thermals werethere, and the day' was, declared "nocontest". Wave once again appearedvery high up, and some took launchesinto it later in the day. Greatest heightreached was 15,000 ft.Friday, 27thWave again. Hope springs eternaland another task - a big one. Distanceto a turning point at Lake Waikaremoana(190 miles), thencc free distance.A start was made on launching, butthere were reports of extreme turbulence.Two Rhonseglers were flipped on totheir backs at about 12,000 feet inrot~r turbulepce, and the tug pilots weregettmg worned. So John Messervy recalledthose that could be, and cancelledthe task.Four aircraft without radio could notbe recalled and shot away on the task.The fifth, John Day, in an Oly 463asked permission on the radio to attemptthe task. This was granted. John cameback to the aerodrome after a longflight. He had been to Hastings and backat about 31,000 feet. Of the others, lanDunce, in a Skylark 3B, Ross Carmichael,in a Skylark lB, and AlanCameron, in a K-6, reached Gisborne ­200 miles. All required Gold Distance.Howard Seoffin (Standard Austria), whooverfIew Gisboroe to land at TokamaruBay, some 240 direct miles away, alsorequired Gold Distance, (This Bight wonhim the "Most Meritorious Flight"award presented each year.) lan Duncehad declared Gisborne and so receivesTHERMAL EQUIPMENT LJMITEDannounce theirCHANGE OF ADDRESSas below.Write for leaflet on'WINnR' BarographsU.K. Price now £48.0.0Due to higher "ex Works" costs andthe additional 15~a Import DutyDelivery llpprox. 6 weeuPrice increase imminent for the'MUNRO' A.S.1.20 - 150 knotsDial diameter 3~ incheswhile current stocks IllstPrice £11.0.0 Prompt DeliveryPacking & Postage extraTHERMAL EQUIPMENT LIMITED1588 Acre Road.Kingston-on-Thames, ,Surrey21