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~eague inLeague inO,.d~r Pi/oJ, Points 1964 Order Pilot Points 1964Ill. MidWOQd, H. U. 319 :2 165.. White, 183 -112. Holding, D. F. =} 315 - 166. Dav,ey, B:. J. 180Paul, I. = 315 2 167. Greenaway, H. J. 177 -114. Alexander, A. L.L. 305 168. Blaekmore, J. H.1t5. Stevenson. N. 309 - Reilly, ~} 176176 -tr6. ScalJon, D. 303 2 170. Kurylowicz, L. 173 -171, Hiscox, D. G. O. 168 -117. Trott" R. 296 - 172. Crabb, D. J. 165 2118. Aldridge, K. R. 293 :2 173. Evedtt, J. 163 .2119. Whitfield, G. R. 292 - 174. Corbett, D. J. 162120. Lapharn, A. J. 290 175. G1ennie, G. A_ 161121. Bayley, J. L. 289 - 176. Tweedy, J. 160122. Corrick. D. W. 286 2 177. Robcrts, D. W. H. 159 -123. Gaze. F. A. O. 281 1 178. Adam, J. 156 -124., Jcffries., J. R. 273 - 179. Ross, C. 155125. Wills, S. F. E. 272 - 180. Torode, J. 152126. Ibberson" J. 271 - 181. Docherty, T. P. 148127. SomerviJle, A. 2,61 2 182. Smith, R. E. F.128. Hands, J. M. 260 - Jones, R. 147~} 147 -129. St. Pierre, A. 258 - 184. Coulson, A. 146130. Dutby-James, C. D. 257 2 185. Darbishire, D. H. 145 -131. Br~wning. H. 256 - 186. Chubb, E. J. 1440.2. Hill, A. D. 254 - 187. Prince, J. T. 143133. Stowe, D. W. 248 - 188. ManseJl, K. R. 142134. Fisher, G. F. 243 ··2 189. Wilkin, R. 130 -135. Stoddart, R. E. 242 - 190. Grime, P. V.:} 129136. Perrott, R. H. 241 - Thompson, A. 129137. Welsh, J. H. 240 2 192. Gee, M. I. 128 -138. Pickles, J. 238 2 193. lnglesby, J. V. 127 -139. Blake, K. W. 233 - 194. Goodhart. G. A. J. 126140. Smoker, J. L 226 2 195. Barrell, G. 125 -141. Tarnow, A. 224 - 196. Brctt-Knowles, R. 123142. Mead, S. B. 223 - 197. Bailey, N. L- 121143. Lowe, D. =} 222 - 198. Lee, G. H. 114Tomlin, S. = 222 1~ Walker, R. 112145. Tarver, R. 219 2 200. Eldridge, M.. E. 111 -146. Wilkinson, N, 218 - 201. Baynes, A. H. 109147. Swift, R. B. 217 202. Watson, B. B. C. 108148. Ware, E. J. 215 - 203. Reeves, E. E. 105149. Berriman, J. =1 213 - 204. Scarfe, D. H. 100Brenner. 1. B. =( 213Goddard. J. J. =) 213 - 205. Brown. K. R. 95 2152. Seth-Smith, M. P. 210 206. Bagnal1, M. 93 -153. Tanner, L. E. ~. ;) 208 207. Thorburn, A. J. 80 -Dadd, S. R. =f 208 208. Tarr. J. 79155. McDonald, A. 203 209. Phillips, J. G. 69 -210. Marpole, D. J. 59 -156. Austin, D. C. 197 2 211. Parkinson, R. 57 -157. Chubb, R. G. 195 - 212. Lastowski. B. 53 -158. Stafford Alien, R. C. 193 :2 213. Warwick-Fleming, S. 49 -159. Caiger, M. T. 191 - 214. O'~i1ey, K. 49 -160. Chandler, J. T~ 189 - 215. Gunter, B. 37 -161. Harwood, J. E. G. 188 - 216. Schmidt, Anita 33 -162. NeweII, R. W. B. 187 - 217. Brett. N. A. 32 -163. Marshall, R, 186 - 218. Moseley, K. 4 -164. Wills, S. B. 184 219. Glover, L. A. G. 042
RHODESIA'S FIRST 500 KILOMETERSBy E.IP. HODGECAME out to Rhodesia in 1962 afterlearning to fly with the Kent GlidingClub, and since being here I nave reallyenjoyed good soaring conditions for achange. If you d"o not stay up for anhour at least every time you fly, youfeel very hard done by. Out of the 52week-ends in the year, 50 are soarable.Last year, in an Olympia, I managedto get m.y Gold C and Diamond forGoal with a flight out-and-return toUmniati-312 km.'Early this year four of us formed asyndicate and bOught a Ka-6 from TirnBiggs of Johannesburg, and up to thestart of the Central African GlidingChampionships, held in Salisbury, noneof us had done any cross-country flightsin this machine, mainly due to gettingthe trailer fixed, etc.Alf Thompson and I were flying theKa-6 ,in the competitions, and both of uswere pleasantly surprised how well itgoes for an aircraft that doesn't lookmuch better than an Olympia.On Thursday. J5th October, 1964, thetask set at the Championship was a freedistance around optical turning points ofEnkledoorn, Chatswortb and a declaredturning point of Fort Victoria AfricanTownship giving a 500.8 km. out-andreturn.I had been trying very haJld to get500 km. set as a task, .and today I hadmy way. The weather didn't look toopromising with a str'ong 15-kt. southerlywind; our hope was that the wind woulddrop towards the afternoon as it usuallydoes. Luckily enough, that's what happened.I was first in line for take-off, and at10.15 a.m. John Colban, flying the Tiger,dropped me off in a nice thermal atJ,300 ft. over the strip. Lift wasn't verystrong, 1-2 metres, but the strong windwas drifting me nicely on track. At, 3,000ft. lift faded out and I set course. Towardsthe south, Cu was beginning toform very nicely, and as I went along,t~ermals were getting stranger andhIgher all the time; some 40 miles out,lift Was 3-4 metres up 10 6,000 ft.At Enkledoorn, 90 miles out, all theclOUds ended-nothing Qut blue skyahead; it didn't look ver)' nice at all. Atthis point, between Enkledoorn andChatsw0rth, you have to leave the mainroad and cut across country: not a niceplace to have to land-hardly any farms.just bush and 6 ft. high ant-hills.Heading into the blue, my spirits sanklower as the Ka-6 sank lower. 3,500 ft.and still nothing; 3,200 ft. and up goesthe varjo I metre. Really winding theKa-6 round to stay in it,. I am slowlygaining height. The higher I ge the betterit is-4 metres showing now. 8,000 ft.,9,000 ft. and still gojng up. 9,500 ft. andthe lift gets turbulent; I am a1 the top.Further south, little wispy clouds arebeginning to fonn--one every five milesor so. Under these I found strong liftand only under them, It was a waste oftime looking anywhere else. By now,my operating height was between 11,000ft. and 7,000 ft.-that is, 16,000 ft. abovesea level, and I cannot say that I noticedany effects from lack of oxygen.It had certainly turned out to be alovely day. Over Fort Victoria alJd withmy turning·point photographs taken at1.45 p.m., I turned homewards-height10,000 ft. 1 was feeling on top of theworld.Ten miles out from Fort Victoria Isaw Jimmy Arnott in the Vasama thermailingbelow me, and J called him upon the radio and we wished each otherthe best of luck. Jimmy had not yet beenaround the turning point.1 was determined to keep as high aspossible, and deviated off course to gounder each cloud because I was approachingthe blue stretch of sky betweenChatsworth and t::nkledoorn. Inthe distance I could see plenty of cloudover Enkledoorn and it ·was there that Icame to my first thermal under cloudsince Chatsworth; it wasn't very strong,and the nearer I went to cloud base thestronger it became. At 4,500 ft. it wastwo metres, and near cloud base fourto five metres; 5/8 Cu had formed alongthis stretch at 8,500 ft. Staying as highas possible, I took lift under every cloud,never getting below 6,000 ft.From Enkledoorn I called up base andgot through perfectly-90 miles range on43
Page 1 and 2: SA LP A&GLIDIGFebruary - March 1965
Page 3 and 4: SAILPLANE& GLIDINGOFFICIAL ORGAN OF
Page 5 and 6: 1965 WORLD G,LIDINGCHAMPIONSHIPSHE
Page 7 and 8: FRED SLINGSBY'S RETIREMENTANY are t
Page 9 and 10: D-34(o)D·36Polyt 3Kria7
Page 11 and 12: dead into sun, and the haze made VI
Page 13 and 14: its normal position lies very near
Page 15 and 16: well that you should understand how
Page 17 and 18: TESTING A SOVIET DISCOPLANEBy V. IV
Page 19 and 20: cursed. The designer looked despond
Page 21 and 22: SECOND NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPSHOO
Page 23 and 24: •Official rest day.three pilots a
Page 25 and 26: 1965 COURSES AT LASHAMHE 196'5 cour
Page 27 and 28: LEE WAVE uGEN" FOR AEROPLANE PILOTS
Page 29 and 30: of the Sheffield gale. The other is
Page 31 and 32: IT wasn't just having to get used t
Page 33 and 34: change, my man," I sa.id grandly, a
Page 35 and 36: outes. It's all a snare and a delus
Page 37 and 38: electrical horizons 'have complete
Page 39 and 40: Finally, the turn-and-slip indicato
Page 41 and 42: 1964 KRONFELD ART EXHIBITION AND196
Page 43: Loi61U ;nOrder Pi/or Points 1964 Or
Page 47 and 48: 2-3~ en154.2'-'5-0 IDID6 0 en~c7
Page 49 and 50: JIy30-40506"0 70 8"0 9"0I I I I, eq
Page 51 and 52: BRITISH GLIDING ASSOCIATION NEWSCHI
Page 53 and 54: wings ar~ lewel. If you can do this
Page 55 and 56: T" T I G" I. 1.111 Y 11 74'0THEKRON
Page 57 and 58: as the squall struck us, about half
Page 59 and 60: about 3,000 feet, at which altitude
Page 61 and 62: TRUE FLIGHT-A FABLEBy M. BIRDOOKING
Page 63 and 64: iBOOK REVIEW•Great Flights and Ai
Page 65 and 66: will go on into the foreseeable fut
Page 67 and 68: I feel that the home-made winch wil
Page 69 and 70: FOR SALE (contd.)T.3IB, C. of A. fr
Page 71 and 72: BLACKPOOL AND FYLDEP"e.~enratioll o
Page 73 and 74: which we had from the Shaw Slingsby
Page 75 and 76: able piece ef Club equipment was bu
Page 77 and 78: And still he wasn't satisfied, this
Page 79 and 80: As usual, Lasham continues to opera
Page 81 and 82: to his usual standard. The surprise
Page 83 and 84: Margate before setting off in Sky.)
Page 85 and 86: CHEVIOTS (Acklington)SINCE our last
Page 87 and 88: a gliding record. He made his first
Page 89 and 90: The Boomerang.from a light-weight a
Page 91 and 92: The Club's order for a Ka-6 waschan
Page 93 and 94: Lindner, of Teek, with 2,434.2. - A
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