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

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CLUB NEWSHIS issue we have a bumper number of reports including for the first time newsT of the Lincolnshire club flying from the Burnaston airfield who were airbornewithin two months of their inauguration meeting. The Land's End Club who areIf> fly from the disused Land's End Aerodrome. Also the R.A.F.G.S.A. MendipsClub at Weston-super-Mare, who, although they have nGt reported before, havebeen in existence about a year.The contribution from Canada mentions David Parscy who many will rememberas a stalwart of the Southdown Club before his departure a number of years agoto the Western Hemisphen:. ,Copy for inclusion in the April issue, typed, double-line spaced on foolscap,should reach me at 14 Little Brownings, S.E.23. not later than W,ednesday, 17thFebruary, 1965.YVONNE BONHAM (MRS.),Club News Edilor.AVROP'IFTY past and present members andfriends attended a social evening recently,during which John Ekman waspresented with the Annual Pilots Award,a tmphy for the best solo performanceduring club year 63-64, by ·our chairman,Jimmy Orrell. The occasion also gaveus a chance to wish Peter Lock a pleasantjourney and good soaring. He winbe in New Zealand by the time this isin print.1964 appears to be the best yearsince the club was inaugurated 11 yearsago By the end of the year we will b.avedone 'Jver 3,20'0 launches at WoodfGrd,also .a number of away visits with theSkylark have gained us several Silverlegs.J. A. K.BRISTOLWITH the ·close of the thermal seasoneyes are constantly scanningthe sky for the first signs that the ridg,emay be working. This it seems to do64not infrequently and on one sun'ny Sundayin late November no' fewer than 12pilots Were comparing performances onthe west ridge. On this day Brian Prattdid his five hours in the club Olympia...Another Olympia 460 syndicate isbusy trailer building. The owners saytheir tr'liler is stronger than most andtherefore heavier, but those of us whohave tried to lift it know it is stuck t@the worksbop floor!Two more solos: Ray Gunner andLiz Saint are to be congratulated andadded to the year's record list of achievements.With Colin Pennycuick's Ka-6 inthe workshop it would seem he intendsto be with us for some time.Frien
BLACKPOOL AND FYLDEP"e.~enratioll of Certificates: I. to r.. Terry Hogben. A. N. Other. Mr. Liver. JaneMurdoch, Malcolm Eaves, Len Clarksoll, Derek Raymond. Richard Aldolls.CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITYTHE first of the two unexpected experiencesof 1964 we seem to haveshared with most other clubs: a splendidlate summer aDd autumn. The secondone we shared with few: a surge ofsuccess at the Regicnals.Cambridge pilots took part in fourregional contests. John Firth won theDunstable meeting in a Skylark 3F. andColin Pennycuick the Royal NavalG.S.A.'s contest at Dunkeswell in a Ka-6.In the Western Regionals, John Brennerand Siegfrid Neumann came 2nd in theClub's Olympia 2, and in the NorthernChampionships Lionel Alexander andGeorge Whitfield gained 5th place inthe Olympia 460.Our mo~t successful pilot, of course,was Jobn Firth. Apart from winning thefirst contest in which he took part, hecompleted his Gold C with a 19()-miledog leg from Cambridge to Moreton viaNorwich. For futl measure he proceededto bag tbe V.I(. 'ZOO-km. Triangle SpeedRecord on 20th AugustThe larger part of our mileage in 1964was flown in August and September. Amemorable day was nnd August whenseven sailplanes starting from Cambridgecovered a total of 715 miles. One of theseven pilots was Simon Redman whocompleted a 152-mile out-and-return tf'Witney in his Skylark 4.At the end of September GerardDowning flew tbe Swallow to Woodbridgeand thereby gained his Silver Cdistance. The last cross-country of theyear was flown on 10th October, a 52mile triangle. Local soaring at Cambr,idgecontinued until 7th Novemberwhen R,ichard Fortescue reached 5,000 ft.in cloud, flying the Olympia 2.65
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SAILPLANE& GLIDINGOFFICIAL ORGAN OF
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1965 WORLD G,LIDINGCHAMPIONSHIPSHE
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FRED SLINGSBY'S RETIREMENTANY are t
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dead into sun, and the haze made VI
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its normal position lies very near
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well that you should understand how
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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
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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 and 44: Loi61U ;nOrder Pi/or Points 1964 Or
Page 45 and 46: RHODESIA'S FIRST 500 KILOMETERSBy E
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Page 51 and 52: BRITISH GLIDING ASSOCIATION NEWSCHI
Page 53 and 54: wings ar~ lewel. If you can do this
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Page 61 and 62: TRUE FLIGHT-A FABLEBy M. BIRDOOKING
Page 63 and 64: iBOOK REVIEW•Great Flights and Ai
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Page 73 and 74: which we had from the Shaw Slingsby
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Page 79 and 80: As usual, Lasham continues to opera
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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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