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

to his usual standard. The surprisedrecipient of the third presentation ofthe Anthony Forster Memorial Trophywas Colin Stanford.Congratulations this month go to AlanSimpson and Les Smith (both powerconverts) and to Cliff Houseman andBarry Fletcher for C flights. Alan wentsolo in the T-3IB on the 30th anniversaryof his first solo in a Tiger Moth~this, I might add, was sheer coincidence.G.L.B.PERKINSAN Eagle will be joining our presentfleet of Skylark 3, Olympia, T-2IBand Eon Baby sometime in January orFebruary, thus p\JUing strutted machinesin the minority for the first time. If wemanage to obtain a second winch, withthe use of the Eagle we should see in1965 a significant increase in the launchrate and more important, an increasein the number of members who have experiencedreal soaring flight.Our Annual Dinner Dance was heldon 22nd January with a real live"group", and was most successful.C.C.D.SOUTHDOWNAUTUMN and winter generally seeus confined to circuits except whenwe are lucky enough to have a Northor North-East wind when we get excellenthill soaring, and often bungeylaunching, along the north facing slopesof the Downs. On a good day it is thenpossible to soar from Alfriston alongthe Downs to the cement works nearLewes.Now, thanks to some pioneer work byChris Hughes in the syndicate 4