Volume 8 No 3 Jun 1957.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

Spads, the fastest kite at that time. Unfortunately,however, "Archie" shot himdown when he was on a low flying missionand he spent the last year of the war as aprisoner in Germany.1939 saw him back in uniform, in theAdministrative Branch of the Royal AirForce. He was demobilised for the secondtime in 1945 with the Honorary Rank ofSquadron-Leader.His introduction to gUding came in 1947when he joined the S.G.U. and later becamean assistant Instructor. In 1950, whenAndrew Thorburn, the S.G.U.'s first C.F.I.resigned, Tom was elected, and he haswOrthily held the appointment ever since.He has done a lion's share of hard workfor the Club as C.F.l., and his polishedflying sets a very fine example to those whocome to him for instruction.To some of us the title "Fair weatherpilot" may aptly be applied-not so withTom. Rain, snow and winds that blow willnot deter him from making steady progressin the T2Ib with his latest batch of fledglings.A measure of his reliability is to befound in the fact that, of the four thousandodd flights he has had in gliders, more thanthree thousand five hundred have been doneas P.I. in the two-seater..A.T.0.5. T.I. V.AffairsA llOAJIDMeeting of the InternationalScientific and Technical Organizationfor Soaring Flight (OsTlv), held in Zurichfrom 1st to 3rd April, was attended by Mr.de Lange (president), Dr. Eichenberger,Miss Betsy Woodward, and Messrs.Agesilas, Gerbier, Boris Cijan, Reinhardt(for Wolf Hirth) and Alan Yates. Mr. A.Gehriger and Dr. Muri also attended forone session.StaDdard ClassThe Board was pleased to hear that theFederation Aeronautique lnternationalehad adopted, almost unc)langed, thesuggestions of Omv and learned thatseveral manufacturers were already at workon new "standard" sailplanes. Arrangementsfor the award of the OSTlV Prize forthe saJ1plane which is judged by an OsT1vJury to be the best combination of cheapness,simplicity and efficiency were discussed.This prize will be given for the firsttime at the World Championships of 1958.It was learned that designers in one countrywere already planning one sailplane to winthe Standard Class and Championship,regardless ofcost, and another to please theOsT1v Jury! It may be that the sailplaneused by the winning pilot is not "cheap toconstruct and operate" and is, therefore,not in the spirit of the class. The Osnv-134-Prize wiIl, in that case, be the more importantaward.Publication of Coagnu PapersMost of the papers read at the sixthcongress at St. Yan in 1956 have alreadybeen printed in Swiss Aero Revue, theofficial organ of OsTlv. Associate membershipof Osnv (2&. per year to BetsyWoodward, Imperial College, London,S.W.7.) entitles the member to the SwissAero Revue, which contains an Osnvsection-reprints of papers and bibliographieson gliding.The next congress will take place duringthe World Championships in Poland inJune 1958. Now is the time to be thinkin-gabout papers fot presentation there!Active Membership of O.s.T.I.V.The controlling members of OsTlV are thenational aeTO clubs, and in the U.K. thisresponsibility is delegated to the BritishGliding Association. In several countries,as in ours, the AeTO Club is primarily asporting body and has no special interest in"science et technique." The national aeronauticaland meteorological societies inthese countries are also likely to support theactivities of Osnv by financial help and bysending delegates. OsTlV is therefore tQconsider opening Active Membership tosuch societies.ALAN Y"TES.