VGC News/Newsletters - Lakes Gliding Club

EFTS at Woodley, near Reading. It was a great advantage to
have an "A" ,licence.
For a while the glider languished, dismantled among the
beams in the o'ld bam at my father's Ely Cycle and Motor
Works. Then rreturned on leave, to be told that he had sent the
glidel' and a Gnome-Rhone rotary .engine (had also acquired
to the scrap man! It may have been for the best. Ken Wallis.
Armed with this information Chris Wills telephoned Roy
Scott to confirm that he was, indeed, the bu,ilder. Chris heard
that Ray had designed and buil'! the two-seater, on the lines of
the Scud 2, in 1932 When he was only 19 years old and had
sold it, uncovered, to the North Walsham club. Somehow it
went lhrough several hands until eventually bought by Ken
Wallis in 1938 - and the rest of the story is as above. (A
success for VGC News! Ed)
Chris thought that Roy Scott would welcome calls from
members to talk about gliding. His address is 10 Highfield Rd,
Corfe Mul!en, Wimborne, Dorset, BH2l 3PE and his telephone
number is (Poole) 01202693883,
I foulld this pictUire of this delightful biplane glider model
in the VGC picture archives ( a suitcase in my room!). Can
anyone identify the glider and anything abollt il or better still,
does anyone know the builder? (Ed)
Letters
From P.N.Tolson.
'In the last VGC News, Chris Wills mentioned in his column
the need for a 'British' Gliding Museum. It has been a belief
of mine that the UK should have a similar facility to those
such as found in the USA, Germnny and France. In communicatiolils
with Chris it seemed the best approach was to try a
form a group of people who may have an interest in trying to
establish such a museum. Unfortunately Chris is busy with his
work for the VGC and does not have the time to fully devote
to such a project - so I have 'volunteered' to take this project
on. I would be very interested to hear from anybody who may
be interested in establishing such a group or with experience/knowledge
in this area. I can be contacted bye-mail at
0Iy2b@aol.com, phone/fax 01778 423283, or by maill at 4
Princes Court, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE 10 9BQ.'
(Perhaps the VCC could combine with (Ill existing gliding club
to share their field, hangar etc and thus have a permanent
base somewhere in the centre ofEngland. Ed)
From Glyn Fonteneau
• In the last VCC News (which is improving all the time) you
asked for web sites. One I have been using for a long time now
is the Flying Wing site, www.nurflllgel.com. I have been
building a ft.ying wing glider recently which now flies very
well, this was to give me experience so that I can build a scale
flying wing of the Polish SZD Vampir. Drawings are completed
so work can start soon. The site has some very good
pictures of the Horten that was recently restored.' (Let us have
sume pictures soon, Clyn. ofthis glider or allY others. Ed)
In the last issue we asked 01)' 463 owners if they woul'd
allow a member to have a good look at their glider in order to
complete his large radio controlled model (colour scheme,
instrument panel, extemal markings etc) but at that time I had
mislaid Ilis name. He is Mac Cowdray and his telephone
number is 01225 76 'I 922.(6.alh)
In the VGC J