Volume 32 No 1 Feb-Mar 1981.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

MORNING WATCHIA remarkable story about a missing watchwas reported :by Paul Cullen, club lnewscontributor for t,he South Wales GC.Apparently their member Steve Reed losthis watch out of the clear vision panel of aSkylark.28ANDGENERALNEWSCAR BU.RETIOR ICING - AVGAS/MOGASOn each November 1st the volaWity ofmotor-spirit (BS 4040) is raised (asmeasured by the Reid Vapour Pressure) toassist with starting, in cold weat,her (theRVP of Avgas ~emains,col1stanl). Tests withthe BGA's Airedale Irials aircraft have confirmedthat the effects of the higher volatilityof winter grade Mogas is to reduce thecarb choke temperature by some lOC whencompared with summer grade Mogas orAvgas.Therefore, there is a need for Increasedvigilance in detecting' the symptoms ofcarb-icing (power loss) at eny Uirottle setting.R. B. Stratton, BGA Chief Technical Officer.NEW GLIDER REPAIR FIRMSpecialised Mouldings Ltd. a Huntingdonbased FRP company with wide experiencein the aerospace industry. have entered theglider repair market and may welt eventuallydesign and manLJfacture their ownsailplanes. They have already been in,volved:,in the design, manufac,ture and racingof Formula 1 aircraft.CliU Ross, their marketing manager,explained: "Peter Jackson, our companyChairman and MD. is 'a very keen aviator.Some years ago he bought and rebuilt aTiger Moth, which he regUlarly Wes at displaysand exhibitions. He alS0 mes asamember of a F1, air "acing team."Some while ago, aHer a weekendgliding, he asked - 'Why aren't we in thesailplane repair business?' A good questiOI'll.The faciLiHes exist the expertise isthere and the enthusiasm. Also one of thestafl. Pllilip Hel:1derson, is a glider pllot anda BGA approved inspector. As a result, weare now in the repair business and. whoknows, could eventuaHy design and constructour own breed of sailplanes," tieadded.CHURCHILL AWARDNominations are invited for a gliding pro·ject 10 capture the ChurchiH Award for1981. This. ann.ual award of £100 is availableto ilndividual pilots for organised projectsof some kind of research into glidingor related subjects such as meteorology.Full, details 'and entry forms are availablefrom the BGAQlfice and the closing datelor the receipt of entries is Aprit 30.It dropped into a farmyard and at everymilking time Ihe ,farmer was aware of astrange noise -the alarm on Steve'swatch. One morning the larmer went outearlier to 1,1)' and discover the sOl:lrce of thesound and found the watch with Steve'sname on the back.INTER·UNIVERSITY TASK WEEKThis nexl task week will be at Dux,fo~d fromJune 28-July 5. For further infonl'1ationwrite to Michael Samuels, M3 Trinity Hall,Cambr,idge.OBITUARYGRP CAPT ROY GOODBOD¥Grp Capt Roy Goodl)ody OBE died at HaltonHospital on October 1, 1980, at the ageof 66. Dur,ing his service he rose te becomeChairman 01 RAFGSA and later, alter hisretirement in 1969, one of its Vice­Presidents. He will be remembered as apainstaking and wise administratordevoted to building the RAFGSA. It wasdurili1g his Chairmanship that the Centre atBicester assumed its permanence andimportance for RAF Gliding, and in hisretirement he never missed an opportunityto support the Association. He will be sadlyl'1'lissed.GLIDING CERTIFICATESALL TtiREE DiAMONDSNo. 'Name109 R i. Cowderoy\10 A D. PiggoltDIAMOND OISTANCENo. Name1/166 D. S. innes1/167 A. Pybus .1/168 A. D. PIggotlOIAMOND GOALNo. Name2/997 D. A. Wilson2/998 M. Ward2/999 N. R Foster2/1000 R. J. NichollsCfl Laurie AdlingtOf'lClubRAE FarnboroughLasham (in VSA)ClubLashamin Australia,Lasham (In USA)ClubEnstoneLincolnLondonMidlandJI,DELAFIELD198030.93.9199024815.12.793.9198025.625.8'12.6'24.82/1001' Marla Boy