-ALL THE FUN OF THE AIR-~E5TLEY AIRCRAFt}Complete Aircraft Manufacture. Repairs toG.R.P., steel tube, wood, metal, C.AA Argonarc welding, respray and refabric.SIMON WESTLEY65 Brooklands Drive, Leighton BuzzardBeds. LU7 8PETel. 0525-379567SAILPLANE & ENG.SERV CES LTD.C's of AREPAIRS TO GLASS-FIBRE,STEEL TUBE & WOODEN AleWRITE OR PHONE:KEN BLAKE BUXTON 4365SAILPLANE & ENG. SERVICES l TO.HOLMFIELO RD., BUXTON, DERBYS."To those who have come into competitive gliding within thelast few years, I say come and try it. You may find you h~ve beenmissing something. For some there is 8 lot more 10 our sportthan knocking It split second off a triangle"Philip Wills27 JUNE· 5 JULYFOR ALL GLIDING TYPES IN ALL TYPESOF GLIDERS (WITH MINIMUM RULES)ENTRY FEE £60 (inc VAT)Write for brochure and entry form to:Tony Maitland, 'The Gables', <strong>No</strong>rton, Presteigne,Powys, S. Wales. Tel. 05444·337HEREFORDSHIRE GLIDING CLUB LIMITEDShobdon Airfield, Leomlnster, HerefordshireNEW GENERATIONF,I~apped 1.5/17m Racing ClassSailplaneColour brochure and details available on requestA. W. HANFHEY (SAILPLANES)5 Auclum Close, Bur9'hfield Common, Reading, BerksTelephone: 0203-25498 or 0735-292544glasfliigel3D4"==i 7* NEW Wing section for better climb and penetrationwith or without water* NEW Canopy design, instrument panel hinges forwardwith canopy for easy access* NEW Directable cockpit ventilation and exhaustduct* NEW Adjustable headrest completing the "pilottailored" cockpit* NEW Elegant fuselage design with pointed nose andnew paint scheme* RETAINED - All' automatic control couplings-World renowned trailing edge brakesTHOUGHTFUL DESIGN - EXCELLENT FINISH. EASY TORIG AND FLY FOR PERFORMANCE OR FUN SOARINGMade in GRP with new mould manufacturing techniques.GLASFLOGEL'S 304 offers the best cost/performance valuein its class. .~LSO $~COND·HAND GlIQERSECONOMY -:- 1/6 share Mosquito B - only 3 other partners Lasham based - BARGAIN.LOOKS LIKE NEW - Mosquito B - custom built trailer - less than5 minute. rig. For sale as outfit or wlll split.LONG WING PERFORMANCE - NIMBUS liB (Filled tailplane) Easier to rig and fly than .you might Imagine to give ,You per.lormanceway beyond any 15tn. ship at 15m. pnce. Ollered With or without lullpanel and excellent trailer.34SAILPLANE & GLIDING
work on club aircraft ourselves to save oncosts.Kelvin Davis has been selected along withtwo others (see D~cember issue, 1'294) tosubmit full proposals in the 8GA Home-BuiltSailplane Competition. The best of luck Kelvinfrom us all."Syndicate shuffi'eitis" is appearing withthe possibility of lhe Pirat, Swallow andSkylark 4 being wpdated, but sadly as this iswritten we ·have lost one of our lugs. Ron, ORthe last low of the day, suffered engine failureand landed safely in a nearby field, only tofind a near invisible ditch al Ihe end. Nevermind Ron, not every club has had a retrievewith a JCB and low loader.M.S.C.SOUTHDOWN (Parham Airfield)It was an eventful summer with 13 completedSilvers Cs and two Diamonds, one by AngusBuchanan on Ihe last day of the Nationalswhen he flew over 500k01, and anotl1er whenJohn Frampton gained Diamond heighl alAboyne in September.Ria Ward flew her 50km to Lasham whileher husband, John, displayed remarkable fieldselection by landing Oul within 200 yards of aI'llb during opening hours. CH, Keith Mitchell,and Brian Bateson went cross-count'ry ona very scmtchy day and kept members in theclubhouse busy making a book on their chances;both managed to' scrape home.The annual lrip 10 Portmoak was enjoyt:dby all who appreciate a good joke and thrt:emembers learned to swim in '!I1l~ carpark whilt:waiting for the rain to stop. There were ,firstsolos by RonCrt:swick, Alan King andNaomi Collier. while Roger Coombs completedhis Bronze.It's nice to see eK-CFI, George Constable,instructing again after many years in the hotseal and finding more time to give his vastexperience to the nb-illilios.B.A.B.SOUTH WALES (Usk)Some good ridge and wave days al the end ofthe season enabled Oick Dixon to make hisfirst flighl into lhe Brecon Beacons. Congratulationsalso to Phil 'Edwards and PeterStephens on their Bronze C and 10 XenakisSymeonides for going solo.The skills of our tug pilot, <strong>No</strong>rman Evans,were put to the tesl when at 800n with a K-13in tow a pot on the engine near.ly disintegrated.But <strong>No</strong>rman landed ·the tw.g safely.We were pleased to have Roddi Morganand his Fauvett for a week at the end of w"'ichChris Rollings's gang ar,rived with a TwinAstir which Ivor Shattock landed out forthem.Ivor Shaltoc'k, the man who started theSouth Wales GC on a mountain top by ,pUllingan adlverl ill a local paper, was made VicePresident a·tlhe AGM.P.A.C.OBITUARYD. H. Robe,rts'It is with a sense Qfdeep loss that we haveto report the death of Danny Roberts as aresult of one of those things medicine, in allits wisdom, hasn't 90~ round to yel.Everyone whQ knew him whether al work,at in'structing or repairing, quickly came larealise that l1ere was a dependable, ind'ustriousand carir'lg man. If 'he chided you itwas because you needed chiding and yet ifyou needed help he would be there.Our c,lub started oh h'is father's farm andit was there he quickl,y became a s()lo pilotand qual'ified inspector. On our move toUsk when we acquired a tug he was one of .our first t,ug pilots and eventually our CF'Itor several years, taking liP the reins againwhen I became ill for a while.His love of flying was evident in theenthusiastic way he soared and' taughtalmost every Sunday without fail, never asmuch as scratching an aircra" and tryinghis hardest to prevent you from scratchingyo.urs. If you did scratch it, he was often theone to help you put it right.In Danny we have lost a pilot, an inspector,an instructor and an example of a goodclub' member that newcomers will find hardto emul'ate. We will miss him for a long,long time.Ivor ShatlockSTAFFORDSHIRE (Morridge)Our K-D is now as good as new after beingslri,pped, recovered, resprayed and given itsC of A. Total launches €or the year endingSeptember 1980 was 2285 compared with 1,572for the previous year, aml 304hrs comparedwith 223hrs. Quite an improvement.Our forage harvester has been refurbishedand painted ready for action and work on thenew winch is continuing with the' winchengine being ins'lalled. The diesel generator(or the hangar was n;conditioned and a newlTansformer installed to increase the voltagefrom II0v to 24Ov. Our "mod cons" are nowcomplete with rewired hangar, hot andl coldwater, "his" and "hers" toilets and a radio.We are Iplanning four courses for nexl season- one public, one club, one cross-countryand one expedition to another site.Al the last winter lecture, Eric Clutton, thedesigner and builder of the Fred HomebuildAeropl'ane, gav.e us a slide show on "How 10bllild your own aircraft," and "Oshkosh1980."In June. we will have an open day andexhibition to support Leek Sports Week.P.F.STRATHCLYDE (Slralhaven)Weeks of wet and windy weather have seriouslycurtailed llying since the end of Sep"tember. With only Falke flying possible mostdays due to unfavourable winds, we haveconcentrated on the drainage scheme althewest end of the field. .The club Swallow has been on twoe"peditions to the Cairngorm GC at Feshiebidgewhere Lawrence Ward gained his Silverheight. Congratulations also to Dal.'id lohnson.<strong>Mar</strong>tin Roberlson and Joan Prentice oh,going solo; also to Tim Barnard on gaining ·his·Bronze C and duration whi'le at Portmoak.Our Chairman, Arlhur Hughes, ret·ired atthe AGM in <strong>No</strong>vember. We tihank him for al'lhis hard work and welcome Des Tait as areplacement. We are considering the possibilityof having a tug.P.A.PI,PER SUPER CUBSCSE are· sole aulhorised distribulors lor Iheversatile PI~r PA-1a Buper Cub and all otherPiper aircraft in the U'.K. and Eire. Full supportservices ror enginel and airframes lor all Piperaircraft ,are oflered al our Oxlord Airport maintenancefacility.For all details of Super Cubscontact Dick Slralton (eXl 244).CSE Avlalion L1mlledOxford Airport, Kldllnlllon, Oxford OX5 1RATel: Kldllnlllon (086-75) 4~21. Telex: 8<strong>32</strong>04• ~~~~~~~ii~--_.Plug -0'0'Re loIa. Powel~.,..Dews and described in S & G, is once more $.,...,- ~.. I Statlo~ Road.Columbla, DIStrlC1 9, ~..",'IaId'h 1"% d' I -::y-::,,. WashIngton.ava, be an now WII '" ,scounl or a NE387BD. Te1:l06<strong>32</strong>1471525 t ~limjted period. It will charge NiCd or lead acid 'I~ Pleasesendme__ SolarPanels a ..12V batteries with a lolal charge of up 10 1 Ah . I T..ype 2200 at £59.60 each ;nclus;ve. "''''I'''The Solarex Unipanel as used by Colin , ' 'IHIIII\ f!o: SOlapa.k LImited. Robmso~ House. I'''~_fyne and Wear. ~Ialper day. Charge CUHel1t l,80mA jn tull sun. I enclose a cheque tor(--- ~ 4..They're simple to install and have a 5-year 0. payable to Solapak limited and ......... r~nder~t.and [hal this sum will ~ r~turne -........ Iguarantee. WithJ no moving parts there's 0111nothing to wear out. I In hill If I relurn the paneHs) wlthm 7 days. '... IThey ctilarge indefinitely but they. COSI nQthing .;/• Less p&p on overseas orderS.to run, .' . . I, Name: 1Solarex Uni panel type 2200 101mB I' Add'e.s IPrice lESS £70.115£59.6015%' UNTIL 30lh APRIL, 1981"""111....... ' L- I - ....J-I8010pOk Solar Generator Systems •<strong>Feb</strong>ruary/<strong>Mar</strong>ch 1981 35
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