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The Don Henry and Air Squadron Trophies - 2010 |
| CD's Report Most contest directors’ CD reports generate quite a lot of wordage by reporting on the event’s weather and the problems it caused. Alas no such opportunity here, for it was perfect: blue skies, high temps, zilch wind, zilch cloud. What more can I say? So I won’t.  Compton Abbas is arguably one of the most picturesque airfields in Britain, and in fine conditions it is truly spectacular. Typically four events are contested here: Beginners for a “headstone”, Intermediate for BAeA medals, Advanced for the Don Henry Trophy, and Apprentices for the Air Squadron Trophy. Three Beginners and seven Advanced pilots were briefed prompt at 1400 Friday by Contest Director Eric Marsh, Chief Judge Luke Goddard and Airfield Operator Clive Hughes, immediately followed by flying of the two said groups in that order. With an early finish inevitable, an offer to make a second Advanced flight was declined in favour of some additional critique for the Beginners. It seems that one of them was the subject of an aviation magazine article so was photographed in doing whatever he did: watch this space.  The short near-solstice night brought no variation on the prevailing high pressure, but created a problem for the met forecasters resulting in an unhelpful wind chart. The windsock hung parallel to its post, only occasionally arousing itself limply in various directions. As CD I took an arbitrary decision to set the contest wind from the west, as it had been the previous day. That satisfied the Advanced briefing, so Intermediates were then briefed by the same management team of Clive, Luke and yours truly, facilitating a prompt 0900 start by Alan Cassidy as wind dummy. This being a CD’s report it reflects the CD’s recollection of the day. At this early stage it looked like being a fairly quiet, relaxed spell of operational management. Alas it evolved otherwise. Several VIP’s arrived who required – and received – my attention, our dedicated safety frequency was interrupted by Ryanair Op’s in Shannon, for one flight one pilot had a different script to the judges, then when he reflew could not raise those judges on the safety frequency (for which the CD later apologised: our mistake, not his), one pilot flew the sequence 180° out causing much consternation among successive pilots, the leading pilot could NOT start his engine, one pilot matchsticked his prop on an airfield marker, several locals complained about the noise, including one who insisted on speaking to “the asshole who is organising this aerobic(!) din”, which I took to be me (in fact when I called, explained and apologised he was happy, which is usually the case). Meanwhile the judges, sweating in the sun, had to be rehydrated with their own body weight in bottled water, one pilot forgot to pay his fuel bill, and meal ticket number 43 blamed me for not hearing his number being called! So it was a hectic event, but no less enjoyable for it.  And, thanks to ALL, we expedited and so were finished by 1700, two hours before curfew. The Air Squadron donated the eponymous trophy in 1967, and it has since become one of the most coveted in the BAeA contest circuit. The founders are a mysterious group of modest gentlemen magnanimous towards impecunious aviators. This year their member George Rolls arranged for their chairman Tim Clark and some of his colleagues to be at Compton Abbas and present the Air Squadron Trophy, supplemented this year by cheques of £300, £200 and £100 to first, second and third placed pilots respectively. Tim kindly agreed to present the other awards too, then said a few words explaining the philosophy of their Air Squadron. Having heard it one suspects they might now expect a few more approaches from BAeA pilots...  As CD I closed the contest by thanking all of the many who contribute so much to these events, but specifically Tim Clark and the Air Squadron, Jen Buckenham as Scorer and Registrar, Luke Goddard as Chief Judge, and Clive Hughes plus his beautiful family and excellent staff for their hospitality. Special appreciation was expressed for Patrick Margetson Rushmore: he had been appointed CD for this event but had been incapacitated by major (and painful) surgery but it was he, and not EM, who had made all the very considerable pre-contest arrangements. Eric Marsh Contest Director |
| Don Henry & Air Squadron at
Compton Abbas, 25th-26th Jun Contest Director: Eric Marsh, Contest Chief Judge: Luke Goddard, Scoring Director: Jen Buckenham, Judges: Luke Goddard, Rob Howarth, Simon Abbott, Ian Scott, Stephen Madle. Judges Assistants: Julie Lawley, Julie Wood, John Scott, Phil Burgess, David Thomson, Andrew Barlow, Roger Pugh, Martin Owen. Aerobatic Contest Results Organiser, Version 2.1 build 10-06-10, with FairPlay Scoring System |
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| Beginners | ||||||
| Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Known | Totals | O/all % |
| 1 | Nigel Rhind | Pitts S-2A | G-ODDS | 552.89 | 552.89 | 71.80 |
| 2 | Adrian Mardlin | Pitts S-1T | G-BKPZ | 547.70 | 547.70 | 71.13 |
| 3 | Colin Goodwin | Pitts S-2A | G-ODDS | 482.52 | 482.52 | 62.66 |
| Intermediate Free Final | ||||||
| Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Free | Totals | O/all % |
| 1 | Andrew Barlow | Pitts S-1T | N-85WS | 1536.96 | 1536.96 | 80.89 |
| 2 | Stuart Reeves | Pitts S-2C | N-531RM | 1470.22 | 1470.22 | 77.38 |
| 3 | Peter Rounce | Pitts S-1T | N-697RB | 1459.83 | 1459.83 | 76.83 |
| 4 | David Thomson | Laser 230 | G-CBHR | 1458.38 | 1458.38 | 76.76 |
| 5 | James Edwards | Pitts S-1S | G-BPDV | 1423.32 | 1423.32 | 74.91 |
| 6 | Phil Burgess | DR-107 | G-RIHN | 1395.15 | 1395.15 | 73.43 |
| 7 | Alan Wood | Extra 230 | G-XTRA | 1344.03 | 1344.03 | 70.74 |
| 8 | John Scott | CAP-10B | G-BXRA | 1244.11 | 1244.11 | 65.48 |
| 9 | Patrick Caruth | Christen Eagle | G-NUTA | 1228.57 | 1228.57 | 64.66 |
| 10 | Emily Todd | Pitts S-2A | G-ODDS | 1216.00 | 1216.00 | 64.00 |
| 11 | Graeme Fudge | Pitts S-2A | G-ODDS | 1166.83 | 1166.83 | 61.41 |
| 12 | Richard Verrall | Pitts S-1 | G-MAXG | 1109.60 | 1109.60 | 58.40 |
| 13 | David Cowden | Pitts S-2C | G-IICI | 125.46 | 125.46 | 6.60 |
| Intermediate Air Squadron Trophy | ||||||
| Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Masters | Totals | O/all % |
| 1 | Phil Burgess | DR-107 | G-RIHN | 2175.74 | 2175.74 | 83.68 |
| 2 | David Thomson | Laser 230 | G-CBHR | 2010.23 | 2010.23 | 77.32 |
| 3 | Andrew Barlow | Pitts S-1T | N-85WS | 1926.88 | 1926.88 | 74.11 |
| 4 | James Edwards | Pitts S-1S | G-BPDV | 1863.23 | 1863.23 | 71.66 |
| 5 | Stuart Reeves | Pitts S-2C | N-531RM | 1852.31 | 1852.31 | 71.24 |
| 6 | Peter Rounce | Pitts S-1T | N-697RB | 1834.04 | 1834.04 | 70.54 |
| 7 | Emily Todd | Pitts S-2A | G-ODDS | 1724.54 | 1724.54 | 66.33 |
| 8 | Alan Wood | Extra 230 | G-XTRA | 1697.75 | 1697.75 | 65.30 |
| 9 | Patrick Caruth | Christen Eagle | G-NUTA | 1675.58 | 1675.58 | 64.45 |
| 10 | John Scott | CAP-10B | G-BXRA | 1528.15 | 1528.15 | 58.78 |
| 11 | Chris Waddington | Pitts S-1S | G-BOXV | 1401.06 | 1401.06 | 53.89 |
| Advanced Don Henry Trophy | ||||||||
| Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Known | Unknown | Free | Totals | O/all % |
| 1 | Alan Cassidy | Pitts S-1T | N-666BM | 2100.07 | 2481.93 | 2666.46 | 7248.47 | 76.95 |
| 2 | Nick Richards | Extra 300L | D-ETTO | 2226.78 | 2135.99 | 2604.02 | 6966.79 | 73.96 |
| 3 | David Jenkins | Edge 360 | G-EDGJ | 2066.01 | 2165.32 | 2393.15 | 6624.48 | 70.32 |
| 4 | Tony Maxwell | Pitts S-2B | G-IIII | 2018.60 | 2188.11 | 2345.86 | 6552.57 | 69.56 |
| 5 | Cas Smith | Pitts S-2B | G-ICAS | 1863.78 | 2020.12 | 2360.24 | 6244.14 | 66.29 |
| 6 | Brian McCartney | Pitts S-2A | G-TIII | 1808.22 | 1819.60 | 2135.49 | 5763.31 | 61.18 |
| 7 | Mark Stewart | Extra 300 | G-KIII | 1859.71 | 1686.56 | 3546.27 | 37.65 | |
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