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August 2014 | Preflight Editorial A small but happy world Write to Pilot, Archant Specialist, 3 The Courtyard, Denmark Street, Wokingham RG40 2AZ s I write, the other onlookers to discover how Editor Philip Whiteman flying season knowledgeable he is on the Mustang and Tel 0118 989 7246 A really has WWII fighter operations — and if you turn Email [email protected] taken off and all our to page 20 you will discover how Nigel contributors are out came to have this insight. Digital Editor Jenny Ross Tel 0118 989 7245 getting some use A week later, Digital Editor Jenny Ross Email [email protected] from their aircraft. and I were at the Goodwood Festival of GA not being a Speed, where we met these days rather Designer Carine (Kitty) Thomas huge world, we less regular contributor Colin Goodwin Email [email protected] keep bumping into (rest assured, fans; he will be back). While Contributing Editors James Allan, Bob Grimstead, each other: as a we were fantasizing about investing in Mike Jerram & Peter R March member of the Vintage Aircraft Club and either the Beech Bonanza or Guimbal Flight Test Editor Dave Unwin the owner of what is deemed ‘an Cabri G2 on display (see p.7), helicopter Engineering Consultant Andy McLuskie interesting old aeroplane’, I was invited in flight tester and columnist Pat Malone Regular contributors Nick Bloom, Alan Brown, June to the Bicester Heritage brunch. was, unbeknown to us, limbering up to Colin Goodwin, Geoff Jones, Pat Malone, Don Peterson, Peter Turner & Keith Wilson Having been saved from becoming demonstrate the new Arial Ace Digital Apprentice Mac Hooper a housing estate following the motorcycle on the hill. 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RRP £3.99. www.buyamag.co.uk/Pilot $6 USE DISCOUNT CODE 4 | Pilot August 2014 www.pilotweb.aero Flying Adventure | Racing in Spain ‘Catch 22’ in Catalonia PHOTO: CHRISTOPHE BOZEC CHRISTOPHE PHOTO: Flying a Taylor Titch to Spain would be challenge enough for some, but then to enter an F1 race in it... By Trevor Jarvis ifty years ago John Taylor delight to fly; manoeuvrable, predictable, explained that the bright yellow little submitted the drawings for the vice-free and just great fun. Although a aeroplane would look good on camera as Titch as an entry to the 1964 little apprehensive approaching for my first all the other faster racers went past it. F Norman Jones (Rollason Aircraft landing, I needn’t have been, the flare and To cut a long story short, I started out and Engines Ltd) sponsored touchdown were progressive and smooth, from Hinton-in-the-Hedges on Saturday 24 Midget Racer Design Competition. The with stick forces and movement May 2014, setting course for Goodwood to competition was set up to encourage harmonising with the decreasing speed. refuel before crossing the Channel direct to British subjects to design a sporting midget Next stop was her new home at Hinton Deauville LFRG. During the run-up to the racer aircraft that could also be flown and where I was confident enough with the trip I had spent some time deliberating on used by an average club pilot. By landing characteristics to use the 500 the route down to Spain, but−with a 38.5 November 1964 the entries were judged metre grass strip. litre fuel tank−every time I factored in and John Taylor’s Titch design was The Taylor Titch had limited success as various winds, the whole route structure, awarded second place−a team of young a racer in the 1970s and 80s but ‘Zulu fuel stops and diversions had to be design engineers employed by the British Hotel’ certainly looked the part with her changed. I looked at so many Aircraft Corporation (BAC) at Luton took bright yellow paintwork, teardrop sliding combinations and permutations that I first place with the Beta. canopy and carbon fibre spinner and researched just about every airfield in I bought Titch G-AYZH in April 2013 instrument panel.