1932 B.G.A. OPEN GLIDING AND SOARING COMPETITIONS.
ASKAM-IN-FURNESS,
'august 27th to SEPTEmBER 4th, 1932.
In 1932, at Ireleth, near Barrow-inFurness, Slingsby, piloting the "Falcon", put up the greatest number of flying hours for any individual machine of the meeting and G.M.Buxton used the machine for his record distance flight from the site to Lake Coniston, gaining the Wakefield Trophy for that
Launch of the "Falcon"
at Askam. This machine
rose to 1,700 feet ahove
start and also made an observed
Ilight of 13t miles
to the head of Coniston
Water, thereby winning
the Wake6eld Trophy.
year. http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20&%20Glider%201930%20-%201955/volume%203%20No.%2016%20Sept%209%201932.pdf
Launch of the "Falcon"
at Askam. This machine
rose to 1,700 feet ahove
start and also made an observed
Ilight of 13t miles
to the head of Coniston
Water, thereby winning
the Wake6eld Trophy.
year. http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/Sailplane%20&%20Glider%201930%20-%201955/volume%203%20No.%2016%20Sept%209%201932.pdf