RAOC Gazette - page 39
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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A fox tje <Eecor& PRESENTATION TO THE CORPS AT a recent ceremony at Headquarter Mess, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Magee presented the Corps with a silver head of H e t Majesty The Queen. The work, by the sculptor Garry Trimble is in bronze and is silver plated to reflect and mark the Jubilee year, The impressive sculpture was received on behalf of the Corps by the Representative Colonel Commandant, Major General Cornock. At the time of going to press however, a photograph of the presentation is not available. It is hoped to include one in the March GAZETTE. OPERATIONAL AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND HANG GLIDING IN GERMANY THE Blue Aguila (Moenchengladbach) Hang Gliding Club held their Eiffel Pokal Meisterschaft meeting at Rockeskyl) and several hundred spectators turned up despite the intermittent rain and low cloud. Flying commenced with the sole British representative, W02 Bill Cowell, Vehicle Sub-Depot Moenchen- gladbach Chief Clerk, leading the way on his Wasp Falcon Mk 4. The competition got under way when the Club's President flew down to the landing field, a kilometre from the start point, and placed the target, an 18-inch square of white linen, on the stubble. THE G E O R O E M E D A L W02 (SQMS) K. F. A. ADAMS THE QUEEN'S OALLAIVTRY MEDAL WOl (Cdr) R. D. BOUCHER MENTIONED I>r DESPATCHES CAPTAIN GOC'S G, TILLOTSON '; • • •— • v,-.-.v w , ' 1 ."''•: • -r f :-n-r.- i « - r : ..-.j • • • • - ••• ^-- • •-••• •• '•• •, COMMENDATION ••• : ;^? ! ?;i£lox : v;:;":v :: - : " : - :i CORPORAL C. LAWRENCE NEW iiilMlif YEAR'S HONOURS MBE Major R. W a l l i s W02 (SQMS) T. E. Rumney W02 (SQMS) A. Claydon ^lililiiii^sii^l^y^Esv^^ BEM jx/:- SSSliSl W02 (SQMS) R, N. Ellison Staff Sergeant K, A. Fowler Staff Sergeant L G. Read C o r p o r a l J. R. P o t t e r Corporal G. A p p l e b y •!--•:t;-. :• - ; , v . •..-:.-.;--. xixxmzmm, The first flier off landed well outside the twenty five metre circle surrounding the target, and in which one had to land to score. Next was Bill Cowell, and his fast level approach seemed to be the answer to the freak swirling gusts of wind at ground level, for he hit the button right on, and scored two hundred and fifty points to put him straight into the lead His second flight an hour later was a repeat performance and he went into round three with a five hundred points maximum score. At this stage, however, the fates looked round for a moment and his take-off was almost a disaster when—only a few yards out from the cliff face take-off point, a gust of wind lifted his starboard wing and put him into a steep dive towards the jumbled rocks and shrubs a hundred feet below. Having learned his flying in the mountains of Scotland where treacherous air currents are part and parcel of the everyday flying scene, he increased his head down angle still further until he was only a few feet from the rocks and then flared steeply out-wards from the hill face. On landing, this time seven feet from the target, spectators pointed out the blades of grass and shrub leaves still caught up in his port wing wires, silent testimony to just how close that dive had been. The same unstable winds also hit his closest rivals and both landed over fifty yards from the target; only one flier apart from W02 Cowell, managed to land within the scoring circle in this round. Two pilots failed to cross the Autobahn and river, and grounded at the foot of the take-off hill itself amid an acre or two of thorns and furze! OUR congratulations to the recipients whose awards reflect not only great credit on themselves but also on the Corps. VISIT OF THE COLONEL-IN-CHIEF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has accepted an invitation to visit the Corps to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the amalga- mation of the Army Ordnance Corps and Army Ordnance Department to form the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 1978 is also the 25th anniversary of Her Majesty's Colonelcy-in- Chief. The visit is to be on Tuesday 16th May and will take the form of a visit to Bicester Garrison where Her Majesty will see elements of her Corps at work together with a display of other aspects of Corps activity in the United Kingdom. Full details of the programme will be given in THE GAZETTE as soon as they are announced, MAJOR GENERAL G. T, W. HORNE CB CBE IT is with regret that we have to record on page 268, the death of Major General Home. An obituary will be published in the March issue of THE GAZETTE. 266 After lunch, which was brought forward due to heavy rain and low cloud, it became evident that no flier was going to be able to pass Bill Cowell's score in the fourth round so he watched the remainder of the day's flying—and had his picture taken by hundreds of spectators. The silver trophies were presented by the local beauty queen—together with a kiss. |
| Book number | R0246a |