Austin Whippet / GE Cup

Chris Garner writes: ”

R,

You might like to include the enclosed in your GE WordPress page?

Best.

C.”

Ownership of an Austin Whippet Aeroplane.

Extracted from a memoir, written by Air Commodore H. M. Pearson CBE

‘After being commissioned as an pilot officer in the RAF at Cranwell in late 1928 I was determined by buy a light aeroplane. I eventually found what I was looking for at Castle Bromwich which, if my memory is correct, was owned by the comedian, Tommy Handley, but which was being sold a representative from the Flying Club. A figure of £50 was agreed, payable at £5 per month.

I was stationed at RAF Calshot, Southampton water. I alerted my friend “ Red “ Scarlet that I was on my way and was met on the field with him in his Austin Seven Gordon England Cup. The tail-skid of the Whippet fitted nicely into the boot of the Seven and was towed to the car park where it remained for a week. The following weekend after finding an empty annexe to one of the flying boat hangers, it was again loaded into the Seven’s boot and towed there.’

Brooklands Maroubra

Tom Abernethy writes:

“I bought it from a photographic stall at Manly Beach near Sydney which had all sorts of repro photos on sale . Spent about another 15 mins trying to find more but that was the only old car pic. 

If you search Maroubra on Google there is a good description of the track on Wikipedia.”

See here for more on Maroubra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroubra_Speedway