The Royal Aero Club - Records, Racing and Rally Association

The first weekend in Sept saw the club gather on the glorious Isle of Wight for the annual Schneider Trophy race, to be held for the first time at Sandown. With competitors arriving on Friday evening it all looked set for a great weekend with the staff at Sandown providing every assistance and fantastic hospitality to the racers and support crew. But alas Saturday dawned a different day with low lying cloud over the southern point of the race circuit resulting in below limit conditions for racing.

Last Sunday saw the 3R's racing in Dorset, a regular event in the air racing calendar. The venue, Compton Abbas of course..

Racing a new 4 lap course around the picturesque Dorset countryside, both races were hotly contested.

Entries were again disappointingly low due to aircraft unserviceability, holidays and even people getting married! Nevertheless a thoroughly enjoyable weekend was had by all.