FIFTEEN entries have been accepted by the Royal Aero Club for the British Lockheed International Aerobatic Competition, to be held at Coventry Civic Aerodrome, Baginton, on July 20-21 1956. Among them are the three Frenchmen who gained first, second and third places last year, M. Leon Biancotto, M. Alain Hisler and M. Francois d'Huc-Dressler, and a woman pilot, Miss C. M. Segado from the Argentine. All five British competitors in the under 1,750 kg category will use Tiger Moths. This competition, now being flown for the second time, will form part of the National Air Races meeting. Each competitor is allocated five minutes for his performance, which must include a loop, a slow roll and a half-roll off the top of a loop, plus other aerobatics of his own choice. Eliminating trials are to be flown on Friday evening, July 20, and six competitors will be selected to fly in the final the next day. The three prizes are: £500 and the trophy; £300; and £200. The awards are donated by the Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Co., Ltd. Pilots and their aircraft are as follows:

Group 1, aircraft over 1,750 kg (3,858 lb).

Great Britain: G. Worrall (Gloster Meteor 7/8), R. G. Wheldon (Hunting Percival Jet Provost).

Group 2, aircraft under 1,750 kg.

Great Britain: F. S. Symondson, C. A. Nepean Bishop, F. C. Fisher, J. W. Tomkins, J. Pothecary (all on Tiger Mouis).
France: A. Hisler (Morane 230), L. Biancotto (Stampe S.R.7B), F. d'Huc-Dressler (Stampe S.V.4C), C. Dorgeix (Stampe).
Spain: J. L. Aresri Aguirre (C.A.S.A. 1-133 Jungmeister).
Czechoslovakia: J. Blaha (Moravan Z.226).
Argentina: S. Germano (Focke-Wulf Stieglitz), Miss C. M. Segado (Focke-Wulf Stieglitz).

14/09/57 Noted at RAF Little Rissington,
April to August 1958 South American Sales tour (Via Trinidad),
05/04/58 Arrived crated in Trinidad,
09/04/58 to 20/04/58 Assembled by S.Ashby, (Hunting Aircraft Service Engineer), F.Ashley (Armstrong Siddeley Service Engineer) & Richard."Dick".N.Rumbelow. (Hunting Percival Test Pilot Engineer),
21/04/58 First flight after re-assembly,
28/04/58 Flown from Trinidad to Caracas, Venezuela by Rumbelow & Ashley, (1 Hour 55 Mins/340 n.m.),
Six Venezuelan Air Force officers evaluated the aircraft at Marracay,
08/05/58 Flown to Bogotá, Columbia via Maracaibo, (2 Hours),
Replaced unserviceable radio,
20/05/58 Flown to Cali, Columbia,
23/05/58 Flown to Quito, Ecuador,
29/05/58 Flown from Quito to Talara, Peru and then Chiclayo and Lima,
Trained five Peruvian Air Force students to solo standard,
28/06/58 Departed Lima to Santiago Chile with refuelling stops at Pisco, Arequipa, Arica, Antofagasta & Vallenar,
Aerobatic demonstration at El Bosque,
02/07/58 Ten Chilean Air Force officers given demonstration flights,
03/07/58 Flew to Mendoza, Argentina,
04/07/58 Flown to Cordoba, Argentina, for demonstrations
04/07/58 Replaced damaged flap interconnecting rod,
08/07/58 To Buenos Aires, Argentina,
13/07/58 Flown to the Argentine Navy Flying training School at Bahia Blanca,
Aircraft returned to Buenos Aires,
19/07/58 Flew to Montevideo, Uruguay Rumbelow with D.M.Bay as passenger,
Demonstrated at Carrasco airfield,
25/07/58 Flown from Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with refuelling stops at Pelotas, Porto Allegre, Curitaba and Sao Paulo,
Demonstrated at the training school at Campos dos Afonsos,
02/08/58 By special permission, Rumbelow carried out an aerobatic display over Copacabana Beach, as the final display of the tour,
Further demonstration flights were given to Brazilian Air Force officers at Santos Dumont,
12/08/58 Final flights of the South American tour,
12/08/58 Commenced crating aircraft for return to Luton, UK.

The Tour in General. Apart from demonstrating the skill of Rumbelow as a pilot, navigator and flying instructor, and of Ashby and Ashley as service engineers, the tour bore witness to the exceptional reliability of the Jet Provost and its Viper engine. Six to seven thousand miles from its home base, with only two suitcases of spares, the aircraft carried on consistently day in and day out. One instrument was replaced, two navigation light filaments, a pair of rubber seals in the brakes, one flap-interconnecting rod, and two main wheel tyres. Fifty- and 100-hour schedules were carried out, in each case on a Sunday with no interruption to the flying programme. A welding repair was effected on the jet tail-cone at Montevideo, again without delaying the programme. During the tour a total of 123 people flew in the aircraft. In some 8,400 miles' transit flying nine countries were visited and 27 airfields used. Total flying time was 178 hours in 268 flights. No fewer than 630 landings were made; this is explained partly by the ab initio experiment in Peru and partly by the fact that demonstration of the circuit and landing characteristics was deemed important everywhere. The expedition was directed by D. M. Bay, Deputy Sales Manager, who was accompanied by A. N. Kingwill, Services Liaison Officer.

Shipped from Argentina to the UK and remained crated after arrival at Luton,
Early 1959 Crated aircraft sent from Luton, UK to Bankstown, Australia,
Early April 1959 Assembled in Australia by de Havilland, Bankstown for the first time since it's South American Sales tour,
??/??/59 Ordered by the RAAF from de Havilland via Order No. ABO "E" 5/36,
20/04/59 Issued by de Havilland, Bankstown to RAAF Canberra,
20/04/59 Delivered to the RAAF, fitted with Viper ASV-58 ASV-L-1515,
28/04/59 Issued to Canberra ex de Havilland, Bankstown.
07/05/59 Held at Point Cook.
??/??/59 Ground incident RAAF Point Cook, Pilot Flt Lt John.A.Paule.
Damage to port undercarriage repaired.
30/11/59 To De Havilland at Bankstown.
07/12/59 Charter arrangements terminated.
11/08/1961 Registration G-AOHD cancelled.
??/05/61 Presented to the Sydney Technical College, Ultimo as an instructional airframe.
??/??/83 To Richard E. Hourigan, Melbourne VIC,
??/??/85 Held by the RAAF Museum at Point Cook VIC in storage.