Gliding Instruction. IT is apparent from the results so far obtained by gliding clubs in connection with the instruction of members, that elementary training is not altogether the simple business…

MAGNUM RARE CARS LIMITED The Directors of 'Rare Cars' have a great love of Historic motorcars and, possibly like yourself, have become frustrated over recent years with sub-standard work, lame…

Ivan Carr is not perhaps so well known as some of those who have been invited to contribute to this revived series of articles. But his selection of cars and…

THE BLACKPOOL FINAL TESTS THE first test, immediately on arrival, took the form of an acceleration test over a quarter-mile, timed by A. V. F,bblewhite, followed by an eighty yard…

"SAMMY " DAVIS AGAIN. C " ASQUE'S Sketch Book" is the latest work of Mr. S. C. H. Davis, the well known racing driver and author of " Motor Racing."…

 [R. de Yarburgh-Bateson has driven in the Classic Paris-Nice Trial on several occasions and in 1938 finished twentieth, with a Meadows-H.R.G., winning the 1½-litre class of the La Turbie Hill…

VER THE ANDES 11) Y LIGHT-PLANE FURTHER COMPER-POBJOY ACHEIVEMENTS PROBABLY no newcomer to the light aeroplane market has achieved so much success in so short a space of time as…

The historical series of those very neat books from the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust now includes The Rolls-Royce Tay Engine and The BAC One-Eleven by Ken Goddard (ISBN 1 872922 19 8, £9.00), and An Account…

RACING A L'AMERICAINE I We asked a friend to supply a review of 1941 American racing—the only motor racing left—and this is what he writes. Next month we intend to…

Sir, The appraisal of 'The Greatest Rally Driver' in your April issue is interesting, and few would disagree with the selection of Hannu Mikkola. A further illustration of his talent…

RACING WITH A 43-YEAR-OLD CAR The Story of the 1908 G.P. ITALA THE 1908 G.P. Rs " Floretta " has been written up many times in the motoring Press; by…

Until now the Jaguar XJS has been rather neglected in the "customising industry", but Tom Walkinshaw's TWR company in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, is ideally placed to exploit the potential of the…