The Wakefield International Cup A history from 1911 by Charles Dennis Rushing

Index Direct links to the chapters

Introduction

Dedication

Lord Wakefield of Hythe

The Dream

1911 E W Twining

1928 T H Newell

1929 R N Bullock

1930 J Ehrhardt

1931 J Ehrhardt

1932 G S Light

1933 J W Kenworthy

1934 J B Allman

1935 G S Light

1936 A A Judge

1937 Emmanuel Fillon

1938 James Cahill

1939 Richard Korda

1948 Roy Chesterton

1949 Arne Ellila

1950 Arne Ellila

1951 Sune Stark

1952 Arne Blomgren

1953 Joe Foster

1954 Alan King

1955 Gustav Samann

1956 Lennart Petersson

1957 The Forgotten Wakefield Contest

1958 R S Bond Baker

1959 Frantsek Dvorak

1961 George Reich

1963 Joachim Loffler

1965 Thomas Koster

1967 Mikko Sulkala

1969 Albercht Oschatz

1971 Josef Klima

1973 Joachim Loffler

1975 Paik Chang Sun

1977 Kim Dong Sik

1979 Itzhak Ben Itzhak

1981 Lothar Doring

1983 Lothar Doring

1985 Reiner Hofsass

1987 Robert White

1989 Eugeniusz Cofalik

1991 Alexander Andrjukov

1993 Alexander Andrjukov

1995 Jeremy Fitch

1997 Alexander Andrjukov

1999 Oleg Kulakovsky

2001 Oleg Kulakovsky

Rules summary

List of Champions

List of competitors

Foreword

This book describes the history of the Wakefield International Cup, the first international trophy for aeromodelling competition. The history of the Cup can be traced back to the Wakefield Gold Cup presented by the then Sir Charles Wakefield in 1911 for a competition held at Crystal Palace, England. World War I intervened and this trophy was lost, but not forgotten. In 1927 the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers (SMAE) approached Lord Wakefield concerning the Cup and were offered a new trophy for international competition. This trophy was the present Wakefield International Cup and was first awarded at a competition in 1928. The SMAE developed the international competition up to 1951 when it was handed to the authority of the FAI and became the award for the rubber power category at the FAI World Free Flight Championships.

Charles Rushing wrote this book in 1995 and, with subsequent updates, it records a full history of the Wakefield International Cup up to 2001. The book has been included on the FAI web site to provide an account of this most prestigious aeromodelling trophy. The views expressed are those of the author Charles Rushing and do not represent official FAI policy nor does the FAI warrant accuracy of contents. See the publication conditions. Note that the book is no longer available in print. This web presentation was produced by Ian Kaynes.

To read the book sequentially start here or select specific topics or Wakefield competition years from the panel for direct access to the chapter. Links are given to the full results of World Championships where applicable, these may also be accessed direct via the index to all free flight championships results from the Championships link below.

[Conditions] - [FAI Home Page] - [Aeromodelling Commission] - [FF Championships results]