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IKe Royal &ero Clu. of the United Kii\gdoi ZIP OFFICIAL MOTICES TO MEMBERS BE Annual General Meeting. THE Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom will be held on Tuesday, March 28th, 1916, at Piccadilly, London, W. Notices of motion for the Annual General Meeting must be received by the Secretary not less than twenty-one days before the Meeting, and must be signed by at least five Members. The last day for the receipt of notices of motion is Tuesday, March 7th, 1916. Committee. In accordance with the rules, the Committee shall consist 01 eighteen members. Members are elected to serve for two years, half the Committee retiring annually. Retiring members are eligible for re-election. The retiring members of the Committee are :— Lieut.-Col. R. K. Bagnall-Wild, R.E. Lieut.-Col. W. D. Beatty, R.E. G. B. Cockburn. Lieut.-Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd. Capt. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, R.F.C. Com. C. R. Samson, R.N., D.S.O. A. Mortimer Singer. T. O. M. Sopwith. The Marquess of Tullibardine, M.V.O., D.S.O., M.P. Any two Members of the Club can nominate a Member to serve on the Committee, provided the consent of the Member has been previously obtained.' The name of the Member thus nominated, with the names of his proposer and seconder, must be sent in writing to the Secretary not less than fourteen days befoie the Annual General Meeting. The last day for the receipt of nomina tions is Tuesday, March 15th, 191.6. Extension of the Hours of Opening the Club. The Club Is now open from 9 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. each day, Including Sunday. THE FLYING SERVICES FUND administered by THE ROYAL AERO CLUB. THE Flying Services Fund has been instituted by the Royal Aero Club for the benefit of officers and men of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps who are incapacitated on active service, and for the widows and dependants of those who are killed. The Fund is intended for the benefit of all ranks, but especially for petty officers, non-commissioned officers, and men. Forms of application for assistance can be obtained from the Royal Aero Club, 166, Piccadilly, London, W. Subscriptions. £ t. Total subscriptions received to Feb. 23rd, 1916 10,559 o Collected at the Westland Aircraft Works, Yeovil (Twenty-first contribution) O 6 Staff and Workers of Gwynnes, Ltd. (Tenth contribution) ... 9 '5 Total, February 29th, 1916 10,569 3 O 166, Piccadilly, W: B. STEVENSON, Assistant Secretary. FR0d^HE^RITI^H^FLYTNG'6R6aND London Aerodrome, Collindale Avenue, Hendon. Grahame-White School (R.N.A.S.) —Straights with Instructor last week: Probationary Flight Sub-Lieuts. Carr, Donald, Gibbs, Griffin, How, Melhado and Wigglesworth. Circuits with Instructor: Probationary Flight Sub-Lieuts. Kingsford, Powles, Templeton and West. Circuits alone: Probationary Flight Sub-Lieuts. Aitkin and Rees. Brevet test A : Probationary Flight Sub-Lieut. Evans. Grahame-White Civilian School.—Straights with Instructor: Messrs. Baragar, Box, Butler, Hathaway, Hillaby, Holman, Spencer, Matthews, Rigby, Sandys, Scheidt, Sloden, Tanner, Walk, Kryn and Williams, S. Instructors during week : Messrs. Biard, Hale, Manton, Pashley, Russell and Winter. Beatty School.—The following pupils were out during last week : Messrs. Brand, Cumming, Drysdale, Edwards, Samter, Willmett, Smith, Stabley, Ping, Branfojd, Sellars, Halford-Thompson, Parsons, Hungwan and Mossop. The instructors were Messrs. G. W. Beatty, W. Roche- Kelly, G. Virgilio, R. W. Kenworthy, A. E. Mitchell, L. L. King and H. Fawcett, the machines in use being Beatty-Wright dual-control and single seater propeller biplanes and Caudron tractor biplanes. It will be noted that a seventh instructor has been added to the staff in the person of Mr. H. Fawcett, who tcok his certificate from this school. Hall School.—The following pupils were out during last week receiving instruction -.—With C. M. Hill: Ormerod, Arnsby, Dodds, Lieut. Cooke, Smith (1), Collins and Thorn. With j. Drew . Millburn, Chapman, Rochford, Smith (2), Roberts and Neal. With A. Chave : Worswick, Halliday, Longton, Rayne, Collier, Duncan, Mahoney and Taylor. Machines in use : Hall Government type tractors. London and Provincial Aviation Co.—Pupils doing rolling last week : Messrs. Hay, Archer, Dawson, Aldous, Houba and Scott. Doing straights : Messrs. Palethorpe, Clement and Vertongen. Circuits and eights: Messrs. Lambert and G. V. Aimer. Instructors: Messrs. W. T. Warren, M. G. Smiles, H. Sykes and W. T. Warren, jun. Royal Aero Club certificates were taken by Messrs. G. V. Aimer and E. Lambert, who both passed their tests well. RuHy-Baumann SchooL—Pupils with instructor last week : Messrs. Wood, Winter, Westlake, Bolton, Dobson, D'Opstael, Cuthbertson, Thomsen and Laidlaw. Straights W
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