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FEBRUARY 26, 1925 LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS WE shall be pleased to have reports regularly from Club Secretaries, or those directly connected with new Light 'Plane Clubs, so that by keeping our readers informed on this matter the whole movement may be helped forward to the benefit of the clubs and the popularising of " that Air feeling." Light 'Plane Clubs are being, or have been, formed at :— London.—Lieut.-Com. H. E. Perrin, Secretary, Royal Aero Club, 3, Clifford Street, W.I. Birmingham.—Major Gilbert Dennison, Hon. Secretary, Midland Aero Club, Handsworth, Birmingham. Glasgow.—J. Allison, Esq., Jnr., 219, St. Vincent Street. Lancashire.—C. J. Wood, Esq., Secretary, Lancashire Aero Club, c/o A. V. Roe and Co., Newton Heath, Manchester. Newcastle-on-Tyne.—Alex. H. Bell, Esq., Hon. Sec, Newcastle-on-Tyne Light 'Plane Club, County Hotel. Yorkshire.—Prof. G. Brodetsky, Yorkshire Aeroplane Club, Leeds University. We have received the following reports on the progress being made :— Lancashire Aero Club.—The second annual meeting of the Lancashire Aero Club was held at the Milton Hall, Deans- gate, Manchester, on February 19. The Secretary, Mr. C. J . Wood, gave a report on the past year's work, and Mr. M. Lacayo, Chairman of the Financial Committee, read a state- ment and explained that the balance sheet would be placed on the club notice board in the new club room. The following Vice-Presidents were re-elected: John Lord, Esq., C.B.E., Sir William Veno, Colonel Groves, T.D., Sir William Kay, the Lord Mayor of Manchester, and the Mayor of Salford. The committee was enlarged from seven members to eleven, the following members being elected by ballot to the committee : Messrs. A. Ainsworth, H. Bayliss. D. F. Dyson. A. Goodfellow, O. Groves, F. J. Leeming, J. H. Miede, and T. Prince. Messrs. Lacayo, Salthouse and Williams did not retire this year and remain on the committee. Mr. John F. Leeming was re-elected Chairman and Mr. Rex Williams Deputy Chairman. The Secretary read the rules, which were passed unaltered ; and Mr. Williams explained that a club room had been obtained at the Nag's Head Hotel, Lloyd Street, Deansgate, Manchester, where members could obtain lunch and refresh- ments. The room is to be refurnished and redecorated, and will be at the disposal of members every day and evening except Wednesday, when it will be required for committee meetings. Mr. C. J. Wood described how a large garage had been rented in Manchester, and that the Club's Avro 504K would be brought there in the course of a week or so, when members will be busy re-conditioning this machine so that it may be ready to fly when the new aerodrome at Woodford is completed. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Light Aeroplane Club.- There is little to report from, this club, but we illustrate herewith a sketch of the club badge, which has been designed by Miss Marv Bell, who is well known in the art world in this town. Another Light 'Plane Club Badge : Sketch of the badge adopted by the Newcastle - upon - Tyne Light Aeroplane Club, designed by Miss Marv Bell. Mr. Alex. Peacock has arranged to carry on a clas.-. tor student members and any others interested in model aeroplane design and construction. This should see the club thrmiyh the period of inactivity till the light aeroplanes arrive. AN AIRDISCO " AVRO " : This machine, an Avro 504, is fitted with the new Airdisco engine of 120 h.p.The " Cirrus " engine is developed from this engine, being in effect one-half of it, cylinders and pistons being interchangeable. The Avro-Airdisco should be a very useful training machine of the medium-power type. 112
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