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DECEMBER 17, 1925 as the agreement between the Air Ministry and the Birmingham Corporationis completed, flying will take place. At the present moment the Moths are being used solely for dual instructionand qualifying solo, as it is considered that with existing equipment the club is not justified in using their dual machines for other than trainingpurposes. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club. FLYING report for week ending, Sunday, December 13, 1925. Totalflying time, G-EBLX, 6-19, G-EBLY, 13-12, Total, 12-31 hrs. Instructional Flying with Major Packman :—Messrs. J. D. Irving (3 hrs.), W. T. Walton(3 hrs. 18 mins.), G. H. Twine (15 mins.), J. A. Somerville (72 mins (2 flights) ) H. H. Leech (30 mins.), L. Smith (30 mins.), J. D. Bruce (1 hr. 30 mins.),C. B. Marshall (30 mins.), C. Thompson (35 mins.), W. Todd (30 mins.), J. M. Campbell (32 mins.). Solo flying :—Mr. N. S. Todd (li hrs. (2 flights), Sunday), Mr. R. N. Thomp-son (20 mins.), Mr.iW. M. Mackay (66 mins. (2 flights)), Mr. P. Forsyth Heppell (30 mins.), Mr. Baxter Ellis flew with Mr. Heppell as passenger for 1 hr. 12 mins.on Thursday, for 30 mins. with Mrs. Waugh and Mr. Allen (2 flights) on Satur- day and for 1 hr. on Sunday. On Sunday, he took as passengers during oneflight Mrs. Baxter Ellis and Master Herbert Ellis (aged 5 yrs.). The Moth may therefore, in company with the D.H.51, be considered an " occasional three-seater." Master Ellis was obviously delighted with the experience, and on returning to the hanger made some very " grown up " remarks to the engineerabout it all. During the week Major Packman flew with the following ladies as passengers :Mrs. Waugh, Mrs. Somerville, Miss Sheffield and Miss Jeffrey, the latter for 25 mins.; Miss Jeffrey is becoming a regular passenger. Manj> strange aeroplanes have arrived at the aerodrome during the week.Mr. Ellis's Gnosspelius " Gull " on Wednesday and four Fairey III Ds landed for petrol on Friday. The " Gull " remained, but the Faireys left on Saturdaymorning. As the quantity of petrol required to satisfy these monsters is equal to 2 months' consumption of the two Moths, at the present rate of flying, therewas not sufficient for them at the Aerodrome and by the time supplies were received, it was considered too late to proceed on the journey. Everyonewas pleased to see these machines, and the only " grouse " came from the Instructor, who said that an hour's flying had been lost through interest beingtransferred from Moths to Faireys. Very few members of the Club have previously seen even a semi-cantilever monoplane. The remarks about the wings of the "Gull" being attached to the centre section by " pieces of tin " prove this. The machinehas only about four supporters at present, and they are being subjected to quite a lot of abuse. Unfortunately, the machine has not been used for sometime and has at present a rather dilapidated appearance and a lot of dust has accumulated in and on it, also one or two holes have arrived in the fabricand perhaps, for the moment, she does not look very pretty. Possibly it is best left at that. Mr. A. H. Bell spent Sunday in cleaning it up and receivinguncomplimentary remarks. Even Mr. Ellis prefaces his remarks by saying " if it flies." We must wait and see. That perseverance gets there was proved in two ways on Sunday. Onlytwo members of the Club have had very good opinions of the " Self-starter " on the Moth, all along. On a previous occasion when the engine of one machinestopped, during a very severe side slip to the left, the lever was only pulled once, and did not start the engine. During one of his nights on Sunday, Mr. N. S. Todd caused the engine tostop, by sideslipping when throttled down. Being at a fair height, he tried to dive to re-start, without success. He pulled the lever once, nothing hap-pened, the same on the second " pull," but the third effort was successful and he flew quite a long time after that. One member who was being taught the effect of certain evolutions, duringhis training, felt that he wanted something to " hang on to." He seized the joy stick, but states that this cannot be the correct thing to do, judging bythe remarks which came through the telephone from the Instructor. G-EBLX was out of commission during most of the week, while the spareCirrus engine was being fitted. The original engine (No. 13) will now be over- hauled.A record for one day's flying was made on Sunday by completing 7 hrs. 22 mins. ; THE WEATHER MAP* The first edition of the Weather Map was published in 1916 for the benefit, primarily, of those -who were making use of meteorology in the late war. Since then the book has been enlarged, but in this, the sixth issue, only slight amendments such' as were needed to bring it into harmony with present practice have been introduced. A note on visibility has been added on p, 23. The book opens with a detailed account of the method of constructing weather maps, illustrated by charts showing the distribution of the weather, winds, tem- perature and pressure on the same day, August 2, 1915. The sequence of weather and its classification according to a few simple types of pressure distribution are next dealt with, two examples being given of the effect of notable cyclonic de- pressions which have passed over the British Isles, illustrated by a series of maps. The upper air and the conditions pre- vailing there are then shortly described. As a supplement climatic summaries are given for London, Paris, Balkan Peninsula, Mesopotamia, Egypt and East Africa, as repre- senting the types of climate in the various theatres of war, together with a series of isopleth diagrams of the mean temperature, pressure, wind, rainfall and humidity at the four observatories of the Meteorological Office. The climate of the British Isles is further illustrated by charts showing the normal distribution, in January and July, of day and night temperatures, bright sunshine and rainfall. Copies of the publication are obtainable from all branches of H.M. Stationery Office or through any bookseller, price Is 3d. net, postage \\d. extra. machine through its tests on December 9. We understand the " Moth," when it arrives in Chile, will be employed for training purposes. * The Weather Map Sixth Issue) : An Introduction to Modern Meteorology. By Sir Napier Shaw. Published by Meteorological Office, Air Ministry. The "Kingston" Flies from Lytham to Felixstowe THE new metal-hull flying boat " Kingston," produced by the English Electric Co. of Preston—and which we briefly described and illustrated in our issue for December 3 last— was delivered by air, from Lytham in Lancashire, to the R.A.F. air station at Felixstowe during this last week-end. Piloted by Flight-Lieut. B. H. C. Cross and with a Service crew aboard, the " Kingston " left Lytham at 8.45 a.m., on December 12, and, passing Pembroke Dock at 11.15 a.m., arrived safely at Plymouth at 1.33 p.m. Leaving Plymouth at 11 a.m., Monday, December 14, the " Kingston " completed the remainder of the journey without incident, landing at Felixstowe at 3 p.m. The total distance flown along the coast from Lytham to Felixstowe is about 850 miles. A "Moth " for Chile THE De Havilland Aircraft Co. have just completed at Stag Lane a D.H. "Moth" biplane, fitted with an A.D.C. "Cirrus" engine, for Messrs. Morrison & Co., a well-known firm of Chilian merchants. Capt. H. S. Broad put the sfe A SCHNEIDER CUP CHALLENGER WHICH DID NOT MATERIALISE : These two photographs of a wind tunnel model have been sent to us by the Dornier Co. of Friedrichshafen, with the information that the Italian " Commissariato d'Aeronautica " stated that wind-tunnel tests On the model in 1924 indicated that the aerodynamic qualities of the machine were such as to give it an excellent chance in the Schneider Cup race. The actual machine was not constructed, how- ever, as the subsidy granted by the Italian Government was insufficient to meet the expense entailed. In the model the wing bracing appears somewhat sketchy and the float shape, although probably of low air resistance, would appear open to criticism. 822 :
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