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FEBRUARY 18, 1926 IKe Rai/al £Iero Clu. of the UixitecL Kii\gdoi OFFICIAL /H0TICE.5 TO MEMBERS n ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THE Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom will be held on Wednesday, March 31, 1926, at 6 p.m., at 3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. Notices of motion for the Annual General Meeting must be received by the Secretary not less than 21 days before the meeting, and must be signed by at least five Members. Committee.—In accordance with the Rules, the Com- mittee shall consist of 18 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 :— Air Vice-Marshal Sir W. S. Brancker, K.C.B., A.F.C. Ernest C. Bucknall. Lord Edward A. Grosvenor. Col. F. Lindsay Lloyd, C.M.G., C.B.E. Lieut.-Col. J. t. C. 'Moore-Brabazon, M.C., M.P. Lieut.-Col. M. O'Gorman, C.B. Air Commodore C. R. Samson, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A.F. The Duke of Sutherland. Owing to the death of Group-Capt. C. F. Kilner, there are only eight Members of the present Committee retiring this year. Any two Members of the Club may 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 name of his proposer and seconder, must be sent in writing to the Secretary, not less than 14 days before the Annual General Meeting. TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT THE Royal Aero Club has received the following telegram from the Royal Aero Club of Spain, in reply to its message of congratulation :— " We wish to express our profound appreciation of your kind message." At the Banquet, held in Madrid, on Thursday, February 11, 1926, to celebrate the Spanish Transatlantic Flight, the Royal Aero Club was represented by Capt. H. H. Square. Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1.H. E. PERRIN, Secretary LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane ClubTHE total flying during the week was 12 hours 25 minutes. At present the Club has only one machine in service. A new D.H. " Moth "machine has been ordered to replace G-P1BLU, but delivery is not expected ijutil the end of March. Negotiations to acquire a machine to carry on inthe interim, have not so far been successful. During the week the following Members had flying instruction :—W. Hay,\Y E P. Johnson 1-. P. Brough, G. Ouirk, R. C. Brighten, H. O. Richardson. K. Thomas, H. P. Hunt. J. H. Safirey. C. 1-. Murrell, K. C. Presland, J. S. M.Michie. R. Malcolm. S. O. Bradshaw! L. Anderson, N. Jones, G. N. Howe. The following members flew solo •—Mrs. Kliott-Lyun, G. H. Craig, SquadronLeader M. E. A. Wright, G N. Warwick, P. G. Lucas. Capt. I-. G. M. Sparks, on leave from his course at the Central HyingSchool, T'pavon, assisted in the flying instruction during the week-end. The Lancashire Aero ClubFLYING took place on Wednesday and Saturday only. Mr. Scholes and Mr. ( -uitrill gave dtial to the following : — H. Stern, 15 mins. ; M, Lacayo,5 mins, R. Williams, 15 mius. ; D. Dyson, 20 mins. ; C. Parker. 45 ruins. ; 1. Leeming,55 mins. : C. Agar, 1 hr. 5 mins. : H. Hardy, 40 mins. : H. Smith,1 hr. 35 mins. ; C. Colley, 35 rnins. ; A. Macnair, 411 mins. : J. Wilkinson, 35 mins. Solo flights by J. Wilkinson, 25 mins. : M. Lacayo, 10 mins.Tests occupied 35 mius. Total dual. 7 hrs. 45 mins. Total solo, 35 mins. ]oy Rides to three members, 45 mins. Total time flown, 9 hrs. 40 inins. The above was all done on one machine, GKBMQ, presented to the ClubJ>v Sir Charles. Wakrhcld. Mr. X. T. Stack has been appointed the Club's Instructor, He will com-mence at Woodford on Wednesday, February 24. Appointments may be made by 'phone, letter, or in the book kept for this purpose in the Hangar,flying time may not be booked further than seven days ahead. Mr. Stack will arrange to give instruction and permit Solo whenever weather permits,and it is hoped that Members who can will put in as much time during the week as possible so as not to overcrowd the week-ends. The Club's second Dinner Dance will lie held at the Midland Hotel,Manchester, on March 12 (Friday). Tickets are 35s. each, as before there will be a Cabaret Show during the evening. Tickets are already well sold.At the last Dance the Committee were forced to return money to many people who applied late, after all the tickets had been disposed of. Earlyapplication in this case is advisable. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club FLYING report for week ending Sunday, February 14, 1926 :— Very bad weather conditions were experienced during the week, but some flying was carried out each day.The times were :—Dual, 13 hrs. 2u mins. Solo, 5 hrs. 22 mins. Tests, 25 mins. Passenger, 30 mins. Total, 19 hrs. 30 mins. All on " L.X.,"which is on the way towards 30o hrs. now. The following Members flew under instruction with Major Packman : — Miss C. R. Leathart, Mr. T. R. MacMillan, Mr. R. M. Stobie, Mr. G. H. Twine. Mrs. V. Marcks, Mr. L. Smith, Mr. C. Thompson, Mr. L. deLoriol, Mr. W. Todd, Mr. A. D. Bruce. The following flew7 solo, or with passengers, all " A " pilots :— Mr. W.Baxter Ellis, with Mr. P. F. Heppell as passenger, on one flight and Mr. H. Ellis on another. Mr. R. M. Stobic, withJMrs. Kemp as passenger. Mr. R. X. Thompson,with Mr. Smith. It is suggested that Mr. Heppell wondered what it felt like to fly aspassenger ; hence the flight with Mr. Ellis. Mr. N. S. Todd was unable to attend the aerodrome during the week. It is believed that he is searchingfor a suitable " hangar." It was whispered in the Clubhouse during the week-end that MajorPackman was preparing to take the " Moth " to the Arctic when the explora- tion season begins again, though the only evidence put forward was that hewas now wearing sheepskin (complete with wool) thigh boots. Some Members were of opinion, however, that these were quite necessary atCramlington, while arctic weather is experienced there, so there may be no foundation for this rumour. The Club was honoured with a -visit by a R.A.F. Blackburn machine duringthe week. The engine and gadgets for the " Gull " having arrived, further develop-ments are expected at an early date. Mr. R. N. Thompson has very kindly presented the Club with a completeBadminton set, marked the courts on the Tarmac, near the hangar, and obtained a challenge from his local Club to meet any six Aero Club " loopers,rollers or spinners." So nothing could be more complete. It is hoped that the challeL'2e will be taken up immediately and with the true aviationspirit. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE MEMORIAL FUND THE first meeting in the New Year of the Executive Committee of the Fund was held at Iddesleigh House, on February 10. In the unavoidable absence of the Chairman, Lord Hugh Cecil, the chair was taken bv Air Marshal Sir John Salmond, K.C.B. The proof copies of the annual report had been circulated t<> members of the Committee a few days previously, and the annual report was approved, and the various accounts, as audited by Messrs. Blackburns, Barton, Mayhcw and Co., chartered accountants, were likewise approved, and the report was ordered to be published in due course. It was reported that the Vanbrugh Castle School, for the orphans of airmen, opened for the Spring term on January 6, with 39 boys in attendance. In this connection the Committee approved of an additional sum of /500 being voted for necessary altera- tions and furnishings for the school. A further application for assistance, in an educational sense, from the Salting Benefaction (administered by the Fund) was approved by the Committee. The next meeting of the Committee was fixed for April 21 at 3 p.m. This Year's Paris Aero Show IT has been decided that the tenth International Aero Show will be held in the Grand-Palais, Paris, in November and December next. R.A.F. Flying Accidents THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as a result of an accident to a Bristol Fighter at Heliopolis, Egypt, on February 6, Flying Officer Arthur Cleverton Tremellen, the pilot of"the aircraft, was killed, and Flight-Lieut. Sturley Philip Simpson was seriously injured. On February 10, as a result of an accident to a machine of No. 402 Flight, Mediterranean Command, Lieut. Henry Roger Hancox, Royal Navy, Flying Officer, Royal Air Force, was seriously injured and died on the following day in the R.N. Hospital, Malta. On February 12, as a result of an accident to a Vickers- Vimy at Winterslow, Salisbury, Wilts, Sqdn.-Ldr. Alfred George Horsley-Carr, O.B.E., was killed, No. 157835 Sergt. William Norman Pink, the pilot of the aircraft, being slightly injured and No. 329752 A.C. 2 Clifford Bartlett Cardall, uninjured. 93
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