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MARCH 11, 1986 LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane Club FEBRUARY was a good month (or flying. Flying instruction was givento the members on 23 days during the month ; 177 nights were made, of which 126 were dual, 29 solo, and 22 test. All these flights were made onthe one D.H. " Moth " G-EBLI. For the week ending March 7, the total flying time was 20 hours10 minutes. The following members had flying instruction :—G. Quirk, T. W. Eady,A. R. Ogston, J. H. Saffery, E. A. Cook, W. Hay, P. G. Lucas, G. H. Craig, K. V. Wright, Major K. M. Beaumont, T. H. O, Richardson, O. J. Tapper,E. S. Brough, B. B. Tucker, R. C. Presland, Mrs. Eliott-Lynn, Sir John Rhodes, E. D. Moss, L, Anderson, R. Malcolm, ]. C. Barros," G. X. Howe,R. P. Cooper, J. S. M. Michie, G. Vlasto, M. A, Douglas Hamilton. The following members did solo flying :—N. H. Jones, Mrs. Eliott-Lynn.Major K. M. Beaumont, G. N. Warwick, Sqdn.-Leader M. E. A. Wright. On March 1, N. H. Jones successfully passed the tests for his aviator'scertificate. On March 2, D. H. Kittell, who has recently acquired a D.H. " Moth "of his own, went up to carry out the tests for his certificate. During the height test the weather clouded over and he was obliged to make a landingin Essex. Having ascertained his direction, he flew back to the aerodrome later in the afternoon. Mrs. Eliott-Lynn has recently gone through the technical examination for a" B " licence. The examination was conducted by Air Ministry officials, and Mrs. Eliott-Lynn has been notified by the Air Ministry that she hassuccessfully passed in the subjects of navigation and meteorology, also in the examinations on flving machines, engines, and instruments in relation to theD.H. " Moth " type. The following donations have been promised towards the third D.H." Moth " machine which has been ordered for the London Aeroplane Club : Petroleum distributing companies, £200 ; E. J, Jones, £150 ; Lieut.-Colonel M. O. Darby. £50: Lieut.-Colonel J, Barrett-Lennard, £50; Sir John Rhodes, £25 ; Major K. M. Beaumont, £20 ; W. Hay, £20 ; Mrs. S. C.Eliott-Lynn, £10 ; E. S. Brough. 4~5; D. Kittell, £5 ; J. S. M. Michie, £3; Sqdn.-Leader M. E. A. Wright, £2 ; G. Quirk, £2 ; E. A. Cook. (2 • G. H.Craig, £2 ; A. R. Ogston, il ; G. N. Warwick, £1 ; ]. H. Saffery, II ; R. C. . Presland, £1 ; T. H. O. Richardson, £1 ; T. W. Eady, £1 ; P. G. Lucas, £l ;O. J. Tapper, £1 ; K. V, Wright, £l. Total to date, £555. The Lancashire Aero Club OWING to gales and high wind, flying has been possible on only Tuesday.Friday and Sunday, and even on those days for very short intervals. Mr. Stack gave instruction to H. Hardy, 1 hour ; C. Agaf, 1 hour 30 mins. ; B.Smith, 1 hour 50 mins. ; R. Wade, 50 mins. ; D. Dyson, 10 mins. ; C. Brown, 20 mins. Mr. Cantrill gave dual to S. Parker, 30 mins. ; J. Leeming, 25 mins. ;solo flights by A. Goodfellow, 30 mins. ; M. Lacayo, 1 hour 15 mins. ; J. Cantrill, 25 mins. Total dual, 6 hours 35 mins. Total solo, 2 hours 10 mins.Tests occupied 1 hour 10 mins. Total time flown, 9 hours 55 mins. Machines in use G-EBLV and G-EBMQ. The third annual general meeting was held in Manchester on March 2,and the following elected to act as committee for the year : Messrs. A. Good- fellow, J. Cantrill, J. Scholes, R. Williams, H. Stern, J. Leeming, T. Prince.H. Grant, M. Lacayo, Mr. Wood remains as Secretary and Mr. Leeming as Chairman. It was announced that owing to the generosity of Colonel Groves, work onthe hangar was to be commenced at once. A proper hangar is the club's greatest need, and this assistance from Colonel Groves was most acceptable. A special tribute was paid to the work done voluntarily by Messrs. CantriUand Scholes as instructors. These gentlemen went to Upavon for the instruc- tors' course, and have been at the aerodrome teaching pupils every week-endsince September, busy men who have to travel from the other side of Man- chester to Woodford, this must have been a great-call on their spare time, andmembers realising this, expressed their appreciation most enthusiastically. Tickets for the dinner-dance at the Midland Hotel on March 12 are nowentirely sold out, and money is being-returned to all members applying after March'6. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero ClubREPORT for week ending March 7 :—Total living time, 10 hours 35 mins., made up of dual instruction with Major Packman, 8 hours 15 mins. ; solo(" A" pilots), 1 hour 15 mins. ; passenger, 1 hour 5 mins. It blew a gale throughout the week and from Monday to Thursday inclu-sive was added heavy snow storms, and daring the first four days of the week only two hours' dual was possible, one hour each Monday and Thurs-day. Except for a short period early on Saturday and Sundav mornings, no solo flying was attempted. Only one machine is on service at present. The following members flew under instruction:—Miss Leathart. Mrs.Marcks, Mr. Twine, Mr. Peacock, Mr. C. Thompson. Mr. Campbell. Mr. Bain- bridge, Mr. W. Todd, Mr. Bruce. Passengers, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Penrith. Mr. Grundy.Solo, Mr. W. Baxter Ellis and Mr. R. N. Thompson. On Friday, unfortunately a quiet day at the aerodrome at all times,Mr. Ellis took out the '' Gull," but as the instruments are not yet fitted and on account of the strong wind, which, however, was not as bad as on theother days of the week, he confined himself to a couple of '' straights." Mr. Heppell and Major Packman also had a straight each. It was impossible,owing to the strength of the wind to taxi back after a flight and the machine had to be wheeled back across the aerodrome on each occasion, reminiscentof flying about 1909. Altogether it is a very wonderful machine, and thosf who found much in it to cause amusement when it was first delivered, in a dis-mantled condition, are either openly converted or discreetly silent. Report for the month of February : Unfavourable weather was againthe rule during February, but it is highly satisfactory that Newcastle is once more able to i-lairn the" largest aggregate of hours flown among the clubs.Detaib are as follows : — Dual instructionSolo training Pilot members' soloTest and passenger Totals . . Flights.. 91 4 23 . 11 Hours.50 1 13 • j Mins43 15 — / Sit . . 129 68 During nine of the flights by pilot members, totalling 4 hour5 29 rains.,members and visitors were carried as passengers. Two members, Miss C. R. Leathart and Mr. T. R. MacMillan, wen- passedout for solo flying during the month. At St. James's Palace AT the Levee held by His Majesty the King at St. James's Palace on March 3, the following were amongst those pre- sented to the King :—Flight-Lieut. C. T. Anderson, D.F.C., Flying-Officer G. C. A. Armstrong, Flight-Lieut. D. Carey, Squadron-Leader Win. Coryton, M.V.O., D.F.C., Group- Capt. P. Fellowes, D.S.O., A.D.C., Squadron-Leader A. Glenny, M.C., D.F.C., Flight-Lieut. R. Houghton, A.F.C., Flight- Lieut. H. Junor, D.F.C., Flight-Lieut. G. Knocker, Air Vice- Marshal D. Munro, C.B., C.I.E., M.B., Wing-CommandCT G. Reid, D.S.O., M.C., Flight-Lieut. A. Rowan, Flying-Officer G. Smith, Wing-Commander \V. Welsh, D.S.C., A.F.C., etc. Amongst those in attendance were : Air-Marshal Sir John Salmond (Principal Air Aide-de-Camp), Wing-Commander L. Greig, Wing-Commander J. C. Halahan, etc. The Bristol " Jupiter " Endurance Test THE endurance test of the Bristol " Jupiter" engine, which, fitted in a Bristol " Bloodhound " biplane, has been making trips almost every day between Filton (Bristol) and Croydon since January 4 last, lias now been brought to a close, as the 25,000 miles-' flight which was aimed at when the test opened has now been accomplished. In point of fact the period run was 225 hrs. 54 mins. and the distance covered was 25,078 miles. The final run was a non-stop flight from Bristol to London and return. The whole test has been completed without a single one of the seals affixed by the Air Ministry officials at the outset having been disturbed, which means that there has not been a single replacement or adjustment through- out the entire period. This is a record which, we believe, has never previously been approached by any aero engine of any type in any country. The petrol consumption, 21 -9 gallons per hour, and the oil consumption, 3-95 pints per hour, are also remarkably low. The engine was running full well at the completion ofthe test, but the pilot, Col. Minchin, expressed keen disappointment at the discontinuance. It was felt, however, that the original idea should be adhered to, as there will be a good deal of practical interest in the inspec- tion of the parts of the engine after stripping. When one bears in rnind that the " Jupiter " engine is perhaps the lightest proved engine of its power in the world, weighing only about \\ lbs. per horse-power, the merits of this performance can be better appreciated. The test has been officially controlled throughout by officials of the British Air Ministry and the whole of the piloting has been undertaken by two of the leading Imperial Airways pilots, Capt. Barnard and Col. Minchin. The British Rigid Airships LA.ST week we announced that work would soon com- mence on one of the 5,000,000 cub. ft. rigid airships—which we designated in error as the " Burney " airship, R.101. As a matter of fact, the Air Ministry vessel, which is being con- structed at Cardington, Bedford, is known as R.101, while the airship, for which the Airship Guarantee Co.—or Commander Burney and Vickers, Ltd.—are responsible, is known as R.100, and it is to this vessel we referred. The Royal Air Force Memorial Fund THE fortnightly meeting of the Grants Sub-committee of the Fund was held at Iddesleigh House on March 4. Mr. W. S. Field was in the chair, and the other member of the Committee present was Squadron-Leader E. B. Beauman. The Committee considered in all 12 cases, and made grants to the amount of H2 3s. 3d. The next meeting was fixed for March 25 at 2.30 p.m. French Trawler Rescues British Aviators ONE of the Fairey IIID seaplanes of the Lee-on-SoIent School, of Naval Aviation recently crashed in the Irish Sea and the occupants, Flying-Officer L. G. A Kirschner and Lieuts. R. G. Baker and J. 1). Harvey, R.N., were on the point of being drowned when their danger was observed by the French trawler Louise Marguerite, of Boulogne (Capt. M. Jean-Baptiste). Two of the crew set out in a small boat and with great difficulty succeeded in rescuing the three British officers, one of the French sailors, Eugene Deseigne, receiving injuries during the operation. The British destroyer Champion came up later and rendered medical attention, and afterwards the injured sailor was taken to hospital at Penzance. The bravery of the French sailors has been brought to the notice of the British Admiraltv. 146
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