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APRIL 29, 1926 IKe Royal &ero Clu of fAe Uixited. Kii\gdoiOFFICIAL MOTICES TO MEMBERS COMMITTEE MEETING A MEETING of the Committee was held on Thursday,April 22, 1926, when there were present : Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean, A.F.C., in the chair; Air Vice-Marshal Sir W. S.Brancker, K.C.B. ; Ernest C. Bucknall ; Lieut.-Col. M. O. Darby, O.B.E. ; Maj. H. Hemming, A.F.C. ; E. J. B. How •Wing-Commander T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., A.F.C. ; F. Hand- ley Page, C.B.E. ; and the Secretary. Election of Members.—The following new members wereelected :— William Thomson Hay,Flight-Lieut. Matthew Alistair Simpson. Archer Statham White. John Jacob Hofer. Cecil Walter Langlands. George Frederick Wanklyn Cobbold.Kenneth Vernon Wright. Flight-Lieut. Donald William Clappcn. Frank Samuel Gaylor. Gordon Percy Olley. The Hon. Ralph Alexander Cochrane. John Alfred Lincoln, Flying Officer William Henry Stiles.Pilot Officer Maurice Brunton. George Gordon Kent.Samuel Clement Tucker. Aviators' Certificates.—The following aviators' certifi-cates were granted :— 7985. Ralph England Hawkins, April 15, 1923. 7986. Cyril Comyn Musselwhite, April 28, 1923. 7987. Percy Fraser Clarke, March 30, 1926. 7988. Francis Henry Kennedy, December 3, 1924.7989. William Thomson Hay, April 14, 1926. 7990. Bernard Henry Smith, April 1, 1926.7991. Reginald Robert Williams, April 5, 1926. 7992. Sydney Alfred Crabtree, April 5, 1926. 7993. Haliburton Hume Leech, April 10, 1926.Election of Stewards.--The Stewards of the Royal Aero Club for the year 1926 were elected as follows :—Brig.-Gen. the Duke of Atholl, K.T., G.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O. The Right Hon. Lord Hugh Cecil, M.P.Brig.-Gen. Sir Capel Holden, K.C.B., F.R.S. Lieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, M.C., M.P.Admiral of the Fleet the Right Hon, Sir Edward Sey- mour, G.C.B., O.M. ELECTION OF SUB-COMMITTEESHouse.—Ernest C. Bucknall, Maj. Herbert J. Corin, F. P. Dickson, E. J. B. How, D. C. MacLachlan, J. StewartMallam, Capt. L. V. Pearkes. Maj. S. V. Sippe, D.S.O. Finance.—Ernest C. Bucknall, Lieut.-Col. M. O. Darby,J. Stewart Mallam, F. Handley Page, C.B.E. Flying Services Fund .—Lieut.-Col. Alan Dore, D.S.O. ;Chester Fox ; D. C, MacLachlan ; Wing-Corn. T. O'B. Hubbard, M.C., A.F.C.Racing.—Air Vice-Marshal Sir W. S. Brancker, K.C.B. ; Lieut.-Col. W. A. Bristow ; A. S. Butler ; Capt. R. J. Good-man Crouch ; Lieut.-Col. M. O. Darby ; Lord Edward A. Grosvenor : Maj. H. Hemming ; Maj. R. H. Mavo ; HowardT. Wright ; Capt. C. B. Wilson, M.C. Technical.—Maj. T. M. Barlow; Maj. J. S. Buchanan,O.B.E. ; W. O. Manning; Maj. R. H. Mayo; Lieut.-Col. M. O'Gorman, C.B. ; Lieut.-Col. H. W. S. Outram, C.B.E. ;Wing-Corn. T. S. Rippon, C.B.E. ; Squadron-Leader M. E. A. Wright, A.F.C. Joint Standing Committee (R.Ae.C. and S.B.A.C.).—Lieut.-Col. F. K. McClean, A.F.C. ; Air Vice-Marshal Sir W. S. Brancker. K.C.B.; Lord Edward A. Grosvenor;Capt. C. B. Wilson, M.C. Airship Club.—The arrangements entered into with theAirship Club for the use of 3, Clifford Street, as registered address and for secretarial work were reported and con-firmed. Light Aeroplane Competition, 1926. The reports ofthe meetings of the Joint Committee of the Club, Air Ministry and Society of British Aircraft Constructors were receivedand confirmed and the Regulations approved. Light Aeroplane Clubs.—The applications from theLondon, Lancashire and Newcastle Aero Clubs for a grant from the fund placed at the disposal of the Royal Aero Clubby the Petroleum Distributors Committee were considered. A modification in the terms of the gift having been agreed toby the Petroleum Distributors Committee, it was decided to make the following grants :— London Aeroplane Club . . . . . . /200 Lancashire Aero Club . . . . . . . . £"200 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club . . . . £"200 " Bristol " Jupiter Endurance Test.—It -was decidedto issue a Royal Aero Club Certificate of Performance to the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., in connection with the endurancetest of the " Bristol " Jupiter carried out under the super- vision of the A.I.D. Air Ministry. Honorary Membership.—Capt. William C. Watts,V.S.N., was elected a Temporary Honorary Member of the Club on his taking over duties of Naval Attache at theAmerican Embassy as successor to Rear-Admiral L. McNarnee. Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN Secretary, LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane ClubTHE flying time for the week ending April 25 was 21 hrs. 30 mins. The following members had flying instruction :—Miss O'Brien, Sir John Khodes,Bart., A. Lees, R. C. Presland, N. J. Hulbert, E. D. Moss. R. .1. Beviugton, S. J. Hofer, G. Wallcousins, D. Hamilton. 1. Barros, A. Southgate. j. H.Simson, O. J. Tapper, H. Solomon, E. K. Blyth, A. P. Hunt, J. Eadv, L. J. C. Mitchell, R. L. Hare, E. P. Brough, J. S. M. Michie, F. Adams. The following members flew solo :—Squad.-Leader M. E. A. Wright, MajorK. M. Beaumont, J. S. M. Michie, E. P. Brough, A. 1'. Hunt. The D.H. " Moth " G-EBMF, which has been purchased by the Club, wasdelivered on Saturday last, and for the first time since January the Club had two machines available. This enabled five members to do solo flying on thatday. The third D.H. " Moth " should be taken over during this week. The following donations have been received towards the purchase of G-EBMF :—O. J. Mastrand, £1 ; J. G. Day, .(2 2s. ; B. B. Tucker, £1 ; T. C. Sharwood, £2 ; Total to date, £703 5s." The Lancashire Aero ClubFLYING details for the week ending April 25 are :— Dual with Mr. T. N. Stack : Messrs.", Abdulla, 2 hrs. ll> mins. ; A- Benson,) hr. 25 mins. ; H. Hardy, 1 hr. 15 mins. ; A. Macnair, 1 hr. 5 mins. ; _C. Agar 55 mins. ; Wade, 55 mins. ; G. Slater, 50 mins. ; Davidson, 45 mins.S. Brown, 40 mins. ; R. R. Williams, 35 mins. ; Jowett. 35 mins. : Casta 30 mins. ; Braid, 30 mins. ; Anderson, 30 mins. ; A. Goodyear, 25 minsE. Steele, 20 mins. ; H. S. Stern, 20 mins. ; Jackson, 20 mins. ; S. Crabtree 15 mins. ; Mensies, 15 mins. ; Crosthwaite, 15 mins. ; F. Catterall, 20 mins.Proctor, 20 mins. ; Lilley, 10 miiis. With Mr. I. C. Cantrill : Messrs. A. Benson, 55 mins. : H. S. Stern, 30 mins.Lilley, 30 mins. ; H. Hardy, 25 mms. ; A. Goodyear, 20 mins. With Mr. J. J. Scholes : Messrs. F. Catterall, 35 mius. ; C. Agar, 25 mins.P. Nicholson, 10 mins. ; Casta, 10 mins. Solo flights were made by : Messrs. C. G. S. Parker, 2 hrs. 35 mins.M. Lacayo, 55 mins. ; A. Goodfellow, 30 ruins. ; J. Wilkinson, 30 mins. C. Slatei, 20 mins. ; A. Macnair, 10 mins. During the week G. A. S. Parker did the necessary tests for his " A " Licence,and Messrs. A. Macnair and C. Slater did their iirst solos. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero ClubFLYING report for week ending April 25 :^LX, 21 hrs. 40 mins. ; LY, 9 hrs. 10 mins. Total, 30 hrs. 50 mins., made up as follows : Dual with MajorPackman, 17 hrs. 10 mins. ; solo, 6 hrs. ; passenger flights, 6 hrs. 55 mins. : tests (six), 45 mins.Though the weather has been very unsettled, it has been possible to maintain a good average through having two machines on service again, and a furtherrecord was made on Sunday, when the total for the day was K hrs. 35 min^. During the week the Club passed the 500 hours' flying time mark.The following members had instruction :—Mrs. Marcks, Miss Leathart, Messrs. George, McGuiness, Edwards, Bainbridge, Miesagaes, Thirlwall,B. I. Sutherland, P. F. Heppell (secondary dual), L. Smith, Twine, C. Thomp- son. Shaw, Bruce, J. Bell, J. G. Edmundson, A. Bell.The following pilot members flew with passengers whose names are given :— Mr. Baxter Ellis with Mrs. Dodds, Mr. and Mrs. Urwin, Miss Stafford,Mr. Sutherland and Mr. Bulmer. Mr. R. N. Thompson with Miss Baker, Miss Thompson and Mr. Lawson. Mr. N. S. Todd with Mr. Bell.Mr. R. M. Stobie with Miss W. Urwin, Miss M. Bowran, Miss A. Scott. Mr. Packman flew with the following passengers :—Mr. E. Wingle, Mr. H.Carruthers, Mr. Shaillise, Mr. Moberley, Miss Parkin, Mr. Pattle, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Beattey, Mr. Robson, Mr. and Mrs. Wedderburn, Mr. and Mrs. Urwin,Miss Snowball, Miss Dotchin, Miss Middleton, and Master Middleton. Mrs. Wedderburn flew last week, but her name was inadvertently omitted fromthe list ?iven. Over two hours was flown on the " Gull," Mr. Ellis, Mr. Heppell and MajorPackman flying at different times, Mr. Heppell attempting to break the existing height record (since the machine came north) of 900 ft. on Wednesday, butthe" barograph did not function properly. Major I Packman reached 2,000 feet on Saturday. It appears that this will be difficult to beat, but it isknown that the machine has'been^flown at 3,000 ft. by Mr. Lancaster Parker. 257 D 2
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