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MAY 27, / Cla of the Uixited Kii\gdoi OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS BE t AIR TRANSPORT (Organised and conducted by The Royal Aero Club for the delivery of Newspapers by Air during the Strike.) London Aeroplane Club. G-EBMF.—D.H. " Moth " 27/60 h.p. Cirrus (Pilot, Capt. F. G. M. Sparks), 3,384 miles flown. G-EBNP.—D.H. " Moth " 27/60 h.p. Cirrus (Pilots, G. T. Witcombe and Squad.-Leader M. E. A. Wright), 3,225 miles flown. Mrs. Eliott-Lynn. G-EBKT.—D.H. " Moth " 27/60 Cirrus (Pilot, Mrs. Eliott- Lynn), 1,745 miles flown. De Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd. G-EBKU.—D.H. " Moth," 27/60 Cirrus (Pilots, R. W. Reeve, F. T. Courtney, C. D. Barnard), 1,642 miles flown. G-EBMV.—D.H. " Moth " 27/60 h.p. Cirrus (Pilots, S. L. F. St. Barbe, F. T. Courtney,' A. S. White), 1,819 miles flown. G-EBMP — D.H. " Moth," 27/60 h.p. Cirrus (Pilot, Capt. F. G. M. Sparks), 170 miles flown. G-EBLH — D.H.9, Siddeley-Puma (Pilots, S. L. F. St. Barbe, R. W. Reeve, F. T. Courtney), 2,125 miles flown. G-EBFQ.—D.H.9, Siddeley-Puma (Pilots, A. S. White, R. W. Reeve, F. T. Courtney), 3,025 miles flown. G-EBEZ.—D.H.9, Siddeley-Jaguar (Pilots, C. D. Barnard, F. T. Courtney, R. W.'Reeve), 3,290 miles flown. A.D.C. Aircraft Ltd. G-EBKV.— D.H.9, A.D.C. Nimibus (Pilot, H. H. Perry), 910 miles flown. G-EKBO — D.H.9, Siddeley-Puma (Pilots, L. Hamilton, L. P. Openshaw), 880 miles flown. G-EBLC—D.H.9a, Liberty (Pilots, Flying Officer N. Vintcent, H. H. Perry), 1,630 miles flown. G-EBIO.—Bristol, Hispano (Pilot, L. Hamilton), 1,160 miles flown. G-EBFU.- C. R. G-EBJW, miles G-EAKX G-EBKX G-EBKB. G-EASF, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd. -Bristol, Siddeley (Pilots, W. Ewens, P. T. Holmes, L. Shaw), 550 miles flown. British Aviation Insurance Group. —D.H.9, Siddeley-Puma (Pilot, F. D. Travers), 360 flown. Berkshire Aviation Co. —Avro (Pilot, J. D. Parkinson), 1,065 miles flown. —Avro (Pilot, E. R. Beck), 1,065 miles flown. —Avro (Pilot, C. F. Kent), 1,065 miles flown. Avro (Pilot, L. Leleu), 825 miles flown. Southern Counties Aviation Co. G-EBSG.—Avro (Pilots, R. H. Leavey, L. A. Lewis), 1,616 miles flown. G-EAAY.—Avjgp (Pilot, L. A. Lewis), 540 miles flown. G-EBKS.—A*tf&*<Pilot, H. Lawson), 1,083 miles flown. Totafl-'miles flown = 33,174. This transport was operated from bases established at Lympne, Brooklands, Hendon, Edgware, Yeovil, Plymouth, Bristol and Croydon. In addition to the above, Air Transport of newspapers was carried out by the following :— Surrey Fixing Services. G-EBEP — D.H.9, Siddeley-Puma (Pilot, Lieut.-Col. Hen- derson), 5,046 miles flown. Three AVTOS, 3,053 miles flown. Newcastle Aero Club. G-EBLY.—D.H. " Moth," 27/60 h.p. Cirrus. G-EBLX.—D.H. " Moth," 27/60 h.p. Cirrus. (Pilots, Major Packman, Baxter Ellis and P. F. Heppell), 3,460 miles flown. Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN Secretary. LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane Club FLYING was resumed on Thursday, May 20. For the four daysMay 20-23 the flying time was 27 hours 40 minutes. The following Members had flying instruction :—G. Quirk, T. H. O. Richardson, G. Black, K. V.Wright, G. Lyon, C. E. Murrell, G. H. Weston, G. Wallcousins, A. Lees, Sir John Rhodes, E. D. Moss, O. J. Marstrand, W. Hay, J. C. Parkinson,B. B. Tucker, Mrs. Lees, L. J. C. Mitchell, Miss O'Brien, D. P. H. Esler, R. C. Presland, R. Malcolm, Mrs. Eliott-Lynn.The following Members made solo flights :—A. R. Ogston, G. H. Craig, L. J. C. Mitchell, J. S. M. Michie, G. N. Warwick, G. Wallcousins, A. Lees,Sir John Rhodes, H. Kennedy, E. S. Brough, W- Hay, A. P. Hunt, W. Roche Kelly, Mrs. Eliott-Lynn. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club REPORT for week ending May 23 : Flying on LX 24 hours 25 mins., LY19 hours 20 mins., total 43 hours 45 mins., made up as follows :— Dual, 27 hours 20 mins.; solo, 13 hours 15 mins.; passenger, with MajorPackman, 2 hours 20 mins.; tests, 50 mins. The following members flew under instruction (with Major Packman) :— H 13 The Royal Air Force Memorial Fund. THE usual meeting of the Grants Sub-Committee of the Ftrnd was held at Iddesleigh House on May 20. Lieut.- Comdr. H. E. Perrin was in the Chair, and the other members of the Committee present were:—Mrs. L. M. K. Pratt- Barlow, O.B.E. ; Mr. W. S. Field ; Squadron-Leader E. B. Beauman. The Committee considered in all fifteen cases, and made grants to the amount of £253 17s.^6d. The next meeting was fixed for June 3, at 2.30 p.m. Gordon-Bennett Balloon Cup Race SEVEN countries will be represented in the Gordon- Bennett Balloon Cup Race, which starts from Antwerp on May 30, as follows :—Great Britain, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. Lantern Slides of Dynamometers MESSRS. HEENAN & FROUDE, of Worcester, inform us they have prepared a series of lantern slides illustrating the Miss J. Ellis, Col. Sir Joseph Reed, Messrs. M. Bainbridge, F. H. Phillips,R. Miesegaes, C. Thompson, T. R. MacMillan, W. B. Harrison, T. E. M. War- dill, L. Smith, J. Stewart, M. G. Thirlwell, J. M. Campbell, J. Ball, J. G.Ed mundson. Solo, T. R. MacMillan, R. Miesegaes. The following pilot members flew with passengers :—Mr. R. N. Thompson,with Miss Scott, Miss Snowball, Mr. Maden and Mr. Thirlwell; Mr. N. S. Todd, with Miss Little and Mr. Chamberlain ; Mr. P. Forsyth Heppell, withCapt. Gibbs, Mr. N. Easey, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. H. EUis, Mr. W. Baxter Ellis, with Mr. N. Easey, Mr. F. H. Phillips.Passengers with Major Packman—Miss Betty Reed, Mrs. W. B. Harrison, Mr. Alderson.On Wednesday, Sir Joseph Reed had instruction, under Major Packman, in cross-country flying, flying to Tamworth and back, the total flying timebeing six hours and a quarter. Mr. R. Miesegaes was sent off solo on Tuesday, the 18th, putting up asplendid performance, and on Sunday Mr. C. Thompson made his first solo effort also in splendid style.Mr. Ellis, Mr. Heppell and Major Packman flew the Gull on several occa- sions, the total time flown being two hours. " Froude " dynamometer and the " Heenan-Fell " air brake, together with reprint of a paper recently read before The Coventry Engineering Society by their Chief Engineer (Mr. G. H. Walker). They ask us to state that they will be pleased to place this material at the disposal of technical school and college engineers who may contemplate giving lectures and papers on the subject of testing prime movers for b.h.p. Airship Production MR. A. H. HALL, assistant superintendent of the Mech- anical Engineering and Building Works Department of the Royal Ordnance Factories, has been transferred to the service of the Air Ministry on appointment by the Air Council to the post of Superintendent of Airship Production at Cardington. Ross Kirkpatrick Killed THE famous American pilot Ross Kirkpatrick, who flew from New York to Nome, Alaska, in 1920, met with a fatal accident on May 18, while making a forced landing in a U.S.A. Air Mail Service machine. 310
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