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JULY 15, 1926 THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE U.K. OFFICIAL NOTICES TO MEMBERS BANQUET TO LIEUT.-COL. SIR FRANCIS K. McCLEAN THE Royal Aero Club will give a banquet to Lieut.-Col, Sir Francis K. McClean, as a mark of appreciation of the honour of knighthood recently conferred upon him by His Majesty the King. Any friends, whether members of the Royal Aero Club or not, may attend. The banquet will be held at the Savoy Hotel, on Tuesday, July 27, 1926, at 7.30 for 8 o'clock. Tickets £1 Is. each. The Duke of Sutherland will preside. At this banquet the King's Cup will be presented to Sir Charles Wakefield and the additional prizes to the various winners. THE KING'S CUP AIR RACE Mr. J. D. Siddeley, of Coventry, sent a wireless message to Hendon just prior to the start of the King's Cup race, offering a prize of £50 for the first machine home with engine of under 80 h.p. Hendon Handicap Race.—In addition to the prizes of £10, £5 and £2 10s. offered by the Royal Aero Club, Mr. H. S. Tegner, a member of the club, offered additional prizes of £10 and £'5. Offices : THE ROYAL AERO CLUB, 3, CLIFFORD STREET, LONDON, W. 1. H. E. PERRIN, Secretary LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane Club Till; total flying time for the week ending July 1 1 was 53 hrs. 20 mills.The following members had flying instruction : 1<~. V. Banks, Miss O'Brien, C. E. R. Brocklebank, M.P., F.'W. K. Martino, L. J. C. Mitchell, J. H. Saffery,G. W. Hall, K. V. Wright, L. Martin, G. M. Randall, H. R. Thomas. T. W. Eady, A. J. Richardson, H. K. Presland, G. W. Hall, C. L. Harrison, P. O. A.Davisou, B. B. Tucker, E. K. Blyth, H. G. Harwood, K. C. Preslaud, G. X. Howe, T. C. F.lford, T. W. Heath, A. Southgate, E. L. O. Baddeley, J. A.Simson, E. A. Lmgard. The following members made solo flights : E. L. O. Baddeley, W\ Hay,A. H. M. Lees, Maj. K. M. Beaumont, (','. VVallcousins. Capt. W. Roche Kelly, S. O. Bradshaw, X. Jones, R. C. Presland, X. J. Hulbert, A. R. Ogston,L. J. C. Mitchell, G. H. Craig, E. S. Brough, A. Lees, E. E. Stammers. Joy rides were given to the following associates : L. G. Valpy, MissMacCallum, B. Waugh. 1,000 Hours' Flying.—The London Aeroplane Club during the past week completed its 1.00U hours' flying. The London Club is the first to attain his figure. Duke of Sutherland Presentation " Moth."—On Saturday, July 10, at Hendon, the Duke of Sutherland, after making a flight in D.H. " Moth " G-EBXY, piloted by S. L. F. St. Barbe, formally handed it over to the London Aeroplane Club. Lieut.-Col. Sir Francis K. McClean, chairman of the Committee of the London Aeroplane Club, expressed the warmest thanks of the members to the Duke of Sutherland for his generous gift. Members' Pavilion.—The club has acquired a small pavilion which has been erected close to the club hangar. The proceeds of the club dance held in January last, amounting to about £30, will be devoted to furnishing the pavilion for the comfort of the members, and Mrs. Woods Humphery has kindly undertaken to carry this out. Hampshire Aeroplane ClubTHE first annual general meeting of the club was held in the Southampton Chamber of Commerce on June 16. About 40 members were present, whenthe chairman of the Interim Committee, Mr. O. E. Simmonds, opened the meeting by outlining the very satisfactory and substantial progress that hadbeen made since the inaugural meeting on March 2. In short, the main object, that of obtaining a J 4,0(10 subsidy from the Air Ministry, had beenachieved, while the club was promised delivery of two De Hav'illaud Moth machines early next month, when activities would commence on the aero-drome at Hamble, placed at the club's disposal bv Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd. Arrangements were well in hand for most attractive club room accom-modation, which it is hoped to have available bv the opening date. A set of rules and regulations had been drawn up, and these were read tothe meeting and ratified after some discussion on the various points that arose. In the course of dealing with the rules it was decided that the reducedentrance fees, introduced with the object of strengthening membership at the crucial period when application was being made to the Air Council forrecognition, were no longer justified, and that the full entrance fees would apply to all future applications for membership. The Interim Committee, its work completed, then resigned, but its memberswere re-elected en bloc to the new committee, which it was decided should carry on until December, 1927. The members of the committee thus elected were Messrs. R. H. Sound,A. N. Clifton, R. V. Perfect, O. E. Simmonds, F. C. Stokes, and A. K. Van den Bergh. In addition Mr. N. J. Bishop was also elected to the committee,while, it was unanimously agreed that Mr. R. Bishop should represent the associate members on that body. Mr. R. V. Perfect was elected Hon. Assistant Secretary, the committeeobtaining power to co-opt an Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer at a later date. Finally, Mr. C. C. Sharp and Mr. J. Taylor Matthews, two gentlemen whohad given the committee a great deal of assistance on the legal side of the dub's formation, were elected Hon. Solicitor and Hon. Auditor to the clubrespectively. The meeting then closed at a late hour, with a politely expressed desire onthe part of the authorities to evict the members of the Hampshire Aeroplane Club into Above Bar Street, Southampton. The Lancashire Aero ClubMACHINES j n use, GEB.MQ. The weather had been bad. Mr. Stackgave instruction to : Messrs. Fallon, an mius. ; Rodman, 45 mins. ; Cross- thwaite, 40 mins ; Leigh, 35 mins. ; Agar, 30 mins. ; Anderson, 30 mins. ;Hardy, 25 mins. ; Gerrard, 25 mins. ; Crabtree, 20 mins. ; Goodyear, 10 mins.; Scott, 111 mins. ; Collison, 10 mins. ; Leeming, 5 mins. Total, 5 hrs. 35 mins. Mr. Cantrill gave instruction to : Messrs. Fray, 25 mins. ; Jenkinson,20 mins. : Gattrell, 2u mins. Total, 1 hr. 5 mins. Mr. Scholes gave instruction to : Messrs. Crossthwaite, 1 hr. ; Davison,30 mins. : Tnmmers. 30 mins. ; Foxcroft, 20 mins. ; Brown. 20 mills. ; Hardy, 20 mins. ; Newton, 20 mins. ; Fallon, 20 mins. ; Crabtree, 20 mins. ;Leeming, 2o mins. ; Lowe. 15 mins. ; Burt, 15 mins. Total, 4 hrs. 50 mins. Tests occupied 55 minutes. Solo flights by Messrs. Leeming, 1 hr. 30 mins. ;Goodfellow, 30 mins. ; Lacayo, 25 mins. ; Crabtree, 5 mins. Total solo, 2 hrs. 30 mins. Total time flown, 14 hrs. 55 mins. The aerodrome will be closed on Friday, July 23, at 4 p.m., until Sunday,July 26, at 2 p.m., as four of the club's machines will be away at the Yorkshire Flying display. A party of members are going to Sherburn for this occasion,and it is hoped that aUw'ho can will assemble at Sherburu Aerodrome, near Leeds, on the morning of July 24. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club, Ltd. FLYING report for week ending July 11.The club is still without an instructor, Mr. J. D. Parkinson not being due to arrive until July VI, but the pilot members have kept things moving asmuch as possible. ' Only one machine is on service, otherwise Sunday, the 11th, should have been'a big day. However, the second engine has beenreturned after overhaul and the machine will be on service early in the coming week. The following are particulars of flying carried out : —Total time, 5 hours. Mr. R. N.'Thompson carried Mr. A. D. Bruce as passenger on one flight. Mr. Baxter Ellis flew with Mr. A. D. Bruce, Mr.1. M. Davidson (two flights), Mrs. Davidson, Dr. Dixon, and Mr. G. H. W'augh. Mr. X. S. Todd carried the following passengers : Mr. J. Bell(taking photographs), Mr. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bell. On Sunday, the 11th, Air Commodore J. G. Weir and Mrs. Weir visitedthe aerodrome for tea and petrol, in the course of a journey from London to Glasgow on the D.H.51A. There were a number of members on the aero-drome at the time and all were agreeably surprised to see the smart machine arrive though it does make the Moths look rather small and ordinary. Itwas a beautiful day. and the 51 looked very nice in the air. Air Commodore and Mrs. Weir submitted, good naturedly, to being photographed beforetaking off and later kindly manoeuvred the machine so that it could be photographed from a Molh'by means of an aerial camera in the air. Since the large hangar has been made waterproof (or nearly so) Badmintonhas become a popular pastime and it appears that it may shortly be difficult to select the team to meet that which challenged the club some time ago.The game is being taken as seriously as flying has been, and the challengers will require to get in some practice. Xeedless to say Mr. R. H. Thompsonis the prime mover in the game. The Southern Aero Club . . . „, • REPORT for the week ending July 11. Total flying time, 4 hrs. 27 mins., all on GE.A.T.U. The attendance'of members at the aerodrome has beer, fairly regular, but, owing to light rain and ground mists, little flying has ^TneToUowhig members had instruction : Messrs. Orford, Xaunton, Boulding and Baxter : and Mr. Parker made a short solo flight. New Armstrong Directors IMPORTANT additions and changes have been made at Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co Three new directors have been added, viz. : Mr. J. D. Siddeley, managing director of Armstrong-Siddeley Motors ; Mr. James Hawson, C.A., Edinburgh, late vice-president and director of Algoma Steel Corporation and other companies ; Mr. J. P. Davison, general sales manager, Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. At the same time important changes in the management of the company are announced. Mr. J. Frater Taylor becomes vice-chairman of the board and chairman of the executive committee. Mr. J. D. Siddeley becomes managing director (senior) and chairman of the committee of management, and will give his special attention to the manufacturing end of the business. Through these changes the board will consist for the most part of active directors. A Correction lx the rush of getting out a special issue of FLIGHT it IS almost impossible entirely to avoid making mistakes, nor did we escape altogether in producing the supplement to FLIGHT of July 1 Our attention has been called to the text which accompanied the photograph of the Hawker " Hornbill, ' in which reference was made to Mr. Camm as the designer of this machine. We have been asked to point out that the "Hornbill" was designed under the direction of Mr. W. S. Carter and was completed a few weeks prior to his resigna- tion of the post of chief designer to the Hawker Engineer- ing Co., Ltd. 435
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