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SEPTEMBER 23, 1926 LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS The Hampshire Aeroplane ClubREPORT for week ending September 15 :— Total flying time, 16 hrs. 10 mins. ; instruction flying, ]4 hrs. ; passengerflying, 2 hrs. 10 mins. The following members received instruction :—Mr. Heathcote, 1 hr. 35mins.; Miss Home, 1 hr. 25 mins. ; Messrs. Bumble, 1 hr. 15 mins. ; Dobson, 1 hr. 25 ruins. ; Perfect, 55 mins. ; Molony, 40 mins. ; Everett, 45 mins. ;Lieut. Graham, R.N., 35 mins. ; Messrs. Dartnall, 30 mins. ; Bishop, 25 mins. ; Dickson, 25 mins. ; Bound, 20 mins. ; Fowler, 20 mins. ; Courtney,20 mins. ; Rodger, 15 mins. ; Sommer, 15 mins. ; Kerry, 20 mins. ; Keeping, 20 mins.; Bowen, 15 mins.; Fry, 15 mins.; Cooper, 15 mins.; Morley,10 mins. ; Shepherd, 20 mins. ; Mansbridge, 20 mins. The following members received passenger flights :—Miss Wyllie, Mrs.Haines, Miss Woodford, Mrs. Fry, Miss Harvey, Miss Heathcote, Miss West, Mr. Keunerly Rumford. Mr. 0. E. Sirnmonds put in 45 mins. solo flying. Lancashire Aero Club REPORT for week ending September 17 :—Typical Manchester weatherhas rendered flying difficult during the greater part of the period. Total time for week, 17 hrs. 10 mins., made up as follows :—Dual, with Mr. Stack : Costa, 1 hr. 55 mins. ; S. Smith, 1 hr. 30 mins. ; Nelson, 1 hr. 10 mins. ; Hughes, 1 hr. 10 min. ; Birley, 1 hr. ; Moss, 30 mins. ;Dyson, 25 mins. ; Hampson, 25 mins. ; Woods, 20 mins. Solo: Agar, 1 hr. 10 mins. ; Goodfellow, 1 hr. 5 mins.: Pitman, 1 hr.5 mins. ; Williams, 50 mins.; Leete, 35 mins.; Michelson. 35 mins. ; Lacayo, 30 mins. ; Parker, 15 mins. ; Hampson, 15 mins.Joy rides with Messrs. Goodfellow, Scholes, and Stack : Miss Goodfellow, 25 mins. ; Mrs. Thorpe, 20 mins. ; Williams, 20 mins.Tests occupied 1 hr. 30 mins. Machines in use, IR and MQ (" Moths "), and OK (Avro).Between thirty and forty entries have been received for the competitive events of the club's second flying display, which starts at 2.30 p.m. promptnext Sunday, the 26th inst. The traffic and parking arrangements have been greatly improved and arrangements have been made to supply a limitednumber of luncheons for the benefit of spectators arriving early with their cars in order to make sure of a good position in the aerodrome car park.We note with pleasure that Yorkshire intend to take back with them the silver tankards for the inter-club relay race. This event will be flown in heatsand a Lancashire-Yorkshire final would be very popular with the crowd. One has no doubt, however, that whoever wins them will have to nil thembefore being allowed to depart. The Midland Aero Club, Ltd.REPORT for week ending September 18 :—The total flying time for the week was 13 hrs. 23 mins. The following members received flying instruc-tion : H.Willis, J. Brinton, S. H. Smith, C. Burrows, H. Smith, O. L. Richards, A. Gibbons, H. Beamish, R. L. Jackson, E. J. Brighton. The following members made solo flights : W, Swann, E. J. Brighton,G. Perry, R. L. Jackson, H. Willis, and C. L. Knox, all of whom are " A " pilots. Only one machine has been in use as EBLW is undergoing annualinspection for renewal of certificate of airworthiness. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero ClubREPORT for week ending September 19 :—Total time for the week, 31 hrs. 55 mins., made up as follows : Dual, 21 hrs. 55 mins. ; solo, 10 hrs. 10 mins. ;passenger with Mr. Parkinson, 30 mins. All the above flying on LX. On two days during the week flying was impossible owing to strong winds. The following members flew under instruction with Mr. Parkinson :—Sir Joseph Reed, Mrs. Marks, Miss Leathart, Messrs. H. Ellis, E. C. Kennedy, J. M. Kennedy. Matthews, Irving, Whitneld. Middleton, Somerville, Thirl-well, Charlton, Gilmore, Turnbull, Miesegacs, C. Thompson (advanced dual), Palmer, Bruce. Solo : Mr. Baxter Ellis, with Mr. Keenan ; Mr. H. N. Thompson, with Mr.E. Collins, Miss Crossley. Mr. T. Bell, Miss Bell. Dr. Dixoti, with Mr. T. T. Davidson, Mr. Percy, Mr. Mason, Dr. Toward,Mr. White, Mr. Smith, Mr. Charlton, Mrs. Bell, Miss Howard, Miss Atkinson, and Mr. J. Bell. Mr. F. H. Phillips, with two passengers whose names have not yet beenreported. The following flew as passengers with Mr. Parkinson : Mr. Thompson andMr. Bishop. Both machines will be at the Lancashire Club's meeting on Sunday next.Some members had designs upon the four tankards, and are very much dis- appointed to learn that these will be collected by the Yorkshire Club. Everyone wishes the Lancashire Club success with suitable weather. CORRESPONDENCE DOWN-WIND LOOPS. [2146] I notice in your issue of September 16, in your account of the Newcastle Club's Meeting, you say that, " It is very gratifying, indeed, to find, . . ." that Captain Broad's down-wind loops were " fully appreciated by a very large proportion of those present." I know that an extraordinary theory used to exist in the R.A.F. that a relative motion between the air and the earth had some mysterious influence on evolutions carried out entirely in the air. Their appearance when viewed from the moving (!) earth is certainly affected by the relativfe motion. As there does not seem to be anything to " appreciate " in the appearance of a down-wind loop in preference to an up, cross, or no-wind loop, I take it that your contributor has fallen under the influence of this die-hard theory. I respectfully suggest that this myth is the result of con- fused thought, and that it would be better if it were exploded instead of being " appreciated " by our fellow enthusiasts of Northumbria. As distinct from a relative motion between the earth and air, it would be of interest to know whether, in the case of a modern high'igerformance fighter doing large loops, any effect is noticeable due to any relative motion between different air strata through which it passes (i.e., variation of wind strength—or even direction—with height). Perhaps some of your readers can throw light on this. \V. E. GRAY. West Ealing, September 21, 1926. m m m m R.A.F. Boxing THE following fixtures have been arranged for the R.A.F. Boxing Association :—October 22 : v. Household Brigade, at Chelsea Barracks ; October 27-28 : The Sir Charles Wakefield (Novices) Team Tournament, at Henlow ; Novem- ber 5 : i1. Belsize B.C., at Uxbridge ; November 18 : v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge ; January 6 : v. Civil Service, in London : February 10 : v. Oxford University, at Halton : March 2 and 3 : R.A.F. Individual Championships, at Halton. The R.A.F. Team will also take part in the inter-services four-sided tournament for Lord Desborough's trophy at the Stadium Club on December 9. Squadron-Leader (.;. C. Anne will continue to act as the honorary secretary of the R.A.F. Boxing Association. A BRISTOL WIN IN AMERICA: The Heath "Tomboy" light monoplane, fitted with a Bristol'\Cherub " engine, which won the " Dayton Daily News " Trophy, one of the Light 'Plane events in the National Air Races at Philadelphia on September 7. 620
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