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OCTOBER 7, 1926 Married ROBERT STEWART BLUCKE, R.A.F., only son of the Rev. R. S. K. Blucke, M.A., H.C.F., and Mrs. Blucke, of Monxton Rectory, Andover, was married on September 22, at Sander- stead Parish Church, to NANCY, daughter of FRANK WILSON. Esq., and granddaughter of the late James Wilson, Esq., of Sanderstead. The marriage took place at Holy Trinity Church, Fareham, Hants, on September 23, between Flight-Lieut. HERBERT CARMICHAEL IRWIN, A.F.C., R.A.F., second son of Mr. Thomas Francis Nesbitt Irwin, Donnybrook, Dublin, and Mrs. Irwin, Fron Deg, Rhos Neigr, Anglesey, and Miss OLIVIA MARJORY MACDONALD TEACHER, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Teacher, of Hollington, Fareham, and formerly of Craigend, North Berwick. Flight-Lieut. Drew acted as best man. Among the large number of presents received by the bride and bridegroom were gifts from the Officers' Mess, School of Balloon Training, the Officers' Mess staff, School of Balloon Training, some of the staff at Royal Airship Works, etc. On September 22, at All Saints', Compton, Winchester, Flight-Lieut. H. S. SCROGGS, R.A.F., only son of Comdr. H. C. Scroggs, R.N. (retired), and Mrs. Scroggs, of Colden Common, Winchester, was married to MARGARET FRAY, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. POWELL, of Shawford, Win- chester, late of Ceylon. On October 2. at St. Luke's, Redcliffe Square, MONTAGU DOUGLAS OMMANNEY, R.A.F., second son of D. G. Ommanney, Esq., D.I.G., Indian Police, Karachi, was married to PHYLLIS, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. WILLIAMS. At Benwell Parish Church, on September 30, NORMAN STOREY (Newcastle Aero Club and late R.A.F.), second son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. TODD, of Newcastle, was married to JEMIMA, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thos. LITTLE, of Newcastle. FLIGHT-LIEUT. ROY A. VOSPER, R.A.F., was married quietly in London in August to KATHLEEN IRIS LIDDLELOW, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Liddlelow, of Errol Par, Trinidad, B.W.I. To be Married The marriage arranged between Mr. GERALD ARMSTRONG, R.A.F., and Miss ALEXIA BARRE PHIPPS will take place at Christ Church, Esher, on October 9, at 2.15. LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane ClubTHE London Aeroplane Club broke all its previous records for flying time during the month of September. There were three blank days owing tobad weather, and the total flying time during the month was 206 hrs. I5mins., giving an average of over 7i hrs. per day. During the week ending October 3,1926, the tctal flying time was 6(1 hrs. 10 mins. Tne following members were given dual instruction : Miss O'Brien. H. R.Presland. S. H. S. Game, J. Barros, E. A. Lingard, O. H. Best, W. L. S. McL?od, M. P. Susman, E. K. Blyth, B. B. Tucker, L. G. Sykes, H. F. Wright,G. Lyon, P. O. A. Davison, J. S. M. Michie, A. J. Richardson, R. A. St. John, L. G. Grammond. G. N. Howe, G. Vlasto, F. C. Elfcrd. T. H. O. Richardson,H. Solomon, V. H. Doree, Lady Bailey, R. L. Portway, R. Malcolm. The following members flew solo : J. Barros, Miss O'Brien, R. Malcolm,O. J. Tapper, W. Hay, Capt. Roche-Kelly, N. Jones, Maj. K. M. Beaumont, B. B. Tucker, E. K.'Blyth, Lady Bailey, H. Petre, A. H. M. Lees, R. L.Portway. Th3 following members had jov rides : S. S. Hope, S. O. Bradshaw,Miss Hay. At the Manchester Pageant organised by the Lancashire Aero Club, whichwas held at Woodford Aerodrome on Sunday last, the Club was represented by Maj. K. M. Beaumont, G. H. Craig, W. Hay and Capt. F. G. M. Sparks.Only one club machine. G-EBMF, was sent, and this was flown from Stag Lane to Woodford by Maj. K. M. Beaumont and G. H. Craig. Capt. F. G. M.Sparks and W. Hay also made the journey by air on G-EBKT, Mrs. Eliott- Lynn's " Moth." Mrs. Eliott-Lynn is now giving flying instruction, and the first of herpupils to pass the tests for an Aviator's Certificate is Lieut. George Harold Neville Larden, R.A. The tests were successfully carried out at Stag LaneAerodrome on Tuesday, September 28, 1926. Hampshire Aeroplane Club REPORT for week ending September 30 : Total flying time, 14 hrs. 36 mins.;i istruction flying, 11 hrs. ; passenger flying, I hr. 46 mins. ; solo flying, 1 hr. 50 mins.The following members received instruction : Miss Home, 2 hrs. 35 mins. ; Messrs. Perfect, 70 mins. ; Dobs«n, 45 mins. ; Shepherd, 55 mins. ; Rumble,40 mins. ; Bishop, 35 mins. ; Stokes, 35 mins. ; Maloney, 30 mins. ; South- cliffe, 25 mins. ; Rodger, 25 mins. ; Everett, 25 mins. ; Courtney, 20 mins. ;Dunning, 20 mins. ; Chadwick, 20 mins. ; Westbrook, 18 mins. ; Fry, IS mius. ; Nicholson, 15 mins. ; Bound, 5 mins.The following members received passenger nights : Mrs. Dick, Master Waite, Mr. Laver, Mr. Hales, M. Key, Mrs. Fry, Lady Snagg.The following members flew solo: Mr. O. E. Simmonds, 45 mins. ; F/O Clarkson, 12 mins. ; Mr. K. R. L. Bowen, 20 mins.; Mr. Fry, 20 mins. 'Lancashire Aero Club REPORT for week ending October 1 : Total time for the week, 29 hrs.40 mins., made up as follows : Dual with Mr. Stack—Birley, 3 hrs. 50 mins. ; Kallon, 1 hr. 10 mins. ; Gatterell, 55 mins. ; Hope, 55 mins. ; Shires. 30 mint.;Gerrard, 4;> mins. ; Nelson, 30 mins. ; Costa, 30 mins. ; Abdulla, 25 mins. ; Smith, 25 mins. ; Anderson, 25 mins. ; Benson, 10 mins. ; Honeyball,10 mins. Dual with Mr. Cantrill—Miss Brown, 50 mins. ; Wood, 30 mins.Solo—Costa, 1 hr. 30 mins.; Leete, 1 hr. 25 mins. ; Goodfellow, 35 mins. ; Agar, 30 mins. ; Lacayo, 25 mins. ; C. Agar, 25 mins. ; Leeming, 20 mins. ;Cantrill, 10 mins. ; Williams, 10 mins. ; Fallon, 10 mins. Joy rides with Messrs. Stack, Scholes, Goodfellow, Leeming, and Leete :Warrington 35 mins. ; Miss Holman, 30 mins. ; White, 30 mins. ; Smith, 30 mins. ; Leeming, 20 mins. ; Pitman, 15 mins.Flying during the display, 5 hrs. 5 rains. Tests, 2 hrs. may now count on achieving ......licence before the Philistines (in the shape of November fogs) be upon us. While admitting in the most frank and open manner that Mr. T. N. Stackii nobody's "inveterate rival," one may yet be permitted to offer him a gentle pat on the thoracic vertebrae in respect of his well-intentioned effortsin the way of turning out pilots. Congratulations also to Mr. Mark Lacayo, one of the club's first pupils,who followed up his success in the inter-club members' race at Woodford by capturing the Gladstone trophy at the Yorkshire meeting last Saturday.Will members please note that the club will not be closed on the 6th, 7th and 8th as announced last week, but will re-open at 10 a.m. on Wednesday,the 6th inst., for flying as usual. The Midland Aero ClubREPORT for week ending October 2 :—The total flying time for the week was 10 hrs. 38 mins. The following members were given flying in-structions : E. R. King, J. Brinton, H. Beamish. The following " A " pilots made solo nights : H. Willis, W. Swann, R. L.Jackson, C. L. Knox, E. J. Brighton. During the week E. R. King and J. Brinton made their first solo flights,which in each case was satisfactorily carried out. Mr. Willis had a forced landing on the Austin " Whippet " on Sunday,but despite the small size of the field in which he landed, no damage whatever resulted. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero ClubREPORT for week ending September 26 :—Dual instruction, 5-30 hrs. ; solo, 13-05 hrs. Total, 18-35 hrs. The following members flew under instruction with Mr. Parkinson : MissC. R. Leathart, Mrs. Marcks, Messrs. Irving, E. C. Kennedy, Somerville, Matthews, Shaw, Middleton, J. M. Kennedy, Turnbull, H. Ellis. Solo : Mr. Phillips with Mr. Whitfield and Mr. A. Bell as passengers. Mr.Forsyth Heppell with Mr. Herdman as passenger. Mr. N. S. Todd with Mr. W. Todd and Mr. R. N. Thompson. Dr. H. L. B. Dixon with Mr. Charltouand the Rev. Mr. Allen. Mr. R. N. Thomspon with Mr. Whitneld, Mr. Carr, Mr. N. S. Todd, Mr.«. Ellis. LX left for Woodford on Saturday, so that on account of this and theabsence of Mr. Parkinson only a small amount of flying took place at the aerodrome. Report for week ending October 3rd :—Dual instruction, nil; solo, 7 hrs.15 mins. Both "Moths " were at Sherburn from Saturday until Sunday afternoon. LY was returned to service on the 1st, and tcok part in theYorkshire Club's meeting. The following members flew :—Mr. Phillips with Messrs. H. Ellis and Carr.Mr. R. N. Thompson with Messrs. Whitneld and Ellis. Mr. N. S. Todd with Miss B. Thompson and Miss N. Turnbull. Mr. Forsyth Heppell and Dr.H. L. B. Dixon flew alone. The club is very well pleased with the performance of its team in the relayrace at Woodford! The tankards did come to Newcastle after all • The team was as follows, not as given in the programme and previous reports :—Mr.Forsyth Heppell, Mr. F. H. Phillips, Mr. N. S. Todd, and Dr. H. L. B. Dixon. Mr. N. S. Todd was placed second in the landing competition. Mr. BaxterEllis was absent on holiday. Dr. Dixon has collected another ab initio trophy, that from the YorkshireClub's meeting, and all are pleased that Mr. R. N. Thompson obtained third place. Mr. Phillips was second in the competition for the Captain Gladstonetrophy, and Mr. Parkinson second in the bcmb dropping competition. Now that the dub has completed one year's operations and that the flyingmeetings are over for the year, the club looks back with satisfaction upon the progress made. The total amount of flying carried out is 1,160 hrs. Twelve members haveobtained licences and a further eight are in the final stages of training, and 17 have had a considerable amount of dual instruction and with a continuityof practice will soon pass out on the two original " Moths." The following are the successes gained in the four meetings attended,including the Newcastle meeting :— Yorkshire Aero Club's Meeting (August)Instructors' race.—Mr. J. D. Parkinson, trophy presented by Mrs. R. W. Kenworthy, and £20. Open handicap.—Mr. J. D. Parkinson, second prize, £10. Newcastle Meeting Instructors' race.—Mr. J. D. Parkinson, President's Cup and prize (first).Inter-Club Members' race.—Dr. H. L. B. Dixon, trophy presented by Mrs. De Lancey Willson. Lancashire Club Meeting (September)Team race.—Team of four members, four silver tankards, presented by Sawley Brown, Esq.Landing competition, Mr. N. S. Todd.—Silver cigarette box. Second prize, presented by Mr. John Lord. Yorkshire Meeting (October)Inter-Club Members' race.—Dr. H. L. B. Dixon (first). Silver cup, Mr. R. N. Thompson (third).Landing competition.—Mr. F. Howard Phillips (second). Bom! ing—Mr. J. D. Parkinson (second). 648
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