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DECEMBER 9, 1926 LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane Club The'total flying time for the week ending December 5 was 17 hrs. 5 min?.The following members were given flying instruction :—H. M. Samuelson. Miss Fletcher, E. J. B. King. H. Spooner, W. L. McCleod, D. P. H. Esler. G. C.Bonner, J. A. Simson, A. J. Richardson, J. J. Hofor, M. P. Susmau. Miss O'Brien, Lady Bailey, H. Richardson, E. A. Liugard, K. Malcolm. The following members made solo flights :—O. J. Tapper, C. E. Murrell.G. Terrell, A. R. Ogston, S. O. Bradshaw, W. L. McCleod, N. Jones, D. P. H. Esler, E. S. Brough, N. J. Hulbert, W. Hay, H. Spooner.The following were given joy rides :—N. H. M. Watkins, B. Waugh, Mrs. Skinner, Miss Spooner, E. Si Brough, Col. O'Meara, Mrs. O'Meara, S. O.Bradshaw. The late J. S. M. Michie.—In deference to the wishes expressed by a largenumber of the members, it has been decided to raise a .fund for the purpose of erecting a stone over the grave of the late J. S. M. Michie at KingsburyChurch. Members wishing to subscribe are requested to hand their donations toJCapt. F. G. M. Sparks at Stag Lane Aerodrome, or send them to the Secre-tary, at 3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. Donations are limited to 10s. Christmus Holidays.—The club will be closed down during the ChristmasHolidays, from Thursday, December 23, to Thursday, December 30. 1926. The total flying for the month of November was 71 hours 45 mius. madeup as follows : — Flights. Members." A " Licence Soloists Dual InstructionJoy Rides Practice soloistsTests Total 8324 43 20 37 22 nuns.15 30 9 25 71 45 S. L. F. St. Barbe is continuing to make satisfactory progress. During hisabsence the de Havilland Aircraft Company, Ltd., are kindly allowing their Pilot Instructors, A. S. White, Capt. C. D. Barnard, and R. W. Reeve toassist the club. The inspection of the club by the Air Ministry Committee under the Chair-manship of Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker took place on Wednesday last. The Club was represented by Major R. H. Mayo, Col. the Master ofSempill, Capt. C. B. Wilson, and Wing-Coin. T. O'B. Hubbard, Members ol the Committee, and H. E. Perrin, Secretary. A full discussion took place inthe morning on the various statistics as to running costs, etc., and in the afternoon the Committee visited Stag Lane Aerodrome. Lancashire Aero Club. REPORT for week ending December 4.—Total flying time for the week.13 hrs. 50 mins., made up as follows : Dual with Messrs. Brown and Scholcs : Messrs. Costa, 1 hr. HI mm. ; Twemlow, 1 hr. ; Moore, 4S mine. ; Nelson, 40mins. ; Miss lirown, 40 mins. : Messrs. Stern and Blagden, 35 mins. ; Miss Emery, 30 mins.; Messrs, Harper and Fray, 25 mins. each ; Messrs. Dickinson.Newton, and <v>eads, 30 mius. each ; Dobson, 15 mins. ; Anderson and Fallon. 10 mins. each. Solo :—Messrs. Costa, 1 hr. 15 min. ; Leeming, 25 mins. ;Lacayo, Michelson, Twemlow, Blagden, and Cantrill, 20 mins. each. Joy- rides :—With Mr. Lacayo. Miss Mitchell, 25 mins. ; with Mr. Looming, MissJones, 20 mins. ; With Mr. Goodfellow, Mrs. Goodfellow, 10 mins. ; Miss Montgomery, 10 mins. Test flights, 55 mins. Excellent first solos were made during the week by Messrs. Blagden andTwemlow, while in addition, Mr. Costa joined the select ranks of those who aviate on the Renault-Avro.The correspondent has momentarily run out of printable comments on the •weather. He had been relying on our Mr. Brown for a few choice remarks inSpanish, but apparently they don't have this kind of weather in Spain, and there are no Spanish expletives to meet it. A total of 77 hrs. 20 mins. flying has been wrested out of the Novemberweather, and even this modest total has taken a lot of doing. It will be remembered that two of our members have already pushed off in search ofthe sun, and have reached Malta, where they are at present detained by (we hope) the hospitality of the inhabitants. Another member, Mr. J-hn F-shw-ckL—m-ng, frenzied by our grey skies, is also pushing off in the near future. Having offered a prize to members of the club for a height contest, he is aboutto set a good example by seeking out the highest convenient mountain and making a three-point landing on top of same. Presumably he hopes to findthe summit bathed in sunshine somewhere above the clouds, and we hope he is right. Midland Aero Club Ltd, REPORT for week ending November 27.—The total flying time was 7 hrs.47 mins. The following members were given dvial instruction :—G. V. Perrv A MGlover, S. H. Smith, C. Fellowes. The following made solo flights :—G. V. Perry, H. J. Willis, A. M. GloverR. L. Jackson, J. Brinton, W. Swann. Test flights occupied 43 m. The Austin " Whippet " Was flown on several occasions during the weekby H. J. Willis and G. V. Perry, the latter making his first flight on this machine on Saturday.With the Club " Moths " and Austin " Whippet " and the Avros and the D.H. gas of No. 605 Bombing Squadron, A.A.F., in the air, Castle Bromwichpresents quite a busy appearance. All of which should help to create the air sense and revive interest in Aviation. REPORT for week ending Dec. 4.—The total flying time was 9 hrs.40 mins. The following members made solo flights:—J. Brinton, H. J. Willis. G. V.Perry, R. L. Jackson, E. J. Brighton. The following members were given dual instruction:—C. Fellowes 0 LRichards, S. H. Smith. On Sunday Mr. J. BrintTn mide th? nece;siry qualifying tests for hisAviator'; Certificate. On Monday Capt. McD)inu;h flew L.W. to Hampton Lucy, in order togive an exhibition of flying over the estate of Sir H?nry Fairfax Lucy. Bart., on the occasion of a Meet of th? Warwickshire H'junis. Tests occupied3;i mini. The Hampshire Aeroplane Club REPORT for week ending December 2 :—As reported briefly below, theclub held its first Annual Dinner at the South Western Hotel, Southampton, on Thursday, December 2. The event was a great success, and a very enjoy-able evening was concluded by a humorous debate which was opened by Mr. A. V. Roe placing before the gathering a motion " Tnat Flying Should beAbolished." This motion was opposed by Captain Thomson, representing the Royal Aero Club, and a lively debate ensued, which called forth somevery delightful speeches. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker was all in favour of abolishingaviation of the Service type, but considered that Civil Aviation had its com- mendable points, as he said, it does provide a few people with a living wage ! ! !Flying Officer Clarkson made a very humorous reply to Sir Sefton's speech, and proceeded to explain why " an F. 'O's lot is not an 'appy one." He consi-dered it a bit hard therefore that we should complain that night bombing squadrons keep us awake at night : we should think of the poor pilots whohave to get into a nasty cold aeroplane and take it up at nine or ten o'clock pip emma. just when they would otherwise be going to bed.Mrs. F.Hott Lynn was entirely in agreement with Mr. Roe, she pointed out that flying is such a delightful sport that it grows on one, and after all, toomuch pleasure is bad for us. Many other arguments for and against flying were submitted and to preventfurther trouble, Mr. A. V. Roe decided to withdraw his motion. Towards the end of the evening the Toast Master excelled himself by callingfor silence for the Air Vice-Admiral Sir Sefton Brancker, who immediately announced that it had always given him great pleasure to be associated withthe Senior Service ; and subsequently the T.M. craved silence for the Rt. Hon. the Lord Louis Manhattan. One supposes that he could not switch his mindoff the subject of cocktails. Altogether a highly successful evening.G-EBOH is still waiting for its new propeller, but G-EBOI has been putting in good work and in spite of fogs the week's flying time was practically 8 hours.Instruction flying, 5 hrs. ; solo flying, 2 firs. 45 mins. ; passenger liying, 15 mins.The following members had instruction :—Copper, 45 mins ; Lieut. Heine- mann, R.N., 40 mins. : Kerry, 35 mins. ; Dickson, 25 mins. ; Sheftherd, 25mins.; Southcliffe, 25 mins. ; Moloney, 15 mins. ; Perfect, 10 mins. ; Langley, 10 mins. ; Bound, 10 mins. ; and Keeping, 50 mins. Keeping was success-fully sent off solo, and shows promise of becoming as good a pilot as he is a footballer. The soloists Were :—Rumble, 37 mins. ; Fry, 35 niius. ; Sim-monds, 25 mins. ; Perfect, 18 mins. ; Lieut. Graham, R.N., 35 mills. ; Keeping, 10 mins. ; Bowen, 5 mins.On Sunday, Mr. O. E. Simmonds passed the qualifying tests for his " A " licence. The first annual dinner of the Hampshire Aeroplane Club was held at theSouth-Western Hotel, Southampton, on December 2, the President, the Rt. Hon. Lord Louis Mountbatten, K.C.V.O., R.N., presiding.Among the large company present were : the Mayor and Mayoress (Alder- man and Mrs.P. V. Bowyer).'Lord Apsley, D.S.O., M.P., Colonel E. K. Perkins,C.B.E., M.P., and Mrs. Perkins, Mr. O. E. Simmonds, M.A. (Chairman of the Club), Mr. R. V. Perfect (Hon. Secretary), Mr. R. H. Bound (Hon. PublicitySecretary), Mr. A. V. Roe, O.B.E., the Rev. E. Bruce Cornford, M.A., the Sheriff of Southampton (Councillor Mrs. Foster Welch), the Deputy Mayor(Councillor J. E. Silverman) and Mrs. Silverman, Mr. R. J. Parrott, Squadron- Commander J. Bird, O.B.E., R.N., Captain F. J. Bailey, Colonel Crichton,Captain Wilson, Captain G. I. Thomson, D.F.C. (chief pilot instructor to the Club), Dr. Butler, Mr. A. N. Clifton, Mrs. Elliott Lynn, and many others. " The King " was loyally honoured at the call of the chairman, after whicha number of very interesting speeches were made, amongst others, by the Mayor, the President, Lord Apsley and Sir Sefton Brancker. Unfortunately,lack of space prevents a report of the speeches, but it may be noted that it was proposed to open a fund to provide for the good equipment of the club-house, and the President opened the list with a subscription of £50—several others following his lead with generous offers. The Yorkshire Aeroplane Club REPORT for the week ending December 3 :—Flying took place on two dayswhen 2 hrs. 30 mins. was flown in seven nights made up as follows : — Solo : 1 hr. 50 mins. ; dual, 15 mins. ; test, 5 mins. ; and a joy-ride of20 mins. given by Mr. Carter. Messrs. Lax, Mann, and Watson flew solo, while Mr. Mann also received15 mins. advanced dual. The official examiner, Mr. Loton, came over from Brough on Sunday inthe hope of being able to pass out the Members ready to take their " A " licences, but our hopes Were again damped by the dense fog which envelopedthe Aerodrome and showed no signs of lifting by the time dusk fell, so the tests will have to be postponed until the following week-end, when we hope-more favourable conditions will prevail. ThelCommittee is at present considering the purchase of a third machine forthe use of solo members. Our choice rests between the Britsol " Brownie," Beardmore " Wee Bee," Parnall " Pixie," or the D.H. " 53," the Air Ministryhaving six of the latter type for disposal by public auction. The club has already been promised £200 towards the purchase of a thirdmachine provided we are able to find the balance. Further contributions from anyone interested in the club will, therefore, be most gratefully receivedby the Secretary. ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY(Official Notices.) Lecture.—The last lecture of the first half of the Sixty-second Session, will be held on Thursday, December 16, at 6.30 p.m., at the Royal Society of Arts, John Street,Adelphi, W.C.2, when Wing-Commander C. Breese, A.F.C., of the Technical Training Section of the School of Technical Training (Apprentices), at Halton, will read a paper on " The Training of Aircraft Apprentices." Colonel the Master of Sempill, A.F.C., A.F.R.Ae.S., Chairman of the Society, will preside. J. LAURENCE PRITCHARD, Hon. Sec. 814
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