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MARCH 3, 1927 [" FLIGHT " Photographs THE FIRST AIR LORD " : Mr. John Lord flew over with Bert Hinkler in the new Avro " Tourer " with Armstrong-Siddeley "Lynx " engine. Inset the machine coming in to land. time amounted to 900 hours. In addition, six unsubsidised clubs were operating, and eight were under contemplation. Lieut.-Comdr. Perrin, representing the Royal Aero Club, said the club would urge the Air Ministry to give financial assistance for the formation of the Norwich Club. Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of State for Air, was unable to be present, owing to pressure of Parliamentary work, but sent a message wishing the movement every success. At the conclusion of the meeting a resolution approving of the formation of the Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club was adopted unanimously, whilst two Norwich business men, Mr. James Hardy and Mr. H. N. Holmes, said that they would jointly provide the first aeroplane. Several offers of financial help were made, and nearly 100 names were handed in for membership. It would seem, therefore, that this new club will soon get going. LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB DOINGS London Aeroplane ClubFlying Time.—The flying time for the week ending February 27 was 'io hrs. 55 mins.Pilot Instructors.—Capt. F. G. M. Sparks, Capt. A. S. White, Capt. C. D. Uaniard, Flying Officer R. W. Reeve. Dual Instruction.—D. S. Hewitt, R. P. Cooper, Lady Bailey, J. Simpson,H. Samuelson, A. J. Mulder. Mrs. Christie, L. W. Gibbens, H. Leighton- Crawford, A. J. Richardson. 1. Crammoud. Solo.— M. D. Moss, Miss O'Brien, H. Spooner, C. R. Campkin, H. Solomon,W. Roche Kelly, M. L. Bramson. Jov Rid,<.—C. R. S. Beale, H. H. Whiteside, Miss F. O. Gambe.Visit to Snrwich.—Capt. F. G. M. Sparks, on the club " Moth," took advan- tage of the flight to Norwich to give instruction in navigation to K. P.Cooper, who accompanied him. Lady Bailey also flew to Norwich on her own " Moth " with Capt. H.Spooner as passenger. In spite of the heavy rain on Friday afternoon, the Norwich enthusiaststurned out in good numbers, and upwards of 100 were given flights. The " Moths " of the London and Hampshire Clubs were kept busy the wholeafternoon. Annual Dance.—The Annual Dance will be held on Tuesday, March 22,1327, at the Spring Garden Gallery, Spring Gardens. Trafalgar Square. Members will be receiving a notice giving full particulars. Tht Hampshire Aeroplane ClubREPORT for week ending February 25.—Total flying time, 10 hrs. 5(1 mins. Instruction flying, 4 hrs. id inins. ; solo flying, 5 hrs. 55 inins. ; joy-riding,-K mins. ; test flights, 20 inins. 'Hie following members had dual :—Lieut. A. R. Cadell, 50 mins. : A. R.M'-llor. 45 mins. : F. G. Molony, 35 mins. ; W. G. B. McKechnie, 20 mins. ; \'i"g-Comdr. Wyllie, 25 miiis. ; Capt. H. T. Molyneux. M.C., 50 mins. ; the'<"::. H. R. Grosvenor, 10 mins. : and F. Kerry, 15 mins. '-'lit soloists were :—Senor de la Cierva, 1 hr. 20 mins. : Lieut. A. R. Cadell,-' •nins. ; Mr. W. G. B. McKeehnie, 15 mins. ; Mr. R. H. Cooper, 5 rains. ; '"' A'ight-Lieut. Crawford. 3 hrs. 55 mins. is? Youell and Mr. Beagley had joy rides with Capt. Thomson.1 Friday, the 25th, Flight-Lieut. Crawford, with R. H. Bound in the cockpit, flew to Norwich to take part in the " airmindedness " campaign'• occasion of the formation of the Norwich and Norfolk Flying Club. •v'ng Hamble at 9 hours in a drizzling rain, we hedge-hopped to Stagwhere we landed, and were immediately surrounded by press photo- rs.who waded out through the top 12 ins. of the aerodrome and snapped••Tly. Seeing the wondering expression on Crawford's face, the leader In i ou La' grci us of this band inquired deferentially, " You are the Master of Sempill, sir ? " The gathering waded back, and we do not expect that those photographs will be published. After refuelling, we took off and proceeded to Norwich, which was reached at 13 hours, just as a flight of Virginias were demonstrating: over the city. We joined the party, and after inspecting all corners of Norwich from the air, we landed at Mousehold aerodrome, and were immediately greeted by kindly officials who seemed determined to give us anything we wanted, including a white armlet with the letters C. P. stencilled on. This armlet permitted us to stroll about on the course, but no one was able to tell us what C. P. meant, although Mr. Whitlock, the •' technical man ' at Messrs. Boulton and Paul's, suggested that it meant Centre of pressure, because we wandered all over the place. The remainder of the meeting and the Lord Mayor's dinner will probably be described elsewhere in this paper, so it is not necessary to give particulars here. However, we greatly admired the sporting action of the two gentlemen who started the club off by giving an aeroplane, and we wish the new club all success. Lancashire Aero ClubREPORT for week ending February 26.—Total flying time for the week 19 hrs. Id mins. made up as follows :—Dual with Mr. Brown :—Messrs. Caldecott, 2 hrs. 10 mins ; Nelson. 1 hr. 25 inins. ; Miss Brown, 1 hr. 15 mins. ; Messrs. Dickinson, 40 mins.Gatterall. 35 mins. : Newton, 35 mins. ; Musgrave, 30 mins. ; McNair, 25 mins. ; Goodyear, 2(1 mins. ; Meades, 20 mins. ; Forshaw, 15 mins.Dobson, 15 mins. Dual with Mr. Cantrill :—Mr. Goodyear, 30 mins.Solo :—Messrs. Costa, 55 mins. ; Michelson, 55 mins. ; Twemlow, 35 mins. Slater. 35 mins. ; Lacayo, 30 mins. Joy-rides :—With Mr. Cantrill : Mr. Caldecott, 2 hrs. 10 mins. ; Mrs. Bell,1(1 mins.: Messrs. Kelcher and Bell, 10 mins. each; Mrs. Rose, 5 mins. With Mr. Lacayo : Mr. Hartley, 50 mins. Test flights : —1 hr. 40 mins. On Friday morning Mr. Cantrill, accompanied by Mr. Caldecott, made adetermined attempt to take MQ over to the Norwich meeting, low-lying clouds, however, made the crossing of the Pennines impracticable, and aftertwo hours' flying the attempt had to be abandoned. We were very sorry to disappoint Norwich, and hope that they had a successful meeting in spite ofthe weather. According to the current number of AIRWAYS a new aerodrome is beingconstructed at Brighton, and " the length of the aerodrome in the direction of the prevailing wind will lc 75 yards, and the surrounding country is free fromobstructions. When the aerodrome is ready it should prove popular with 115
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