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VPRIL 21, 1927 LIGHT 'PLANE CLUBS Tne Hampshire Aeroplane Club REPORT for week ending April IS :—We still have only one machine, but t c flving time for this week reached the total of 16 hrs. 25 min?., as follow* : — Instruction flying, 6 hrs. 4U ruins. ; solo flying, 5 hrs. 55 mins. ; joy rides, l' hr. 50 mins. ; test flights, 1 hr. 15 mins. ; flights to Bournemouth, 1 hr. This week must have been a trying one for our ground staff, for we hadentered for the Bournemouth meeting but did not wish to interfere with living instruction, but McCracken and Stanford were determined that our"Moth " should be in good form for the races, so they worked all night as well as all day most of this week. However, the appearance of the machinecertainly repaid them for their trouble. The following members had instruction :—Mrs. C. B. Fry, 4n mins. ;Mrs. Scott, 20 mins. ; Mr. Dobson, 1 hr. 1(1 mins. ; Mr. Blake, 50 mins. ; Mr Everett, 1 hr. ; Mr. Shepherd, 20 mins. ; Mr. Dickson, 30 mins. ;Mr! Stokes, 20 mins. ; Mr. Courtney, 20 mins. ; Mr. Southcliffe, 15 rnins. ; Mr! Scott, 15 mius. ; Master R. Sanders-Clark, 10 mins.: Mr. E. Wyllie,]u mius. ' Maj. Jenkins, 10 mins. ; and Lieut. Graham, 5 mins. The soloists were : E. Wyllie, 2 hrs. 5 mins. ; Lieut. Graham, 1 hr. 25 mins. ;Don Juan de la Cierva, 45 niins. ; Flight-Lieut. Crawford, 35 ruins. ; Flying Officer Clarkson, 15 mins. ; Mr. Shepherd, 15 mins.; Mr. Ash, 15 mins.;Mr. Nicholson, 10 mins. ; Mr. Bowen, 5 mins. ; and Mr. Everett flew his first solo of 5 mins., and put up a very promising show. The joy-riders were Mrs. Crickmore, Mr. L. A. C. Crickmore, Mrs. Shepherd,Sir C. Congreve, Bart., Mr. Miles (chief instructor to the Shoreham Club) Mr. Morrow, and Mr. Price. jVrff.—For the club's activities at Bournemouth, see the report on this meeting on p. 234 et seq. Lancashire Aero Club REPORT for week ending April 16.—Flying took place on 3 days. Totaltime (excluding LV at Bournemouth), 25 hrs. 55 mins., made up as follows : — Dual with Mr. Brown: Miss Brown, 1 hr. 10 mins.; Messrs. Torres, 1 hr. 5 mins.;Anderson, 40 mins. ; McNair, Keays and Ward, 30 mins. each ; Cohen, 25 mins. ; Benson and Chapman, 20 mins. each ; Dobson and Meades, 15 mins.each; Nelson and Blagden, 10 mins. each. Dual with Mr. Can trill : Mr. Musgrave, 35 mins. ; Shiers, Nelson and Chap-man, 30 mins. each ; Torres, F. Scholes and Miss Emery, 25 mins. each : Caldecott and Miss Baerlein, 20 mins. each ; Rodman, 10 mins.Solo: Messrs. Nelson, 2 hrs. 10 mins. ; Costa, 1 hr. 35 mins. ; Abdalla, 1 hr. 25 mins. ; Lacayo, 50 mins. ; Gattrell, 35 mins. ; Blagden, 30 mins. ;Hardy, 25 mins. ; Twenilow, 20 mins. ; Cantrill, 20 mine, • Goodfellow, 15 mins. ; Scholes, 10 mins. ; Miss Brown, 10 mins. Joy-rides: With Mr. Cantrill : Mr. Murrell, 55 mins. (photography) i Evans,25 niins. ; Jones, 20 mins. : Marstraw, 10 mins. ; Miss Smith, 10 mins.; With Mr. Costa : Mr. Abdalla, 2 hrs. With Mr. Lacayo : Mr. Caldecott, 35mins. With Mr. Michelson : Mr. Keays, 15 mins. With Mr. Goodfellow: Miss Chignell, 10 mins. Test flights : \ hr. 50 mins. Owing to the magnificent generosity of our President, Col. Sir C. C. Wake-field, Bart., together with one of our vice-presidents, Sir William Letts, of A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd., it has become possible to extend and improve ourexisting club-house premises. The work has already begun and is due for completion on June 18, as from which date it is anticipated that memberswill be so comfortable in the club-house, that they will refuse to go out and fly! The Cirrus-engined Avro Avian has been cleaving the. air lately over Wood-ford, and Mr. Brown has " left undone none of those things which he ought to have done " on her. Messrs. Cantrill and Goodfellow have also tried her andfunned a high opinion of her flying qualities. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club REPORT for Week ending April 17 :—Total, 28 hrs. 20 mins. Dual. !4 hrs.50 mins. ; " A " Pilots, 8 hrs. 15 mins. ; Solo (training), 1 hr. 55 mins. ; Passenger, 3hrs. 20 mins. The following members flew under instruction with Mr. J. D. Parkinson :Mrs. Heslop, Miss Leathart, Messrs. Thirlwell, Phillips, Middleton, H. Ellis, J. M. Kennedy, Hayton, Twine, Rasmussen, N. S. Todd, Miesegaes, Welch,Dr. Dixon, Capt. Milburn. Solo Training : Middleton, Turnbull." A " Pilots : Miss Leathart, Messrs. Leech, C. Thomson, R. N. Thompson, W. Baxter Ellis with LaWson, Urwin and Cockburn, Dr. Dixon with Mr.Leech. The following had passenger flights : Miss James, Mr. Adamson, Mr. Luck-man, Mr. Irving and Mr. Grundy, all With Mr. Parkinson. The Club took delivery of new Moth, G-EBOV on Thursday. It was col-lected and flown up by Mr. Baxter Ellis, with Mr. Lawson as passenger. Progress of the Norwich Light 'Plane Club IT very much appears that Norwich is going to be the first light-aeroplaneclub to organise itself and at least make a start entirely unaided by any official help in the nature of a subsidy. FLIGHT readers will remember theirrecent public demonstration and flying meeting in order to draw the wide interest of Norwich and other district citizens to their ambitions. Nowthey have raised a public subscription list, and it has been so favourably received that the total amount to date has reached the magnificent sum of£938 19s. 3d. Apart from this, it will be remembered, two sportsmen, Mr. James Hardy and Mr. Henry N. Holmes, have promised to buy theclub the first " Moth," which means that two machines are now assured. But their publicity campaign is very keen, which is undoubtedly thereason of the progress, and the committee are about to make an immediate financial appeal! From recent questions and answers put in Parliament theclub are very hopeful of receiving financial help from the Air Ministry next year, but as the Secretary points out that in order for this to materialiseit is necessary that local support should be adequate. Other clubs should remember that the Air Ministry's financial eye will only glance benevolentlyon those clubs that have the best prospects of maturing by their own efforts. Obviously they cannot be foolish enough to give their assistance where it isnot likely to be equally met. So that it is up to other cities anxious to acquire its own club to follow the example of Norwich. The Yorkshire Aeroplane ClubREPORT for the week ending April 16 :—The total time flown for the Week amounted to 23 hrs. 35 mins., made up as follows :—Solo, 11 hrs. 25 mins. ; dual instruction, 9 hrs. 25 mius. ; joy rides, 2 hrs. 30 mins. ; and tests, 15 mins.The soloists were Messrs. Carter, Clapham, L. S. Daw son, M. B. Lax, Mann and Wayman. Instruction was given to the following members :—Messrs. Batcock,Brown, Clapham, M. B. and R. K. Lax, Ling, Little, Mann, Swift, Watson, Wilson and Whin. Among the joy riders, the following are prospective members :—Messrs.Denby, Evans, John, and C. D. Whittingham. The latter is now only just 15 years of age, so that if he joins the club imme-diately he will probably stand a good chance of having the distinction of being the youngest member to fly solo, which, we understand, is at presentheld by Sanders-Clark of the London Club. The whole of the week has been quite a busy one for the club, as the follow-ing log shows :— Monday.—Mr. Beck flew over Leeds in honour of Sir Alan Cobham, whowas lecturing at the Leeds Institute at 3 o'clock that afternoon. Tuesday.—Sir Alan, at Mr. Beck's invitation on behalf of the club, visitedthe aerodrome, and made a short flight in " LS." He seemed much im- pressed with the possibilities of the aerodrome, especially from the pointof view of instruction. Wednesday.—Sir Alan again arrived at Sherburn, and set off with oneof our members (Mr. L. S. Dawson) in the " Moth " bound for CrainliiiKton, which w as reached in 1 \ hours. Later in the day Mr. DaWson flew the machineback to Sherburn with a friend as his passenger. The same afternoon two machines visited us, the first being a " 9a " incharge of Sqdu.-Leader Longton and Flying Officer Watts from Netheravon. After a short stop Flying Officer Watts set oft solo, while Mr. Longton motoredwith Mr. Thornton to Messrs. Blackburn's works to arrange for the delivery of the " Bluebird " he was to fly at the Bournemouth air meeting. We aresorry to read of the attempt that has just been made to shorten his existence, while on a practice flight near Bournemouth, but were relieved to learn thathe escaped personal injury, although the machine apparently suffered slight damage. Our second visiting machine was Mr. E. A. Jones on his Avro. He hadcome from Turnhouse, and after filling up with petrol and oil, continued his flight to Clacton-ou-Sea., where he intended to stay over the holidays,giving joy rides. Thursday.—At 7.30 p.m. Mr. Beck arrived on " N'N " from Stag Lane,having made a landing at the Central Flying School. Saturday.—Flying Officer Atcherley, of the R.A.F., concluded the week'sprogramme by giving an excellent exhibition of " aerobatics " on the " Moth." He will probably join the club as a member, and we hope other service pilotswill follow his example. <s> <$><$><$> IN PARLIAMENT Air Ministry and Directorships MR. WALTER BAKKK, on April 7, asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the Director of Civil Aviation has resigned the managing director- ship of the Trinidad Friendship Oil Co. ; and whether he will give an assurance that no similar directorships are held by officials of his Ministry whose salaries are chargeable to the Air Ministry Vote ? Sir Samuel Hoare : In answer to the first part of the question, the Director ?f Civil Aviation has resigned his directorship (not managing directorship) <<> the company named. In regard to the second part, two temporary Air •Ministry officials hold directorships in public companies. One has declined;| n ofier of a permanent established post in the Ministry in order that he micht be allowed to keep in touch in this wav with the technique of his profession in the outside world, to which he will probably be returning early jiext year. In the other case, I am informed that the. company has not traded for some years past, and that the present directors are endeavouringllJ transfer their "interests to other hands. Civil Aviation in India -•In. DUNNICO on April 11 asked the Under-Secretary of State for Indwhetm-r he is now able to inform the House as to the manner in which the K5. 3,96,000 provided for civil aviation in the Indian Budget for 1927-28 isto be used. Earl Winterton : The principal items are : —1 ay of officers and establishments, Rs. 52,000 ; establishment of civil airroute across India, Rs. 1,50,000 ; survey of primary air routes, Rs. 25,000; Provision of hangar at Karachi for Egypt-India aeroplane service, Rs. 37,000 ;ontnuution towards Imperial airship scheme, Rs. 1,0(1,(100. h( remaining Rs. 32,000 are provided for other small miscellaneous items. Roya! Navy Aircraft Carriers tv>» ""' " RENN'IE SMITH asked the First Lordie <•'«' of constr ln serv of the Admiralty if he can give itruction and tonnage of the largest British aircraft carrier service or under construction, and the annual cost of maintenance and (> U% :""\ *'le same nSures Ior a representative modern aircraft carrier of :man : The answer to the first part of the question is :—Cost, tonnage, 22,600 ; annual maintenance charge, £408,000 (in- eluding about £130,000 for maintenance of Royal Air Force personnel and aircraft). As regards the second part of the question, a ship of 6,000 tons could not be a representative modern aircraft carrier. Fleet Air Arm and Status of PersonnelMR. HORE-BELISHA, on April 12, asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, seeing that petty officers and leading ratings of the Royal Navyare considered senior to sergeants and corporals of the Army, yet in the Fleet Air Arm they are placed in subordinate positions and are told that theyare junior to the sergeants and corporals of the Royal Air Force, and that some doubt and dissatisfaction arise through this state of affairs, he can seehis way to define by an Admiralty Fleet Order the status of naval ratings employed as personnel in the Fleet Air Arm ? Lieut.-Col. Headlam : The position is that Chief Petty Officers rank withColour Sergeants and Staff Sergeants in the Army and Flight Sergeants, Royal Air Force ; that Petty Officers rank with Sergeants in the Army andRoyal Air Force ; that Leading Rates rank with, but junior to, Corporals and Bombardiers in the Army and Corporals in the Royal Air Force. TheKing's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions will be amended to make the matter clear. Territorial Anti-Aircraft DefencesSIR K. HALL, on April 14, asked the Secretary of State ic.r War what was the total cost of the Territorial Anti-Aircraft Detences, Royal artillery,Royal Engineers, and Signal?, in 1926, including the expenses of co mmands and staff, annual rental value of headquarters' premises, offices and drill halls,and the lighting, heating, repair and administration thereof ; and what is the estimated saving for 1927 under the reduced establishments notified by theWar Office under date of March 25, 1927 ? Sir L. Wnrthington-Evans : As regards the first part of the question, theestimated total cost of the Territorial Anti-Aircratt Detences in I92K was ,(,212,000. As regards the second part, establishments have not been reduced,but it has been decided to limit recruiting within the existing establishment. This limitation will, it is estimated, effect an actual saving ot approximately£'2,000 in 1927, and will avoid an ultimate increase of £50,000 a year in future years. 251
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