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MAY 5, 1927 LIGHT 'PLANE CLUBS London Aeroplane Club THE total flying time for the week ending May 1 was S3 hrs. 15 mins.Pilot Instructors :—Capt. F. G. M. Sparks, Capt. S. L. F. St. Barbe. Dual Instruction :—P. W. Hoare, G. Black, E. J. B. King, Dr. Cook,Lord Clydesdale, G. M. Randall, F. Clarkson, G. Neale, H. S. Greenland, Miss Fletcher, W. G. Riches, H. Solomon, I. H. McClure, E. L. D. Moore,P. O. A. Davison, A. J. Mulder, H. M. Samuelson, Miss Spooner, A. E. Leeding, Miss Wilson, C. R. Campkin, G. Weston, Mrs. Cook, G. C. Bonner, LordDouglas-Hamilton, G. Merton, H. R. Preslaud, J. J. Hofer, N. S. Hulbert, E. A. Lingard, E. T. Syramons.Solo Flying :—Maj. K.'M. Beaumont, O. J. Tapper, E. T. Symnions, Miss O'Brien, G. H. Craig, A. G. D. Alderson, G. M. Randall, J. H. Saffery, A. R.Ogston, H. Solomon, R. P. Cooper, A. H. M. Lees, R. C. Preslaud, L. J. C. Mitchell, K. V. Wright, G. Terrell, H. Spooner, D. H. P. Esler, A. F. Wallace,G. C. Bonner, M. L. Bramson, N. Jones, E. L. D. Moore, Maj. H. Petre, A. C. Pearson, E. D. Moss, R. Malcolm, J. J. Hofer, G. Merton, X. J. Hulbert. Passenger Flights :—L. G. Skinner, Miss McClure, G. H. Weston, D. H. M.Syrnons, Miss McKeuzie, Miss Tapper, A. G. Wallis. The past Week has been a little unfortunate for the club owing to a seriesof minor accidents. Two club's " Moths " had an argument outside the club hangar on Wednes-day last, one wanting to go in and the other to go out. Neither gave way, and wings began to fly. The damage was fairly substantial. G-EBMF isstill in hospital, but G-EBKT, after treatment, was resuming work after two days. There was a pilot instructor in each " Moth." On Sunday, May 1, the Bristol "Brownie," with O. J. Tapper as pilot,wrote off her undercarriage and received other minor damage as a conse- quence. The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane ClubREPORT for week ending April 30. Exceedingly bumpy weather in the vicinity of Yate Aerodrome, due to vertical gusts of one Bolas, prevented anyflying. Unfortunately, the club's " Pixie " (the gift of Mr. George Pamall) willnot be ready in time to relieve the Hampshire Club of their President's Cup and other souvenirs on the 15th, and attempts to subdue the gustiness referredto, by increasing club-mindedness, has not had the desired result of obtaining the loan of our Pixie's twin for the Hampshire show, although she is readyand straining at the leash. On the financial side, it is pleasant to record that Maj, Egbert Cadbury,D.S.C., D.F.C, has generously promised £100 towards the cost of a 'plane. Our acting' secretary, who 15 to be the pilot instructor, is, frantically starchingfor someone upon whom he can unload his secretarial responsibilities, in order to take five minutes' rest before flying commences. Congratulations to Lancashire on their last week's effort. Perhaps theyhave heard of our impending advent into the arena, and want to be the first club to beat London. Hampshire Aeroplane ClubREPORT for week ending April 29.—Saturday, April 23, 40 m.p.h. gale ; Sunday, 30 m.p.h. gale ; Monday, rain.The Clerk of the Weather has been unkind to us again this week, so that the total flying time did not reach a higher figure than 6 hrs. 5 mins. Instruc-tion flying, 5 hrs. ; solo flying, in mins. ; test flights, 55 niins. The following members had instruction : Messrs. Blake, 1 hr. 10 mins. ;Sanders Clarke, -to mins. ; A. V. Roe, 30 mins. (this rather savours of the analogy of grandmothers and eggs) ; Bowen, 30 mins. ; Eburn, 20 mius. ;Waite, 20 niins. ; Jayne, 'JO mins. : Shepherd, 15 mins. ; Cox, 15 rains. ; Cooper, 10 inins. ; E. Wyllir, 1" mills. ; Capt. Yateman, 10 mins. ; and theHon. Grosvenor, J't mms. The only soloist was Capt. Yateman.V\ c are hoping to receive a Moth from Messrs de Havilland on Saturday, April 3J, to replace our first " write-off." This machine is being fitted witha Mark II " Cirrus " which we have bought for a spare, and our old Mark I engine will be kept in reserve. So many memlKTs have applied for the privilege of flying in the Pageantraces that it has Ix-en decided to draw from the names of eligible members, and the results will be published next week. The Lancashire Aero Club REPORT for week ending April 30 :—Exceedingly cold winds chilledthe enthusiasm and noses of members during the greater part of the week. Total flying time, 26 hrs. 20 niins., made up of 11 mins. 35 sees. dual.9 mius. 5 sees, solo, 3 mins. 15 sees, joy-ride, and 1 min. 25 sees, tests. During the week Mr. Chapman, our ground engineer (engines) did anexcellent first solo. One is not sure whether he is the first club ground engineer to go solo or not, though one believes he is. In any case, one admireshis keenness and sporting spirit in learning to fly and offers him hearty congratulations. An event of great importance is fixed for this coming Sunday. May 8,when Mr. T. N. Stack, our old instructor, member and friend, will fly up to Woodford to pay us a visit. The proceedings, which will be of a more or less informal and social nature, will commence at 2.30 p.m. and continue—well,until they stop. Several of the other clubs are sending machines and pilots over to join in the festivities, and there is every prospect of a thoroughlyenjoyable " flying social," so to speak. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Stack will be the guests of the club for dinner at the Queen's Hotel, Alderley Edge.The Lancashire Aero Club owes a great deal to T. Xeville Stack, not only for the reflected credit which he has brought upon it by his fine flight toIndia in a " Moth," but also for his sterling work as chief instructor and aerodrome manager during a rather critical period of the club's history.Sunday, the 8th inst., will be a memorable occasion. Midland Aero Club REPORT for week ending April 30. The total flying time was 12 hrs. 20mins. The following members were given dual instruction with Mr. McDonough :—C. Burrows, E. P. Lane, F. Coxhill, J. C. Rowlands, H. Beamish. R. C. Cazalet, S. H. Smith, C. Fellowes.The following made solo flights :—E. J. Brighton, J. Brinton, E. R. King, S. Swann, A. M. Glover, R. L. Jackson.Passengers with Mr. Brighton :—H. Bolton, E. M. Alexander, S. H. Smith, R. D. Bednell. Passenger with Mr. G. V. Perry :—R. Brinton.On Saturday Mr. Hubert Broad and Mr. F. X. St. Barbe arrived on the D.H. " Moth " EBXO for the Club's at Home Day, an account of whichwill appear in next week's report. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club, Ltd.REPORT for the week ending May 1.—Total flying time : 33 hrs. 5 nuns.— On LX, 14 hrs. 15 nuns. ; on QV, 18 hrs. 50 mins. Dual with Mr. Parkinson,15 hrs. 10 mins. Solo (training), 4 hrs. 35 mins. " A " Pilots, 10 hrs. 45 mins. Joy rides (with Mr. Parkinson), 2 hrs. 35 mins.The following members flew under instruction • Miss Leathart (advanced dual], Mrs. Heslop, Messrs. Thirlwell, Miesegaes, Wardill, George, Hayton,Rasmussen. Welch, Shaw, Turnbull, Bainbridge, Milburn, L. Middleton. Solo (training), Messrs. Bainbridge, Turnbull, Stawart." A" Pilots.—Mr. R. X. Thompson with Mr. Parmeter ; Mr. Scarlett and Mr. A. Bell. Mr. H. H. Leech with Mr. Thirlwell. Mr. Phillips. Mr. H.Ellis with Mr. W. B. Ellis, Mr. Xicholson, and Mr. Forster. Mr. Mathews with Dr. Mathews and Mr. Percy. Mr. C. Thompson withMrs. Heslop, Mr. White, Mr. Luckman, Miss Waugh and Mr. Todd. Mr. A. Bell with Mrs. Bell and Mr. J. Ball.Joy rides.—Miss Hayton, Mr. M. Hayton, Mr. Moberlv, Miss Lewis, Mrs. W. B. Ellin, Mrs. Parry, Mr. BroadbetH. Mr. Stawart completed the tests for his licence on Thursday, in excellentstyle. Preparations for the flying meeting to be held on June 11 are now in hand, andgiven reasonably good weather, promises to be even more successful than that held last year. Further meetings are being arranged as follows : — July 8, Members' meeting. August 1, Members' meeting. September 10,Open meeting. The Yorkshire Aeroplane ClubREPOKT for the week ending April 30.—The total time for the week amounted to 33 hrs. 10 min5. consisting of the following :—Dual instruction,6 hrs. 40 mins. ; solo, 4 hrs. 20 nuns. ; joyrides, 11 hrs. 20 mins. : cross- country, 9 hrs. 5 mins. ; exhibition flights, 1 hr. 30 mins. ; and tests, 15 mins.There were approximately 124 flights. The following members received instruction :—Messrs. Batcock, R. K. Lax,Miller, Weaver, Wilson, Swift, Thomson, and Miss Watson. Soloists : Carter, Clapham, Fielden, M. B. Las, Mann, Norway, Wilson and Wood.The following were given ioyrides :—Messrs. Bamford and son, Call, Crabtree, Cross, Jamieson. Kidger, Reudall, Shaw, Mrs. Gale, and the Misses Hay andParsons. In addition, a number of members of the Huddersfield Rotary Club. At the beginning of the week, Mr. Beck flew " LS " from Sherburn with theintention of paying a visit on the Xewcastle Club, but was forced to abandon the flight at Darlington with carburetter trouble. On landing he found thatthe air intake had become coated with a thick layer of ice, owing to the snow- storm encountered. The journey to Cramlington was continued by car,and he flew* back from Darlington the next day. On Friday another crosscountry flight was accomplished, Mr. Beck flyingwith our Chairman as passenger to Cambridge, Northampton and Spittlegate, joyrides being given at the first two places.The week's programme was concluded with the visit of the Huddersfield Rotary Club on Saturday afternoon. About 60 members attended, and mostof them availed themselves of the opportunity of having joyrides which had been reduced to 5s. on this occasion. Teas were afterwards served on theaerodrome. Messrs. Blackburns very kindly sent over one of their Rotary Avros incharge of Mr. Stockbridge. who, with Capt. West's and,Mr. Carter's assistance, helped us admirably with the rush of joyriders, our two Moths and the Avrobeing in the air almost continuously from 3 till 7 o'clock. It is hoped shortly to arrange a Landing Competition open to members ofthe Club, with prizes for those landing nearest to a fixed mark. A Tunbridge Wells Flying Club WE understand that there is every possibility of a new club forming shortly in Tun bridge Wells of which" Sir Robert Gower, M.P., has consented to be President. Substantial subscriptions have been promised, we learn, as well as the price of a machine, which may be an Avro " Avian." It is proposed to have an aerodrome near the town, and alsor ent the Penshunst aerodrome, some miles away, as an emergency ground. It appears that the whole of the subscriptions will be devoted to the maintenance of the ground and eventually provide a club-house. The usual charges for instruction flying are expected to cover the running costs as the organiser proposes to act as the instructor without salary for some time to get the club • "Jing. He has been endeavouring to foster local activity •it private flying for some time, and now that he has fairly •'cceeded he is almost in a position to start at once.lllv the enrolment of members, which he now invites,1 , Practically all that he requires, for we understand that -"grounds are taken and he is expecting to order a:lchme soon. We hope that local interest will rally sufficiently to carry the scheme through. It is in the hands of Mr. B. D. Winser, 156, Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, who supplied us with the above information. The Scottish Flying Club THE recent flight of Capt. Broad to Glasgow in a " Moth " with the Marquis of Clydesdale as passenger was in the interests of the proposed Scottish Flying Club, which Capt. R. C. Donaldson has been trying to establish for some time, and which he says has been hampered by many vague and verbal promises of support. The Secretary of State for Air sent a letter via the " Moth " to the Lord Provost of Glasgow, in which he expressed his hopes for the success of the club, and Lord Thomson spoke on air matters in the town at the time. Also through the organiser's efforts Messrs. C. C. Wakefield and Co. co-operated in the publication of " Flying for All," which was widely distributed throughout the movement. On April 7, 1927 a propaganda committee was formed comprising four pilot members of the R.A.F. Reserve besides Capt. Donaldson, the Press Secretary, of the T.A. Reserve, who has also had flying experience. They are Flight-Lieut. G. C. Walker, Flyiri'g-Officers R. B. Millar, 279
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