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JULY 21, 1927 MIDLAND AERO CLUB LTMITEP REPOKT for week ending July 16 :—The total flying time was 18 hrs.5U mins. The following members were given dual instructions :—J. Edwards, R.Cazalet, Capt. J. E. Brewin, O. L. Richards, X. Crane, L. H. Lee, G. Aldridge. Solo :—H. J. Willis, S. H. Smith, R. L. Jackson, W. Swarm, C. Fellowes,E. J. Brighton, E. R. King. Passenger nights :—Miss Brighton, A. B. Aston, A. Merryns.On Sunday Messrs. S. H. Smith and C. W. Fellowes successfully passed the flying tests for their Aviator's Certificate. NEWCASIXE-UTON-TOJE AERO CUIB REPORT for week ending July 17.—Total time 27 hrs. 5 mins. Dual withMr. Parkinson, 9 hrs. 25 mins. " A " Pilots, 4 hrs. 55 mins. Solo training, III hrs. Tests, 35 mins. Joy rides with .Mr. Parkinson, 2 hrs. 10 mins. There was almost continual fog until the end of the week, and on Thursdayevening, the engine of LX, the Club's only machine at present, owing to all engines being under overhaul, gave out. However, an engine was receivedon Friday, at midnight, and the machine flying again in the afternoon. The following Members flew under instruction :—Messrs. Lawson (P.L.),Pargeter, Gibson, Fairless, Heaton, Maxwell, Dickinson, Thirlwell, D. Wilson. •'A " Pilots.—Mr. R. N. Thompson with Mr. P. L. Lawson, Mr. Lander,and Miss Cochrane. Mr. C. Thompson, with Mrs. Heslop, Miss Bulmer, Mr. Bulmer.Dr. Dixon with Mr. Dixon. Mr. W. Baxter Ellis with Mrs. Ellis. Mr. Phillips with Mr. Pargeter.Solo.—Mr. 1). Wilson, Mrs. Heslop, Mr. Jewett, Mr. Pargeter, Mr. Elmes, and Mr. Tnrnbull. <•> <•> YORKSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending July 16 :—Total hours flown, 35 hrs. 15 mins.Total hours flown dual with Capt.'Beck, 13 hrs. 15 mins. Total solo hours, 112 hrs. Tests, 10 mins. The following took Dual Instruction :—Miss Watson, Miss Wilson, Capt.Milburn, Messrs. Fielden, Hd. Leetbam, Yeomans, Brackenbury, Ellison, Williams, Hiley, Micklethwait, Crouther, Sproule, Fitton, Preistlcy, Lax,Brown, Wayman. The following flew Solo :—Capt. Milburn, Messrs. Brackenbury, Mann,Wilson, Wood, Lax, Clapham, Leetham, Lax, M.B., Fielden, Birch, Wayman, Loton.On Tuesday, Messrs. Brackenbury and Thomson took their tests for " A " Licence, which they executed with skilful precision.We had a welcome visit from Mr. O. P. Jones en route to and returning from Edinburgh on an A.D.C. D.H. 9 on Wednesday. Thursday witnessed us come down a peg in that G-EBNN in the handsof Mr. H. Leetham " tapped itself against the fence " on the east side of tlv aerodrome. Engine, fuselage, and one top plane survived—the remainder—" Junk." On Monday next, Capt. Milburn and Capt. Beck are off to Stag Lane tocollect the former's new Mark " X " Moth G-EBR2, which will be the second Private Owners' machine to be housed in the Club hangars pro tern.On Saturday we waited about in doubt till about 11 a.m. to be advised by the powers concerned Whether it was deemed fit to bring the Air LeagueChallenge Cup Race to Sherburn or not, apparently our luck was out, so we did our best to amuse the crowd with joy-rides and exhibition flying. We were supported by the kind co-operation of Capt. Norman Blackburn'sAvro, flown by Mr. Loton, and also that of Messrs. Golds and Leeding. <J> 3> THE CALIFORNIA-HONOLULU FLIGHT THE second attempt to make a non-stop flight from California to Honolulu very nearly ended in disaster. Fortunately, the first reports to come through concerning the " City of Oakland," the Travel-Air monoplane used in the second flight, proved unduly alarming, and ultimately the news was sent out that the machine had landed in a tree on the island of Molokai, damaging itself severely, but without injury to the crew. All will be sincerely glad that the two American aviators, Mr. Ernest Smith and Mr. Emory Bronte, escaped, and although they did not quite attain their goal, Honolulu, they got to the island group, and thus completed the second California-Hawaii flight. The " City of Oakland " left Oakland, California, at 10.40 a.m. on July 14, a previous attempt to start having proved abortive. For a while all went well, and messages were received to say that the machine was progressing according to plan, although fog hindered them during the first few hundred miles. During the following night a message was received in which Bronte stated that all was well on board, but that they were getting pretty tired. This message was followed, at 3.45 a.m. on July 15, by an S.O.S. call stating that they could not stay up much longer as they were running out of petrol. A request was made to send aircraft and tugs to latitude 28 deg. 15 mins. N, longitude 145 deg. 45 mins. \\\, about 700 miles north-east of Honolulu. A number of vessels which had picked up this message and others sent out later rushed towards the spot indicated at full speed. The next news to come through was to the effect that the two aviators had alighted on the sea 500 miles north-west of Paia. They were known to be carrying a rubber life-boat, but as the efficacy of this in the middle of the Pacific Ocean was a somewhat doubtful quantity, there was good cause for alarm. Ultimately, it was learned that the aviators had actually succeeded in reaching the island of Molokai (where there is a leper colony), and that both were safe, although the machine was damaged. Subsequently, it was found that a defective petrol gauge, which indicated empty tanks when in point of fact there was a considerable quantity of fuel left, had been responsible for the S.O.S. calls. Just as the airmen were giving up hope, the gauge resumed work, and they were able to carry on. By the time they reached Molokai, however, the tanks really were quite dry, and a landing had to be made immediately. The aviators were taken to the house of Judge MacCorrison, and were taken, later in the day, to Honolulu in Army aeroplanes. Their trip to Molokai had lasted 25 hrs. 36 mins. Concerning the Travel-Air monoplane and its engine little is known, but it is believed that the engine used was again the famous Wright " Whirlwind." Opening of Seville - Lisbon - Madrid Air Line: H.R.H. The Prince of Wales descending from the Junkers G. 24 monoplane belonging to the "Union Aerea Espaniola," on the occasion of the inauguration of the new service recently. •••_• 503
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