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1927
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OCTOBER 13, 1927 m m Bristol Club's Inauguration by the Air Minister : This distinguish- ed group com- prises (left to right) : Mr . Downes Shaw, Chairman of the Club ; The Lord Mayor ; Sir Sam- uel Hoare ; Col. G. Flemming ; and Sir Sefton Brancker. [" FLIGHT " Photograph bird," piloted by Captain Stockbridge ; the Hon. Lady Bailey and Mrs. Carbery, on Moths ; Miss O'Brien, Mr. A. S. Butler, Mr. S. L. F. St. Barbe, Captain Broad, and Mr. F. D. Mill—all on Moths, too. The Master of Sempill came on a D.H.51 ; Mr. Hollindrake and Mr. Goodfellow on Avians. A flight of four Westland " Widgeons " arrived, piloted by- Captain L. G. Paget, the new test pilot to the Westland Company ; Captain Hill : Mr. H. Brooklyn ; and Mr. Tapp. Captain Boyle flew Mrs. Eliott-Lynn's S.E. 5A down. Mr. Fielden, of the Yorkshire Club, was unable to get through on account of the fog. Mrs. Carbery flew from London in her own Moth, Captain Broad accompanying her in another. When near Chipping Sodbury, Mrs. Carbery made a forced landing owing to fog, and Captain Broad then came down too and took her on as a passenger in his machine. It had been Captain Broad's intention to bring his famous Tiger-Moth along, but the weather conditions cancelled this proposal. Miss Spooner was a visitor, the lady pilot who recently flew alone in a Moth to the Schneider meeting at the Lido ; and so was Captain Mclntosh, the Imperial Air- ways pilot, who is now making preparation for a long-distance flight to the Far East. The Bristol Club's instructor, Mr. W. E. Bartlett, gave a wonderful exhibition of crazy flying on a Moth, giving the spectators a genuine thrill by performing close above their heads. Captain Broad also stunted. There was one competition—a bombing demonstration, which, according to the programme, was open to pilots with lady passengers. First, the competitors stood by their machines, then the lady obtained the bomb ; the machines took off, flew a short course, and then dropped the bomb (a bag of flour) on a target in the aerodrome. Marks were awarded for accuracy and speed. Machines had to pass straight over the target and not circle. There were 20 marks for O.K. and 2 marks were to be forfeited for every 5 ft. Time limit was 10 mins., one mark being awarded for every 10 sees, under this time. This event was won by Mr. A. S. Butler, whose passenger was Mrs. Hutchings. Mr. Goodfellow and his passenger were second. Another competitor, Miss " FLIGHT " Photogfrphs BRISTOL CLUB'S AIR DAY : These are two general views of the machines which took part at the meeting at Filton, giving an idea of how representative the machines were of the light aeroplane class. 717 D2
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