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NOVEMBER 24, 1927 LIGHT 'PLANE CLUBS London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane, Edgware. Sec, H. E. Pcrrin,3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club, Yate, Gloucester. Secretary,Lieut.-Col. C. Fleming, Filton Aerodrome, Patchway. Hampshire Aero Club, Hamble, Southampton. Secretary, Maj.Ross White, Hamble, Southampton. Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford, Lanes. Secretary, C. J.Wood, Oakfield, Dukinfield, near Manchester. Midland Aero Club, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. S.-cretary,Maj. Gilbert Dennison, 22, Villa Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club, Cramlington, Northumberland.Secretary, A. H. Bell, c/o The Club. Norfolk and, Norwich Aero. Club, Mousehold, Norwich. Secretary, H. 0. B.-nnett, 5, Opie Street, Norwich. Nottingham Aero Club, Hucknall, Nottingham. Hon. Secretary,Cecil R. Sands, A.C.A., Imp-rial Buildings, Victoria Street, Nottingham. The Scottish Aero Club Movement, 101, St. Vincent Street,Glasgow. Sscretary, Harry W. Smith. Suffolk Aeroplane Club. Ipswich. Secretary, Courtney N. Prentice," Hazeldell," Stowmarket, Suffolk. Yorkshire Aeroplane Club, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorks. Secretary,D. M. N. Coles, The Aerodrome, Sherburn-in-Elmet. LONDON AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending N •ivrmber 20, 1927. living time, 18 hrs. ;dual, 8 hrs. 15 mins. ; solo, 9 hrs. 15 rnins. ; passenger nights. 3d mins. Dual Instruction. —With Capt. F. G. M. Sparks: A. J. Richardson,H. M. Samuelson, E. R. Andrews, C. M. Green, Miss Spooner. With Capt. S. L. F. St. Barbe : E. R. Andrews, Rich Hayes, J. A. Simson,H. J. Greenland, Miss Wilson, R. G. Edkins, A. Fowler. Solo Flying. —R. Sanders-Clarke, W. Roche-Kelly, R. P. Cooper, O. J.Tapper, ('.'. W. Hall, E. C. T. Edwards, H. Solomon J. J. Hofer, Capt, Burt. Passenger Flights.—With Capt. F. G. M. Sparks, 13. Carey, Miss Gaskell.Aviator's Certificates.—On Wednesday, November 16, Capt. S. J. Burt, Mr. E. C. T. Edwards, and Mr. H. Solomon all passed the qualifying testfor aviators' certificates. BRISTOL 4. WESSEX AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending November 19. — Flying time, 23 hrs. 30 ruins. :instruction, 8 hrs. 55 mins. ; solo, 9 hrs. ; passenger, 5 hrs. 35 mins. Instruction (with Mr. E. B. W. Bartlett).—Messrs. A. E. Arnold. M. L.Alexander, T. H. Clarke, C. R. Greenhill. Soloists, under instruction : Messrs.. Hon. H. C. H. Bathurst, C. H. Brewer,A. H. Downes-Shaw, R. A. Hall, J. H. Robert. C. E. Pitman, S. K. Jopp. Passengers, with Mr. Tratman : Miss Castle, Miss Neuth, Messrs. G. PitmanWallace, Sly. Passengers, with Mr. Bartlett : Messrs. Hon. H. C. H. Bathurst andTrioplaml. Messrs. Brewer and Rol*'rts carried out their first solo flights. All theflying was carried out during the early part of the week, and everything pointed to a record in flying hours. We wen-, however, doomed to disappoint-ment by bad weather on Friday and Saturday. The club offer their congratulations to Capt. Mclntosh (member) andto Mr. B-rt Hmkler on their splendid performance, and svmpathisewith them in that they were prevented from reaching their objective ; also toour friends on the other side of th<- aerodrome on the fine performance of the Jupiter engine under such trvint." conditions of snow and sleet. IANCASHIRE AERO CLUB REPORT for weekending NovemK-r 19. Flying time. 11 hrs. 15 mins.;instruction, H hrs. -15 mins. ; solo nights, 2 hrs. -to mins.; passenger flights. 1 hr. 15 mins. ; tests. 1 hr. 15 mins. Instruction.—With Mr. Brown : Messrs. Slater. Hall. Heath, Tweedale,Gort, Davidson, Riley, Allott, Miss Brown and Miss Baerlein. With Mr. Cantnll : Mr. Browning. With Mr. Scholi-s : Mr. Fallon. Soloists (under instruction!.— Mr. Gerrard.Pilots. — Messrs. Costa, Gattrell and Rowley. Passengers.—With Mr. Goodfellow : Messrs. Mills and Jennison. WithMr. Cantrill : Mr. Ramsdeii. With Mr. Scholes : Miss Kiiott. With Mr. Lacayfi : Mr. Hartley. With Mr. Gattrell : Mrs. Thorpe.In a w.'ek of outstanding beastliness in the matter of weather the only point of living interest was that Mr. Costa joined Mr. Twcmlow in completinghis 20 hrs! as an '• A " licence pilot this (Air Ministry agreement] vfar. On the ground, however, even Mr. Caldecott's quiet composure has beenshaken by the long-promised-and almost-despaired-of publicaton of " Pilots' ' A ' Licence." by .1. F. Lceming. One can pay this little volumeno higher compliment than to compare it with " How to Fly," written by Monsieur Voisin many years ago. Onr read the latter at the age of 10or so, and laid it down, feeling that if only an aeroplane were handy one would take it up at once. Kven so, with Mr. Lecming's book--after readingit one feels ready to r.-qnalifv for his "A" licence almost, if ever such a horrible neeessitv should arise ! MIDLAND AERO CLUB LIMITED RF.POKT for weekending Novemb r 12.—Total Flying time. 12 hrs. 22 inins.Dual instruction (with Mr. McDonough) :- X. Crane, W. Lane. J. Brew-in, ]•.. Darlington, H. Duckitt, G. Robson.Solo : —R. B •dm.-ll. F. .1. Brighton. R. L. .Jai kson. H. 1. Willis. H. H. Smith. G. G. Savage, J. Brinton.Passengers ("with Mr. Jackson) : H. J. Wynn. '.With Mr. Brighton) : — Mr. Katn. Report for weekending Nnv.-nili.-r 19. Total flying time. 1" hrs. Ir> nuns.Dual instruction (with Mr. McDonough) : J. Brewin. H. Lattey, R. Darling- ton, G. Robson. G. Brinton, A. Ellison. S. Duckitt. Solo :—C. Fellowes, W. Swann. K. J. Brighton. G. Brinton. F. King. NFK*»ST1E-UFON-TYNE AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending November 20. - Flying time, 8 hrs. Instruction. 3 hrs. 45 mins. ; soloists, 1 hr. 2(1 nuns. ; " A " pilots, 3D mins. ; passengers. 2 hrs. 25 rnins. . .Instruction (with Mr. Parkinson) : -Miss Rambaut, Messrs. Irving, Griffiths, Horn, L. W. Helton. R. I. Dickinson, Phillips and Dr. Aldcrson. Soloists :•—Mr. J. S. Rolicrtson. " A " Pilots :—Mr. D. Wilson. Passengers (with Mr. Parkinson) : —Mrs. Rambaut, Mr. Murrell and Capt. Lamphigh.Mr. J. S. Robertson attempted his height tests on Tuesday. He left the ground in reasonably good weather, but lieforc he had reached 5.000 ft. a bankof mist suddenly blotted out the landscape He very wisely followed a gap in the mist and came down low. B^-ing unable to distinguish anything hecould see, he landed in a field to enquire his whereabouts and learnt that he was some 25 miles from Cramlington. He took off and reached Cramlingtonsafely. He completed the tests very successfully on Wednesday. LX. was rather badly damaged by fire while in the hangar on Thursday,so only one machine will be on service for a time. Capt. Lamplugh, who visited the aerodrome on Saturday in connectionwith this mishap, flew to Sherburn with Mr. Parkinson after carrying out his Inspection. The Club Dance, held on Friday, proved to be a complete social success,and the balance sheet will be on the right side. NORFOLK & NORWICH AERO CLUB REPORT for weekending November 20.—Total flying time, 3 hrs. 30 mins.Under instruction with Capt. Lines :—Messrs. G. F. Surtees, J. Morse R. Potter and H. Mack.Soloists :—W. P. Cubitt, and F. Gough. Passengers :—A. Bagshaw. Persistent bad weather has brought flying to a complete standstill. NOTTINGHAM AERO CLUB REPORT for fortnight ending November 18 :—The club commenced its aerial activities on November 4, 1927, on the return of their pilot instructor, Mr. Bernard Martin, from the Instructor'sCourse at C.F.S., and the appointment of Mr. A. J. Harris as ground engineer completed the personnel. We are fortunate in numbering amongst our present officers the followingwell-known personalities to whose generosity the club owes much.—President : Sir Harold Bowden, Bt. : Life Vice-Presidents : Sir Albert Ball, J.P., Lieut.-Col. R. Leslie Birkin. D.S.O. ; Vice-Presidents : Sir Jesse Boot, Bt., Julian Cahn, Esq.. M.F.H. and Joseph Caldwell. Esq. Flying Time.—Total riving time, 21 hrs. Dual : 17 hrs. 30 mins. Solo :2 hrs. 5o rnins. Passengers : 40 mins. Instruction (with Mr. B. Martin).—Messrs. C. E. Cox. H. A. Hallam,A. G. Callidine, H. S. Whitby. E. B. Glenn, C. H. Sands, R. A. Balke, G. W. Meats, L. E. Weldon and W. B. Pilgrim.Soloists.—Messrs A. C. Ball (" A " licence) and H. A. Hallam. Passenger Flight.—(With Mr. B. Martin) -. Mrs. H. A. Hallam, Messrs. E.J. Kay and B. R. Wilkinson. With Mr. A. C. Ball : Mr. R. A. Blake. The weather has been kind to us on most days and our Moth S.K. has beenbusy. On Thursday, November 17. the club's first soloist, Mr. H. A. Hallam, was launched and put up a successful show, leaving S.K. still in commission,and with a little tine weather next week we hope to see another couple or so pushed oft.Visitors.—On Thursday. November 10.—Sir Sefton Brancker, with Capt. Paget and a Westland Widgeon, paid us a short visit on their way to Leeds.They were met in the air by Mr. A. C. Ball (our one and only " A '' pilot) with Mr. R. A. Blake as passenger.Aerodrome.—Our aerodrome by the way, is the old war-time one at Hucknall about 6 miles north of Nottingham and is safe all over (Phone Hucknall 158).Our clubhouse accommodation is, at the moment, more spacious than luxurious and we have not got a bar (yet), but we shall be delighted to extendto any visitors a warm welcome. Nottingham Headquarters.—Ifshould be noted that correspondence shouldbe directed to the honorary secretary. Cecil R. Sands, A.C.A., at Imperial Buildings. Victoria Street. Nottingham. Telegrams may be sent to theaerodrome or to Sands, Services. Nottingham. SUFFOLK AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for weekending November 13.—Flying time. 6 hrs. 50 mins.Instruction with Mr. I.owdell : Miss D. Creasv. Dr. Sleigh, N. Creasy, S. Schofield, R. Brown, T. Marriage, K. Peck, H. Billinton.Passengers wuh Mr. Lowdcil : Miss Capel. Mr. Gosling, Miss Hanson, Miss Prentice.Passengers with Mr. C. N. Prentice : Miss Simpson, Miss Fison, Miss King, Mr. Clifton.Solo : S. Schofield, N. Creasy, C. N. Prentice. Our President, the Hon. Lady Bailey, paid u; her usual Sunday visit,and gave joy rides to several of the members. Great excitement prevailed at the aerodrome on Saturday when it was officially announced that theSuffolk Club was to be included in the new subsidy scheme. So far we have had a very struggling existence, and we can now look forward to abrighter future. We hope soon to secure a second machine and turn out " A " licensed pilots in mass production.REPORT for week ending November 20.—Flying time. 3 hrs. 45 mins. ; Instruction.—With Mr. Lowdell : Miss S. Edwards, Dr. Sleigh, H. Billing-ton. S. Schofield. G. Hutley, K. Peck. R. Brown. Passengers.—With Mr. Lowdell: F. Jolly, C. Hanson. With Mr. C. N.Prentice : Mrs. Courtney Prentice Soloists.—Dr. Tas. Sleigh, Mr. S. Schofield, C. N. Penticc.Dr. Jas. Sleigh, our chairman, was launched solo this week and put up an excellent show.Lady Bailey again visited us on Sunday. The weather was appalling, thick fog and rain, it was impossible for her to fly down so she very sportinglycame by road. Weather conditions this week have been absolutely dud, hence our fewflying hours, typical East Coast weather, gales, rain, fog. wind, sleet, and 813
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