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DECEMBER 1, 1927 W (t5sSs& afternoon in his Short " Singapore " flying boat, and was weather bound until Sunday morning. The first persons to greet him and give him assistance upon his arrival were two memlx'rs of this dull, Capt. Kirby and I). A. K. Cripps, who went out to him in Capt. Kirby's auxiliary yacht Shubra. We are pleased to be able to announce that Mr. H. J. Harrington has been appointed secretary to this club. iVlr. Harrington has had a gnat deal of experience of club secretaryship, having been for 10 years with the Old Lyonian Club at Harrow. He served with the Honourable Artillery Company on active service in Belgium, France and Italy, and at the end of the war was engaged upon a special job at G.H.Q., Italy. From our short knowledge of him, we are convinced that he will do everything in his power to help members and further the interests of the club. Another announcement which it gives us great pleasure to make is that we have now placed an order with Messrs. A. V. Roe and Co. for a Mark III Avian, and hope to get delivery in about four weeks. The following members had instruction with Flight-Lieut. Thomson :— Mrs. Aitken Dick, Lieut.-Com. Evans Penman, K.N., Lieut. Mandeville, R.N., Capt. Kirby, M.M., Mr. Hall, Mr. Lowe-Wylde and Mr. Courtney. The soloists were Miss Hume, Don J. de la Cierva, Mr. Cripps. Mr. Stephen Fry and Mr. Stanford. LANCASHIRE AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending November 26.—Flying time, 13 hrs. 40 mins. Instruction, 6 hrs. 35 mins.; solo flights, 4'hrs. ; passenger flights, 1 hr. 50 mills. ; test, 1 hr. 15 mins. Instruction (with Mr. Brown) : Messrs. Heath, Hall, Tweedale, Kills, Allott, Gort, Browning, Davison, Benson, Pattrieoux, Miss Brown. Soloists (under instruction) : Messrs. Davison, Gerrard, and Meads. Pilots : Messrs. Slater, Costa, Rowley, Michelson, Twemlow, and Harber. Passengers (with Mr. Lacayo) : Messrs. Benson, Forshaw and Hartley. (With Mr. Costa) : Messrs. Callaghan and Gousa. (With Mr. Twemlowj : Miss Lingard, Mr. Morris. On Saturday, while flying Avian QL on a cross-country trip, Mr. Lacayo suddenly found his air-screw ceasing to screw. Alighting with excellent judgment in a good field he examined the engine and found that a connecting- rod had sheared and after making a nasty hole through the cylinder skirt and upper half of the crank-case had continued its career of crime by punching another hole through the bottom half of the crank-case on the opposite side. Whereupon, after remarking " Come, come, Mr. Cirrus," or words to that effect, he returned home by road. On Sunday w'e were indebted (for once !) to the weather for relieving the monotony of a quiet afternoon. The weather was thick and unpleasant throughout, but just after Mr. Crosthwaite had taken off on a solo flight it proceeded to get worse. And then worse. One forgets just how many attempts were made before a successful atterrissage was effected, but at any rate it must have lasted quite long enough to convert any superior people oil the aerodrome who had decided that flying was dull. MIDLAND AERC CLUB LIMITED RFPOKT for week ending November 2fi.—Total flying time, fi hrs. Dual instruction (with Mr. McDonough) : J.'Brewm. K. Darlington. S. Iluckett. G. Koljson. I'. W'yiin. Solo (with Mr. Mcl)oiinui;h) : S. H. Smith, R. Bednell, H. J. Willis. General Report.—Low' clouds and fog restricted flying. NEVCASTLE-lTPON-n'NE AERO CLUB REPOKT for weekending Sunday, Novemlxr 27.—Total time, 9 hrs. 2o niins. : instruction, 3 hrs. 55 niins. ; " A " pilots, 3 hrs. 25 mins. ; passenger flights. 1 hr. 3o mins.; tests, 3u niins. Instruction (with Mr. Parkinson) : Messrs. Hayton, Dickinson, Griffiths, Fairless and Dr. Aldersou. " A" pilots : Mrs. Heslop, Mr. R. X. Thompson. Mr. C. Thompson. Mr I'. L. Turnbull, Mr. D. Wilson. East Kent Flying Club THIS new club hopes to be able to establish itself definitely now with the assistance of the Air Ministry's new financial scheme. In a subsequent issue, we hope to give further particulars of their proposals. On November 25, the club was visited at the Lympne aerodrome by Mr. Charles Black- burn, flying in his Blackburn " Bluebird " Mk. II, with Mr. Blake as pilot. This was in the course of his aerial tour of England. The machine was demonstrated to several club members, and Mr. Little, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Drake and Mr. Dallas Brett were given 10-min. flights. A general conclusion about the machine was very favourable, particularly with regard to its low landing speed of 35 m.p.h. During the morning, Capt. Reeve arrived on a de Havilland " Moth " to refuel. He was on his way to Rome to deliver the machine to the Rcgia Aeronautica. Then a Danish pilot also landed at Lympne in another " Moth " to refuel, and finally came a Farman " Goliath " machine belonging to the Air Union. So it was an interesting morning for the club. Westland " Widgeon's " Success THE Westland Aircraft Company of Veovil received word from Australia that a Westland "Widgeon III" won the <s> <$> Use of Wind Channel for Performance Prediction UNDER above title, Mr. R. K. Pierson, chief designer of Vickers, Ltd., read a paper, on November 17, before the R.Ae.S., I.Ae.E., in which he described very fully the methods in use at Weybridge for suspending the models, reducing spindle interference effects, etc. Somewhat obviously, the paper does not lend itself to summarising, and we must refer readers to the paper itself for full information. In the Vickers channel some very accurate work can now be done, even to the extent of testing models complete with airscrew Passengers (with Mr. C. Thompson) : Mrs. Heslop. (With Mr. Turnbull) :Mr. Davidson. With flying possible on only three days of the week, owing to very badweather conditions, and only one machine on service, the disappointing total of 9 hrs. is all that could be managed. Mr. Parkinson carried out two test nights, of about 2(1 mius. duration, inMr. Robertson's Avro, with the owner as passenger, in addition to the Club's total. NOTTINGHAM AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending Nov. 25.—Total flying time : 4 hrs. 40 mins. Dual, 3 hrs. 10 mins. Solo, 1 hr. Joy rides, 3(1 mins. Instruction (with Mr. Martin), Messrs. Pilgrim, Blake, Sands and Cox. Solo : Messrs. Ball (" A " Licence) and Sands. Joy ride (with Mr. Martini : Mr. Dawson. As our Moth is not an amphibian and the installation of a fog horn some- what difficult, we have only been able to take the air on two days this week. Nevertheless Mr. Cyril Sands managed to pull off a very successful first solo and his landings, thanks to a careful application of " that 55 feeling," which we are all trying to cultivate, were w'onderful to behold. NORFOLK & NORWICH AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending November 27.—Total flying time : 6 hrs. 30 mins. Instruction with (Capt. Lines) : -Messrs. J. Morse, R. F. Potter, H. Girling, A. Barker, X. Brett, G. F. Surtees. Soloists : W. P. Cubitt, \V. H. Ramsey, R. F. Moore, H. Pank, F. Gough. Passengers : Mrs. R. Moore, Mr. J. Morse. YORKSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending November 19.—Flying time, 9 hrs. 40 mins. : instruction, 7 hrs. '25 mins. ; soloists, 1 hr. 45 mins. ; passengers, 30 mins. Instruction.—With Capt. Beck : Messrs. Ramsden, H. Crowther, A. Crow- ther, Collins, Ellis, Clayton, Batcock, Miller, Brown, Humpherifs. Jackson, Bell. With Mr. Stockbridge : Mr. Ostler. Solo Instruction.—Messrs. D. Atcherley, Ellison. " A " Pilots.—Messrs. M. B. Lax, Mann, Dawson. Passengers.—With Mr. Stockbridge : Miss Whitaker. This week again the weather has seriously interfered with flying. In the last fortnight one of our Bluebirds has been on exhibition in a motor showroom in Leeds, and has been of great interest to the public, and also a means of interesting new members. On Saturday, Mr. Parkinson brought Capt. Lamplugh from Newcastle, and as there was half a gale blowing, it was considered better to put the machine away, and not attempt to fly it back until Monday. Newcastle's loss for the weekend was Yorkshire's gain. Report for week ending November 16.—Flying time : 7 hrs. 5 min=. Instruction : 5 hrs. 35 mins. Soloists : 1 hr. Passengers : 30 mins. Instruction (with Captain Beck) : Miss Watson, Messrs. Jackson. Bracken - bury, Clayton. Crowther, Ellis, Hepworth. Solo instruction : Mr. Ellison. " A " Pilot? : Messr?. Brackenbury, Lister, Wood and Norway. Passengers (with Captain Beck' : Miss Stevenson, Mr. Shaw. With Mr. Brackenbury : Mr. Thomson. With Mr. Wood : Mr. Ellison. Our appallingly low hours this week must be attributed to the fact that it has only been possible to fly on two days due to our being utterly and completely fogbound the rest of the week. It seems astonishingly bad luck, for the visibility on the aerodrome has been less than 50 yards, whilst three miles distant the country has been bathed in brilliant sunshine. On Wednes- day Capt. Beck took G EBRG to be fitted with a new type " Genet " engine, and collected G-EBRF thus equipped, which shows a marked improvement on the previous type. The "Clubhouse" rumour grows stronger every day. and it is hoped that early in the New Year this will have developed into an accomplished fact. prize for the fastest time in the Queensland Aerial Derby Speed Championship Cup Race on November 12. The course was a triangular one of 45 miles and the pilot was Mr. Kent. This machine was recently supplied to Brock- way Motors, Ltd., of Sydney, N.S.W., a motor firm that is adopting the light aeroplane business as a branch concern. D.H. Items THE Handley Page automatic slot device is to be tried on a D.H. " Moth," with which Capt. G. de Havilland and Capt. H. Broad will shortly make test flights. Mr. F. N. St. Barbe, the de Havilland business manager, is now in Canada arranging a distributing base at Ottawa or Montreal for the assembly of the D.H. " Moths " being sent to Canada for the new flying clubs. It is expected that a manufacturing plant may develop. Incidentally, Canada has ordered twelve more " Moths," this making a total of 28 ordered so far. Maj. de Havilland reached Adelaide recently by air in a " Moth," with the Rev. John Flynn, Inland Superintendent of the Australian Presbyterian Church, as passenger. This was in connection with an aerial medical service scheme to be inaugurated by the Australian Inland Mission next Easter. The idea is to establish the " flying doctor." <^ <•> running. For instance, the lecturer stated that the accuracy of prediction of performance from model tests gave outside limits of error of 2 per cent, on ground level speed ; 5 per cent, on rate of climb at ground level, and 7 per cent, on ceiling. Of special interest was Mr. Pierson's reference to the method used by him for visualising the airflow by the use of a plate coated with black varnish, in which is imbedded grains of sand. French chalk introduced into the channel is deposited in " drifts " behind the sand grains, and by their length and direction give an indication of the airflow. 825
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