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• • ' I — JANUARY 5, 1928 Cheshire, on October 8, but her certified total miraculously tied with that of Lady Bailey's, and, in accordance with the conditions governing records, the latter remains the holder. Other feats of Lady Heath were the winning of the Grosvenor Cup on a D.H. " Moth " at the Nottingham Bank Holiday meeting, a flight of 1,200 miles round England during which 79 landings were made, and a tour to Poland in her " Avro Avian " with Mr. Hollindrake as passenger. Besides these distinctive achievements. Lady Heath won many air races. Lady Bailey became the President of the new Suffolk Club during the year. One of the first private tours was carried out by Mr. D. Kittel in the Easter holidays. It was a short one to Germany, Holland and Belgium in his own D.H. " Moth." More recently, he did a very long tour round Europe in his new " Moth X," covering nearly 4,000 miles, and touching at points like Budapest and Naples. On May 24 Mr. Dennis Rooke left London for Australia in his own D.H. " Moth " and reached Karachi, where a mishap unfortunately ended. his flight. He returned to England a short time ago looking bronzed and well. Sir John Rhodes made a tour alone in his D.H. " Moth " to the South of France in June, and totalled 1,548 miles. Mr. X. H. Jones distinguished himself in July by winning the Air League Challenge Cup at Birmingham on his A.N.E.C.ll machine. In August Mr. Ivor McClure set off in his D.H. " Moth " accompanied by Capt. S. L. F. St. Barbe, the London Club Instructor, and did 2,200 miles in a European flight which, owing to an unavoidable mishap, finished at Budapest. Lieut. L. G, Richardson spent his summer leave on a flight to Malta in his D.H. " Moth " in the company of his brother. About 3,730 miles were flown without any trouble occurring. The next prominent event in the year was Mr. Bert Hinkler's non-stop flight from London to Riga, a distance of 1,200 miles, in 10J hours. This was on August 27. Mr. Hinkler has just claims for appearing in a resume of private flying for, although he is a professional pilot he is also a private owner. This flight was carried out in his Avro " Avian " (Cirrus II) and constitutes an unofficial record. Lieut. R. R. Bentley's record flight to the Cape in his D.H. " Moth " in September was also a private venture. He flew over 8,000 miles in a month. Squad.-Ldr. The Hon. R. A. Cochrane, p.s.a., and Flight- Lieut. Drew toured Europe in September in a Westland " Widgeon." Nearly 4,000 miles were flown in the course of 52 hours' flying time. They touched at such opposite points as Warnemunde in Germany and Pisa in Italy. Capt. Lancaster and his passenger Mrs. Keith Miller have beaten Lieut. Bentley's record this year by their present flight towards Australia, in the course of which they have reached Tavoy. They left England on October 14 in their Avro " Avian " (Cirrus). This completes a record of all the prominent events among the owners for 1927. In view of our previous comments we should perhaps qualify it and say that it completes a record of all known prominent events, for it is impossible to declare what our modest owners may have done in their rigid seclusion. With regard to the clubs, which foster private flying, we will make a survey of their performances and progress next week, if possible. There have been five new ones opened during the year, bringing the total to eleven. The Bristol Club commenced flying in July, although its opening day, at which Sir Samuel Hoare officiated, did not take place until October 8. The Norfolk and Norwich Club commenced flying at the end of June, the Suffolk Club in September, the Nottingham Club in November and the Scottish Club had its opening day on December 3. Nearly aH the Clubs have held interesting air pageants or air days. LltfHT 'PLANE CLUBS London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane, Edgware. Sec, H. E. Perrin,3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. Bristol and Wtssex Aeroplane Club, Filton, Gloucester. Secretary,Lieut.-Col. C. Fleming, Filton Aerodrome, Patchway. Hampshire Aero Club, Hamble, Southampton. Secretary, Maj.Ross YVhite, Hamble, Southampton. Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford, Lanes. Secretary, C. J.Wood, Oakfield, Dukinfield, near Manchester. Midland Aero Club, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. Secretary,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. O. Bennett, S, Opie Street, Norwich. Nottingham Aero Club, Hucknall, Nottingham. Hon. Secretary,Cecil R. Sands, A.C.A., Imperial Buildings, Victoria Street, Nottingham. The Scottish Aero Club, 101, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.Secretary, 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 FLYING RETURN for December, 1927.—Total flying time, 37 hrs. 45 mins.Dual instruction, 39 flights, 14 hrs. 35 mins. Solo flying, 47 flights, 18 hrs. 5 mins. Passenger flights, 5 flights, 1 hr. 35 mins. ; Test flights, 21 flights,3 hrs. 30 mins. There has been no flying since December 18. The club was closed downfor one week at Christmas, and both before and after Christmas the weather prevented any flying. The annual dance of the London Aeroplane Club was held at Brent BridgeHotel, Hendon, on December 19. In spite of the inclement weather there was a fairly large gathering ofmembers and friends. The various challenge trophies won by the club during the year were onview, and these included : — The Air League Challenge Cup.—Won by Norman H. Jones; secend,W. T. Hay ; third, the Hon. Lady M. Bailey. The Wakefield Trophy, Hamble.— Won by L. J. C. Mitchell.The Wakefield Trophy, Liverpool.—Won by W. T. Hay. The Newcastle Challenge Trophy.—Won by Capt. F. G. M. Sparks.During the evening replicas of the trophies were presented to the winners. HAMPSHIRE AEROPLWE ClUB REPORT for week ending December 24.—Most of our members forsookthe rudder bar in favour of skates this week, and also several consignments of assorted weather arrived, so our flying times were small. Total flying time, 4 hrs. 20 mins.' Instruction, 2 hrs. 20 mins. ; solo.1 hr. 45 mins. : test flights, 15 mins. • The following members had instruction : Mrs. Ranald, Mr. Kerry,Mr. Cripps, Mr. Storey, and Mr. Lowe-Wylde. The licensed soloists were Flying Officer Southey, Mr. Parker, Mr. Falconerand Mr. Bowen, and the unlicensed soloists were Capt. Kirhy and Mr. Cripps. REPORT for week ending December 31.—The club opened again onFriday after the Christmas holidays, but owing to lack of foresight or imagination on the part of those responsible for attending to such thingswe have no ski undercarriages for our aircraft, so our instructor said, " 'Sno use ! " However, a very jolly revel was held on New Year's F.ve. It commencedas a dance in the clubhouse, but after dancing for an hour or two, someone suggested musical chairs and that started it. AH the usual seasonable games were indulged in, including " DumbCrambo," when one team gave a delightful representation of a parachute drop, and the fun was kept up until about 2 a.m. in the New Year. We have had a machine standing by ready to go off and drop food toinhabitants isolated by the snow, but conditions have not rendered this action necessary. NTKeASTLE-UPOX-TYKE AERO ClUB REPORT for week ending December 25.—Total time, 10 hrs. 20 mins. Dualinstruction, 4 hrs. 45 mins. ; solo, 1 hr. ; " A " pilots, 4 hrs. 15 mins. ; Tests 20 mins. Instruction (with Mr. Parkinson) : Messrs. Thirlwell, FairJess, Miss Rambaut,DePledge, V. Heaton. Solo : Mr. DePledge. " A " Pilots : Miss Leathart, Mrs. Heslop, Mr. W. B. Ellis, Mr. C. ThompsonMr. D. Wilson, Mr. Leech. Passengers (With Mrs. Heslop) : Mr. C.Thompson. (With Mr. C.Thompson)Mrs. Heslop, Mr. A. Bell. (With Mr. Baxter Ellis) : Mr. P. Cooper. Mr. C. Tnompson completed his 20 hours' flying since August 1, on Sunday,the 25th. He is the first member of the club holding licence " A " to earn the full subsidy. NORFOLK 3. NORWICH AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending January 1.—Total flying time, 6 hrs. 15 mins.Instruction with Capt. Lines : Messrs. A. G. Barrett, H. Birchall, R. F. Potter, H. Mack.Soloists : W. A. Ramsey, W. P. Cubitt, H. Birchall, F. Cough. Passengers : N. Paul, J. Morse, H. Hanworth. SUFFOLK AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending January 1,—Flying time, 4 hrs. Instructs uwith Mr. Lowdell : Miss Edwards, Mr. Billinton, F. H. Jolly, F. Verney. Passengers with Mr. Lowdell: Miss Eas.ern, Mr. Watt. Passengers with Mr. Prentice : Miss Rygate, Miss Eastern, Mr.Billinton.Soloists : Dr. Jas.Sleigh. Sir S'fton Brancker visited the club on Tuesday, December 20. -Ht-arrived from Martlesham in an Avro " Lynx," piloted by Sqdn.-Ldr. Noaki s. Sir Ssfton Brancker inspected the aerodrome and clubhouse, and expresstelhis satisfaction of the work the club has done. Although there had been a heavy fall of snow and a bitterly cold windwas blowing, our President, the Hon. Lady Bailey, flew over to weiccri c Sir S?fton. YORKSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB As the club has been closed during the last week we have no flying rep< rtto send in. About 20 minutes' flying was done the previous week, and we have nothing to report except to wish all a very Happy New Year. 8
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