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1928
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FEBRUARY 23, 1928 said that his " 'Cirrus' engine looked and ran as though it had just come ofi the test bench in spite of its gruelling test." On February 20, Bandung, in Java, was reached from Singapore, then a hop over 900 miles the next day brought the " Avian " to Bima, On the final stage, from Bima to Port Darwin, he flew 1,000 miles, 600 of which were over open sea. Mr. " Bert " Hinkler has been the first to reach Australia by light aeroplane and he beat the time taken by Sir Ross Smith and Sir Arthur Smith in 1919 by 12 days. Other achievements incidentally accomplished are : the longest solo flight and the longest flight in a light aeroplane. He did not quite beat his own unofficial record for the longest non- stop light aeroplane flight which was 1,200 miles, the distance Feb. covered on his London-Latvia trip last year. The propeller on his Avro " Avian " is a Fairey. The Time Table of the England—Australia Flight is as follows :— Feb-7 London—Rome. (1100)*. 8 Rome—Malta. (400). 9 Malta—Benghazi—Tobruk.(980). 11 Tobruk— Ramleh. (350).12 Ratnleh—Basra. (900). 13 Basra—last. (800).14 Jask—Karachi. (580). 15 Karachi—Cawnpore. (850). Cawnpore—Calcutta. (650).Calcutta—Rangoon. («50). Rangoon—Victoria Point.(500). Victoria Point—Singapore. (720). Singapore—-Bandung. (625).Bandung—Bima. (900). 22 Bima—Port Darwii;. (loOO). 17 18 19 2021 • Approximate mileage. LIOHT PLANE CLUBS LONDON AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending February 19 :—Flying time : Dual instruction,17 hrs. 50 mins. ; solo flying, 12 hrs. 40 mins. Dual Instruction.—With Capt. F. G. M. Sparks : W. H. Lane, MajorMason, C. E. Murreh, W. L. M. O'Connor, R. Have?. Miss Fletcher, E. A. Lingard, G. Black. With Capt. S. L. F. St. Bqrbe : G. Black, S. Hansel,Miss H. Cholmondeley, C. Peckham. J. P. Edinger, A. P. Glenny, P. W. Hoare, A. O. Wigzell, Mrs. Fraser, Miss Fletcher, L. Rowson. Solo Flying.—J. J. Hofcr, R. Sanders Clark, Sqdn.-Ldr. M. E. A. Wright,W. L. M. O'Connor, P. W. Hoare, G. W. Hall, B. B. Tucker, Major H. Petre, H. B. Michelmore, E. E. Stammers, O. J. Tapper, C. E. Murrell, W. Hay,M. L. Bramson, W. L. Ballantyne, H. Solomon, H. M. Samuelson, Rich. Hayes. E. A. Lingard. Passenger Flights.—With Capt. S.L. F. St. Barbe): Miss H. Cholmondeley,Miss V. Cholmondeley, N. F. Shelley. With Capt. F. G. M. Sparks : H. Sutton, D. Robertson', Mrs. D. Black, Miss Walton. With E. E. Stammers :Miss Maddock, Miss Stammers. With O. J. Tapper : R. C. Richmond, Miss H. Cholmondeley. WTith Sqdn.-Ldr. M. E. A. Wright : G. W. Hall,With Major H. Petre : Mrs. Fraser. With W. Hay : Mrs. Davis. With W. T. W. Ballantyne : Miss Fowkes. The improved weather conditions of Saturday and Sunday resulted inconsiderable activity at the club during the week-end, and we were able to get in 26 hours flying on the two days.W. L. M. O'Connor and E. A. Lingard flew solo for the first time, andH. M. Samuelson passed the necessary tests for his Pilot's Licence.Members' Matins.—The attendance of members at the General Meeting on tie 15th instant, was very satisfactory, and the suggestion that suchMeetings should be held at moro Jrequent intervals met with the unanimous approval ot tl'.e Members present and the Committee oi the Club. It waspurely an informal gathering and Members were given every opportunity of putting forward their views as to the future policy of the Club. Members took full advantage of this opportunity, and many valuablesuggestions were submitted for the consideration of the Committee. It was pointed out that the Committee had, under review, certain proposalsfor extending tire activities oi the club 7 and that those proposals would t»submitted to the Members at a later date. BRISTOL it WESSEX AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for weekending February 18 :—Total flyin;; time, 14 hrs. 35 mins.Instruction, 4 hrs. 45 mins.; solo, 9 hrs. 15 mins. ; passengers, 35 mins. Under instruction -. Major Hume, Messrs. Arnold, Inskip, Bryan, Rolerts,T. H. Clarke, and B. L. Bathurst. Soloists : Messrs. Downes-Shaw, Arnold, Jopp, Roberts, T. H. Clarke,Hall, and H. C. H. Bathurst. Passengers with Mr. E. Hopper : Mr. Rowbottom. With Mr. S. K.Jopp : Miss Van Sommer. Flying was possible only for part of Sunday and all Saturday. The weatherfrom Monday to Friday is best described in words which, though terse and ex- pressive, have not, as yet, been adopted in the official reports of the Meteoro-logical Office. Preliminary work in preparation for the Air Pageant, to be held here onMay 5, is well advanced. HAMPSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending February 19.—Flying time, 17 hrs. Instruction7 hrs. 55 mins. Solo flights, 6 hrs. 35 mins. Passenger nights, 1 h. 50 mins Tests, 40 mins. Instruction with Flight.-Lieut. F. A. Swoffer :—Mrs. Ranald, Cicrva,Cooper, Kerry, Watson-Taylor, Southcliffe, Baynes, Perfect, Lowe-Wilde, Shepherd, Richardson, Puttock, Bull, Heath, Cripps, Kirby, Courtney,Mandeville, Scott-Hall, Curtis-Nuthall, Dickson, Grosvenor. Soloists.—Cierva, Cooper, Kirby, Lowe-Wilde, Shepherd, Cripps, Southey,Flight-Lieut. Crawford, Fagan, Bowen, Wells, Parker, Oliver, Heath. Passengers :—-With Mr. Oliver : Miss Anderson. With Flight-Lieut.Crawford : Miss Grace, Miss Hancock-Steil. With Mr. Bowen : Mrs. Water- man. With Flight-Lieut. Swoffer : Miss Marriot. Flying was only possible Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday. We have nowtwo machines and hope to have a third next week, as Flight-Lieut. Swoffer is collecting a Moth from Stag Lane on Monday. LANCASHIRE AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending February 18.—Flying tims, 22 hrs. 10 minsInstruction, 8 hrs. 55 mins. Solo flights, 7 hrs'. 45 mins. Passenger, 4 hrs 30 mins. Tests, 1 hr. Instruction, with Mr. Baker : Cohen, Tweedale, Hall, Benson, Harber,Brooking, Goss, Davison, Crosthwaite, Michelson, Gort, Ward, Seeker, Fallon, Weale, Hardy, Stern, Meads. With Mr. Cantrill: Miss Baerlein, Gort, Michelson.Solists (under instruction) : Cohen, Browning, Gort, Hall. Pilots : Nelson, Michelson, Meads, Davison, Crosthwaite, Twemlow, Ward,Hardy, Caldecott. Passengers.—With Mr. Baker: Harrison, Sweeney, Leach. With Mr.Twemlow : Hall, Miss Jump, Mrs. Mortimer, Mrs. Twemlow. With Mr. Cantrill : Mrs. Brimelow, Dr. and Mrs. Stress,, Mrs. Bishop, Miss Busby,Faulkner. With Mr. Goodfellow ; Mr. Hall. With Mr. Lacayo : Mills, White- house, Rennison, Browning. The air was thick with fog-fumes and aerofoils this week-end, all themachines being serviceable together for the first time this year. Mr. Caldecott obtained his " A " licence and Messrs. Cohen, Gort and Hall :u''ompii?hedexcellent first solo flights. Unfortunately. Mr. Andorson, one of our private owners, met withmisfortune on the Saturday. While flying L. V. cross-country with Mr. Lacayo, they were caught by a strong down-current and compelled to landon a hill-side. The machine turnt-d ovrr, but neither of the occupants was. injured. MIDLAND AERO CLUB UMITET Report for week ending February 18.—Total flying time, 13 hrs. 12. mi usDual instruction with-Mr. McDonough: E. P. Lane, E. Wynn, C. VV. Fellowes, H. Lattey, G. Aldridge, G. Robson, S. Hall.Solo: W. Swann, R. L. Brinton, R. L. Jackson, G. Brinton. C. Fellowes H. J. Willis, S. H. Smith, E. J. Brighton.Passengers with Mr, Brighton : G. Buckle., A. Ackling. With Mr. Tackson : L. V. Mann, S. H. Smith, E. Wynn.Capt. McDonough, who has been the Chief Instructor sine,:- thf Club com- menced operations as one of the Approved Light Aeroplane. Clubs, is leavingus at the end of the month to take up an appointment in Canada. His, successor will be Flight-Lieut. T. Rose, D.F.C., R.A.F.O. NEWCASILE-UPON-TTOE AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending February 19.—Total flving. 16 hri. 55 mins.Instruction, 6 hrs. 30 mins. "A" Pilot, S hrs. Pass.-ngcrs. 1 hr. Tests, 40 mins. Solo training, 45 mins.The following flew under instruction with Mr. Parkinson : Messrs. Percy, V. Heaton. Brown, Runciman, Griffiths, Horn . Advanceddual : Mr. DePledge. " A " Pilots ; Dr. Dixon, Mr. D. Wilson, Mrs. Heslop, -Mr. C. Thompson,Mr. H. Ellis, Mr. J. D. Irving, Mr. R. N. Thompson, Mr. Turubull, Mr. Mathews Mr. L. C. Davev, Mr. A. Bel!. Soloists : Mr. De Pledge, Mr. N. Horn.Passengers with Mrs. Heslop : Mr. Luckman, Mr. C. Thompson. With Mr. C. Thompson: Mrs. Heslop, Mr. Bulmer, Mr. Luckman, Mr. I. Todd,Mr. O. Robson, Mrs. White ; with Mr. H Ellis: Mr. M-ichan ; with Mr. R. N. TtoOiapSoni; Mr*. Rutherford ; With Dr. Dixon : Miss DLxon : with Mr. \.Bell: Miss Bulmer, Mr. Keath, Mr. J. Bell • with Mr. J. D. Parkinson : Dr. Grensrll, Mr. W. White. Mr. Havton. Flying was possible only for a short time on Tuesday and Thursday, butSunday proved quite good and oi the week's total 14 hrs. 30 mins. was. completed on that day. Mr. Horn carried out his first solo flight in excellent style on that day, thefirst it has been possible to launch a pupil this year. The club's fleet ot three Moths was never idle throughout the d<iy, exceptduring the lunch hour. On Sunday next, the 26th, the Forced Landing Competition, for the Cuppresented by Mrs. J. D. Irving, takes place at 3 p.m., and it appears that this will be an interesting contest, as all the regular flying pilots have entered.The competition is confined to ah initio pilots and will be won outright. There will be no danger to thf- Moths, as Mr. Parkinson will occupy thepassenger's seat. There has not been any applications for his post, which certainly should be interesting, at least. NORFOLK & NORWICH AERO CLUB FLYING report for week ending February 19.—lotal flying time, 6 hrs.15 mins. Instruction with Capt. Lines : Messrs. G. Watson Parker. G. Barker, NBrett, N. Lindby, C. Gowing. So'oists : Messrs. R. Moore, F. Gough.Passengers : Miss Speechley, Messrs. Alexander, P. Townshend, H. Green. Another week of bad windy wet weather hai kept our flying time down to aminimum and very little indeed has been possible exc»pt on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday, of course, was an ideal day and a large gathering ofmembers and iriends were present at the aerodrome. A visiting Westland -Widgeon was very much enjoyed, practically all thesoloists trying her out. The Club House was looking very attractive yesterday through the splendidgifts of table cloths by Mrs. H. j. Cator and crockery by Mrs. Pillow and Miss Rice. These were badly needed and it is here where the feminine touchis so helpful. In connection with a lecture; on aviation four of the Paston GrammarSchool boys from North Walsham were given " joy ride? " or. Saturday morning. SUFFOLK AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending February 19.—Flying time, 10 hrs. 30 mins'Instruction with Mr. Lowdell : Miss Rhod?s, Miss Creasy. Miss Edwards' Messrs. H. Billinton, K. Peck, R. Brown, F. Jolly, G. Smith. Passengers with Mr. Lowdell : Mrs. Courtney Prentice, Mr. C. Hanson,Miss Heckmonthwait, Miss Lowdell, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Brittain, Mrs. Wardel, Miss Birch ; with Mr. Prentice : Mrs. Taylor, Miss Thompson. Mr. E. Croydon.Soloists : Dr. Jas. Sleigh, S. Schofield, C. N. Prentice. Mr. Lowdell, who has devoted all his spare time for the past four monthsas the club's voluntary instructor, has now secured his release from the Royal Air Force and has been engaged by the club as chief instructor. The aero-drome will from now onwards be open for instruction every day except Fridays. Members please note. On Sunday Flight-Lieut. Comper, of the Felixstowe Light Aeroplane Club,flew over in their C.L.A.4 and gave joy-rides to several of their members. Sunday was a psrfect day and we managed to get in six hours' flying. 122
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