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MARCH 15, 1928 Solo (under instruction) : [Messrs. Cox,'Blake, Booth, Pilgrim and ColesFlying restricted to 4J days. M. J. Ouentelot, a French Pilot who is at the Nottingham University, had a trial trip with our instructor and expressed his enthusiasm about " Moths." SUFFOLK AEROPLANE CUIB REPORT for week ending March 11. Flying time, 4 hrs. 50 mins. Instruction(with Mr. Lowdeli) : Miss Georgia Rhodes, Miss D. Creasy K Peck H Billinton. ' ' Soloists : Dr. Jas. Sleigh, Messrs. H. Billinton, K. Peck, C. N. Prentice.This has been rather an unfortunate week. On Tuesday, when summerlike weather prevailed the undercarriage of G-EBRE parted company with thefuselage and landed our over-worked kite on its nose breaking the prop etc This hung up all flying but after a great rush and hard work we had her incommission again for the week-end. However owing to snow and blizzards flying was impossible. Despite the weather a large number of our membersturned up on Sunday in their usual good humour and spent the afternoon playing rugger. Don't forget the " On to Hadleigh Cup " Easter Sunday. (Details later). YORKSHIRE AEROPLANE ClUB REPOKT for week ending March 11.—Flying time, 17 hrs. 55 mins. In-struction, 9 hrs. 50 mins. ; soloists, 7 hrs. 5 mins. ; passengers, 1 hr. Instruction (with Capt. Beck) : Messrs. Ambler, Brown, Clayton, Cooke,Jackson, R. K. Lax, T. Miller, Norway, Ostler, Senior, Shires, Ward, Watson. Yeomans.Soloists : Messrs. D. Etcherlcy, Clapham, Lister. " A " Pilots : Messrs. Dawson, Ellison, Norway, I. Thomson. Passengers—With Mr. Lister, Mr. Shires ; with Mr. Thomson, Messrs.Ellison and Ostler. An uneventful week, with the exception of a slight improvement in hours.Dick Atcherley paid his usual week-end visit by air, and the club-house committee have been delving into the affairs of that much-promised, much-needed, and much-looked-forward-to club house, and rumour has it that by Whitsuntide this will be in full swing. One hopes that it will make a con-siderable difference to the Yorkshire flying hours. FROM THE FLYING SCHOOLS De Havilland Flying School, Stag Lane AerodromeREPORT for the week ending March 11.—lotal flying hours, 66 hrs. 51) mins. Instruction: dual, 15 hrs. 15 ruins.; solo, 34 hrs. 45 mins. Other flying,16 hrs. 50 mins. Six new '• Moths " were tested prior to delivery, and representatives ofvarious foreign governments were given demonstration flights during the week.On Friday, although the weather conditions were far from ideal, the Hon. Lady Mary Bailey set out on her lone flight to the Cape, accompanied, how-ever, by the heartiest wishes of everyone for the successful conclusion of a most sporting undertaking.One Royal Air Force Reserve " ab initio " pupil did a first solo, and two other pupils are now ready for " A " licence tests as soon as weather condi-tions are favourable. Henderson Flying School, Brooklands AerodromeREPORT, week ending March 8.—Total, 25 hrs. 5 inins. Dual, 14 hrs. 40 mins. ; solo, 10 hrs. 25 mins.Dual (with Mr. H. D. Davis) : Messrs. Glenny, Liniker. Crabtree, Anderson, Haniilton. Jonassen, McCabe, Whittard, Dr. Wall, and Dr. Forcythe.Solo : Messrs. Crabtree, Anderson, McCabe, Lattey, Liniker, Patton Bethune, Glenny and Dr. Wall.Despite the fact that it was impossible to fly for two days owing to heavy rain storms, this has been the best week since the New Year.Mr. Lattey took off with the idea of completing his height test. He ran into heavy snow storms and thick clouds, and was only able to push the machineup to 5,000 feet owing to the blinding snow. During the flight, the wind increased and Mr. Lattey put up a fine display of piloting. Mr. Anderson has now completed all his tests for his R.A.C. licence, andfinished off by spinning A. J. Mr. Anderson has made remarkable strides, and to watch him fly one would think an old experienced pilot was in thecockpit. In a competition held among the pupils on the school " "bus," the height record is at present held by Mr. Anderson at 9,500 ft.Capt. A. E. Golds is now helping out instruction during the week-end rush. Mr. Lattey has now qualified tor his " A " licence. THE GUGGENHEIM SAFE AIRCRAFT COMPETITION IN view of certain questions that have been raised inregard to the Guggenheim Safety Aircraft Competition (see the AIRCRAFT ENGINEER for June 23 and July 28, 1927), thefollowing rulings have been made by the trustees of the fund :— 1. Question.—Supposing a machine were entered onSeptember 1, 1927, and were delivered in New York in March, 1928, would that machine with its pilots and mechanics beexpected to remain on the " designated field " until the closing of the competition some time after October 31,1929? Ruling.—After the completion of the tests and the awardingof the points, there would be no necessity for the aircraft to remain at the field. The number of points awarded is asufficient record. 2. Question.—What of the extreme difficulty of obtaining <$> <$> Norwich Aero Club Social ON March 9, the Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club held another social, at which the Chairman, Mr. A. A. Rice, wel- comed the visitors. This was one of a series it was hoped to hold during the next few months. Disappointment was felt at the unavoidable absence of Flt.-Lt. Webster, the winner of last year's Schneider Trophy Race. Squadron Leader Rae, the test pilot of Boulton and Paul, Ltd., Norwich, said that he had received a message from Flt.-Lt. Webster, explaining that he had been summoned before the Secretary of State for Air, making it impossible for him to attend the social. But he hoped to visit Norwich later. The band from Felixstowe Air Station attended gratuitously, and played attractively. Flt.-Lt. Comper, of Felixstowe, delivered a lecture on light aeroplanes, illustrated with lantern slides. WTiat was wanted, he said, was a cheap aeroplane. A really light aeroplane was small and cost very little. It was possible now to produce an engine weighing only 100 lbs. which would give 50 h.p. With such an engine a machne could be half the weight of the present light aeroplane, and the cost of flying compar- able with that of a two-seater car. Capt. H. Cator appealed for increased membership of the Club. He said that this summer a miniature golf course, Badminton and other amenities would be arranged at the aerodrome. Avro Club To provide social intercourse between employees of A. V. Roe and Co., an Avro Club has been formed with a membership already amounting to 184. The Club is fully licensed and open every week-day at the canteen. Private Owner Killed , .„ ' LADY CARBERY, the wife of Lord Carbery, was killed whilst flying her D.H. " Moth " at Nairobi, Kenya Colony, on March 12. During the afternoon she had taken friends for flights, and in the evening Mr. Cowie accompanied her to take instruction. The machine was seen to lose flying speed, 181 a really fair comparison of merit as regards stick and unstickdue to inevitable variation of wind ? Ruling.—If " calm " air is not obtainable tests of thischaracter will be repeated under different wind conditions and curves of distances plotted against wind speed. 3. Question.—In calculating cargo space, what weightsshall be specified for pilot, observer and instruments fitted by the Fund ?Ruling.—For the purpose of calculating the cargo space for which provision must be made, the combined weights ofthe pilot, observer, and any special instruments or equipment fitted by the Fund for the purpose of the competition is to betaken as 400 lbs. 4. Question.—To obviate ground effect, at what altitudewill speed tests be run ? Ruling.—The test for speeds will be at such an altitude asto preclude the possibility of ground interference. and before it crashed Lady Carbery jumped out, but was instantly killed. Mr. Cowie was also killed.. Lord Carbery was a witness of the disaster. It was only a month or two since his wife had returned to Kenya with her machine after spending many months in this country last year, learning to fly at Stag Lane. Her husband, a pioneer, who preferred to be known as Mr. Carberry, flew out from Croydon before her in his new Fokker " Universal." Lady Carbery was his second wife. Red Rose Re-starts CAPT. LANCASTER and Mrs. Keith Miller left Singapore on March 13 in their Avro " Avian " to resume their flight to Australia from England. It will be recalled that they crashed at Muntok in January, and the machine was taken back to Singapore for repairs. Another Cape Flight LADY BAILEY left Croydon on March 9 in her D.H. " Moth " with the intention of making an unaccompanied flight to the Cape. An extra petrol tank had been fitted in the front cockpit which allows for non-stop flights of 10 hours, if necessary. Only two small suit-cases comprised her personal luggage. The first landing after leaving Croydon was at Sacy le Petit (Oise), owing to fog. On the following day Paris was reached. Immediate progress was then checked by snowfalls, but when a start was made Lady Bailey got to Lyons, encountering a little difficulty through a faulty compass. Despite a strong mistral that was raging, the next stage to Marseilles was made on March 11. On March 12 Lady Bailey left Marseilles for Pisa at noon. A number of pilots went up to bid her farewell. Capetown-England Honeymoon Flight IT was reported, on March 3, that Lieut. R. R. Bentley and his bride had left Cape Town in his D.H. " Moth " with the object of spending the honeymoon on a flight to England. This South African pilot received the A.F.C. for flying from London to Cape Town in the same machine, last September.
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