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MARCH 22, 1928 BRISTOL k VESSEX AEROPLANE OUB REPORT for week ending March 17.—Total flying time, 17 hrs. 25 jnin.Instruction, 9 hrs. 25 mins. ; solo, 5 hrs. 50 tains. ; passengers, 2 hrs. 10 mins. Cross-country flights..—Mr. Downes-Sbaw and Mr. Jopp, to Yelverton ;Mr. Hopper and Mr. Roberts, to Yeovil. Instruction.—(With Mr. Bartlett) : Messrs. Newman, B. L. Bathurst,T. H. Clarke, Kennan, Maj. Hume, Messrs. Girdlestone, Tanner, Garrett, and Downes-Shaw. (With Mr. Tratman) : Mr. Walwin." Soloists.—Messrs. Clarke and Arnold. "A" Pilots—Messrs Jopp, H. C. H. Bathurst, Tratman, and Downes-Shaw. Passengers.—(With Mr. Hopper) : Mr. Roberts. (With Mr. C. S. Clarke) :Mrs. David. Mr. Downes-Shaw flew to Yelverton with Mr. Jopp and returned in theafternoon. Mr. Hopper took Mr. Roberts with him to Yeovil where they stayed the night. Both journeys were made through snow showers. We hopethat members of other clubs will attend the pageant on May 5. R.Ae.C. and affiliated club members will be admitted free on production of official badge. HAMPSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending March 18.—Flying time, 26 hrs. 30 mins. Solo,9 hrs. 10 mins. Dual, 13 hrs. 25 mins. Passenger flights, 2 hrs. 55 rains. Tests, 1 hr.Instruction (with Flight-Lieut. Swoffer), 20. Soloists, 10. Passengers (with Flight-Lieut. Swoffer), 4. Passengers (with Capt. Kirby), 1.Mr. Richardson carried out his first solo on Tuesday, and made further successful flights on Wednesday and Thursday.Mr. Baynes successfully carried out all his tests on Saturday for his " A " licence. LANCASHIRE AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending March 17.—Flying time, 16 hrs. 40 mins. Instruc-tion, 11 hrs. 20 mins. Solo flights, 3 hrs. 10 mins. Passenger flights, 1 hr. 20 mins. Tests, 50 mins.Instruction (with Mr. Baker) : Messrs. Cohen, Stross, Harber, Eills, Twee- dale, Benson, Nelson, Harrison, Mills, Gort, Slack, Watson, Allott, Taylor,Weale, Haveson, Crosthwaite, Michelson, Miss Hill, Miss Emery ; (with Mr. Cantrell) : Messrs. Brooking and Weale. Soloists (under instruction) : Messrs. Hall, Gort, and Cohen.Pilots : Messrs. Twemlow and Lacayo. Passengers (with Mr. Goodfellow) : Mr. Mills ; (with Mr. Twemlow) :Mr. Holden ; (with Mr. Baker) : Miss Briggs, Messrs. Ayre, Watson, Lefroy, Belcher, and Chrimeck. Stormy weather. "QL" still out of action, but will be back this week."OK" the Renault Avro is on sale ; several offers have been received, and she will probably be sold this week and replaced by another Avian. MIDLAND AFRO CtUB UMTTEP REPORT for week ending March 10.—Total flying time, 15 hrs. 29 mins.Dual instruction (with Flight-Lieut. Rose, D.F.C.) : E. P. Lane, H. Beamish, G. Aldridge, O. L. Richards, E. D. Wynn, R. L. Brinton, j. H. Baker,G. Robson. Solo: R. D. Bednell, R. L. Brinton, W. Swann, S. H. Smith, C. W.Fellowes, E. D. Wynn, H. J. Willis, J. Rowley, E. R. King. Passengers : A. Harley, Miss Brighton, L.'/T. Gundle. E. M. Kerr, L. V.Mann, E. J. Radway, Mrs. Harley, R. Aspinall, S. H. Smith, T- H. Moore, T. W. Wild.On Sunday Mr. E. D. Wynn was launched solo and put up a very good performance. Despite the prevalence of fog which rendered flying impossible untilJl a.m., 10 hrs. 44 mins. was put in by the two " Moths " during the day, which constitutes a club record, but which we hope to considerably exceedduring the summer. Messrs. Bartlett and Bathurst of the Bristol Club recently paid us a visit. REPORT for week ending March 17.—Total flying time, 15 hrs. 55 mins.Dual instruction (with Flight-Lieut. Rose, D.F.C.) : G. Aldridge, O. L. Richards, G. Robson, H. Tipper, S. Duckitt, E. D. Wynn, J. R. H. Baker,A. B. Gibbons, H. Beamish. Solo : R. L. Jackson, C. W. Fellowes, R. D. Bednell, W. Swann, G. Robson,S. H. Smith, E. D. Wynn. Passengers : J. F. Tipper, J. S. Hathaway, W. Morris, J. H. Moore,V. M. Parsons, H. M. Williams, P. H. H. Baker. Despite a strong wind and snowstorms we managed to put in nearly fivehours' flying on Sunday. KTEVCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AERO ClUB REPORT for week ending March 18.—Total flying time, 10 hrs. 40 mins.Dual instruction, 1 hr. 45 mins. Solo, training, 25 mins. " A" pilots, 5 hrs. Tests, 1 hr. Passengers, 2 hrs. 30 mins.Instruction (with Mr. Parkinson) : Messrs. Runciman, Horn, Welch. Solo training : Dr. Alderson." A " pilots : Mrs. Heslop, Messrs. N. S. Todd, A. Bell, R. N. Thompson, F. L. Turnbull, C. Thompson, R. M. Stobie.The snowstorm of last week stopped all flying (and road traffic, too, in the district), the machines not leaving the hangars except for some tests forweather and about an hour's flying on Friday. All the rest for the week being carried out on Sunday, when it was clear but rather too windy forall but the more experienced pilots. NORFOLK & NORWICH AERO CLUB REPORT for the weekending March 18.—Total flying time, 13 hrs.Instruction (with Mr. F. Fry) : Messrs. Marshall, A. J. K. Finch, G. Barker, E. Lambert.Soloists : Messrs. N. Brett, H. Mack, R. F. Potter, H. Pank, R. T. Harmer, VV. P. Cubitt, G. Surtees, F. Gough.Number of Passengers : Twelve. A special meeting of the Directors was held at the Royal Hotel, Norwich,on Wednesday the 14th inst. to consider a report presented by Mr. C. R. Bignold (ex Lord Mayor, and Joint Member of the Club) and Capt. RussellHarmer. These two gentlemen collaborating with Mr. F. Gough (temporary Hon. Manager), carefully investigated the whole position of the Club, past,present, and future, resulting in a concise but clear report. The representatives accepted, confirmed and passed in its entirety. Mr. F,Gough was appointed Hon. Managing Director for twelve months, and a special Managing Committee, consisting of Messrs. H. Cator, W. A. Ramsay,R. Harmer, W. P. Cubitt and F. Gough, was appointed, being given exception- ally complete power in all matters whatsoever. All other committees weredisbanded. Mr. G. McEwen who has recently been in charge of the Aerodrome Officewas appointed Club Secretary and one wishes him every success. Apart from the Manager we now have a completely paid staff, and the club has at lastgot a businesslike atmosphere about it. NOTTINGHAM AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending March 9.—Total flying time, 4 hrs. 45 mins.Dual, 2 hrs 25 mins. Solo (" A " licence), 10 mins. Solo (under instruction), 1 hr. 10 mins. Passenger, 50 mins. Tests, 10 mins. Passengers (with Mr. Marton) : Messrs. J. Granger, E. Linney, Barber,and K. Blake. (With Mr. Hallam) : Mr. Kay. Dual (with Mr. Martin) : Messrs. F. Granger, A. G. Calladine and B.Pilgrim. Solo (" A" licence) : Mr. Hallam. Solo (under instruction) : Messrs.Cox, Blake, Pilgrim and Booth. We are rather down the course this week with our time, but the fact isour Moth went to ground in a hedge (no names, no pack drill!) on Sunday last, and has had to go to D.H.'s for two new bottom planes. MeanwhileD.H.'s, with their usual courtesy, have lent us one to carry on with. Bob Blake and C. Cox have got their " A's." The former is our first " ab initio,"and we are sure proud of him, if it were not for some of his nasty habits any club would be happy to own him ! REPORT for week ending March 10.—Total flying time, 12 hrs. 10 mins.Total Dual time : 3 hrs. 55 mins. Total Solo (" A " licence) : 2 hrs. 30 mins. Total Solo (under instruction) : 20 mins. Total Passenger Time : 4 hrs.45 mins. Total Tests : 40 mips. Passengers (with Mr. Martin) : Miss Allardyce and Messrs. Murral (AeroFilms), Hopewell, Barton, Hayburn, Davidson, Morris, Holmes, Lucas and Foster.Dual (with Mr. Martin) : Messrs. Hancock, S. Granger, Ashworth and Glenn. Solo (" A " Licence) : Messrs. Blake, Sands, Cox, Paul, Ball and Wilcox. Solo (under instruction) : Messrs Coles and Granger.Sunday, usually our best day, was spoiled by snow. Our latest soloist, Granger Senior, put up a very good show, his landings being specially note-worthy. He has been connected for some years with a local experimental light aeroplane club and although he has never piloted before it is in his blood. SUFFOLK AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending March 19.—Flying time, 8 hrs. 15 mins.Instruction (with Mr. Lowdell) : Miss Edwards, Miss Creasy, Dr. Dunn, Messrs. R. Brown, F. Jolly, C. Hanson, H. Billinton, T. Marriage, F. Verney,G. Smith. Soloists.—Dr. Jas. Sleigh, Messrs. H. Billinton. S. Schoneld, R. Brown.F. Jolly, C. N. Prentice. " ON TO HADLEI&H RALLY "All aircraft arriving at Hadleigh Aerodrome on the morning of Easter Sunday, April 8, for the purpose of taking part in the Air Display on EasterSunday and Monday, organised by the Suffolk Aeroplane Club, will be regarded as competing in the " On To Hadleigh Rally." This must not be regarded as an air race in the true sense of the word,but rather the prizes—£10 first, £7 10s. second, and £5 third, must be regarded as a bonus given by the Club to competitors in return for their assistance atthe Display, while at the same time it will add a certain element of sport to the arrival of visiting aircraft. Pilots who have been at Lympne on Good Friday and Saturday for theCinque Ports Meeting, are invited to make a race between themselves, while competing in the general Rally.The prizes will be awarded to the pilots who obtain the highest number of marks based on a simple handicap formula, which takes the distance flownin a straight line from a named point of departure to Hadleigh as a basis. Zero hour will be 11.30 a.m. The distance in miles flown will be dividedby the number of minutes before or after aero hour that pilots cross the finishing line on the Aerodrome in flight. The result of this calculation willbe the marks obtained by each pilot. If two pilots tie, the one who has made the longest flight will be the winner. In the event of a dead-heat by twopilots who have covered an equal distance, first and second, or second and third prizes, will be divided as the case may be. Any pilot observed to be cruising about in the vicinity of the Aerodromewill be disqualified. Thus, pilots flying to Hadleigh from all parts of England have an equalchance of sharing in the bonus, and all types of aircraft may compete. Entries stating point of departure, Registration mark of machine and theintention to take part in the Display on Easter Sunday and Monday should be forwarded as early as possible so as to reach the Hon. Secretary of theSuffolk Aeroplane Club, not later than March 31. •YORKSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending March 17.—Flying time, 5 hrs, 35 mins.; instruc-tion, 3 hrs, 40 mins. ; soloists, 1 hr, 55 mins. Instruction (with Captain Beck) : Messrs. Clayton, Collins, Cooke, Crowther,A., Lax, R. K., Ostler, Thompson, G. Soloists.—Messrs. Clayton and Lister." A " Pilots.—Mr. I. Thomson. FROM THE FLYING SCHOOLS The De Havilland Flying School, Stag Lane AerodromeREPORT for week ending March 18.—Total flying hours, 76 hrs. 40 mins. ; instruction : Dual, 24 hrs. 45 mins.; solo, 36 hrs. 10 mins.; other flying,15 hrs. 45 mins. During the week the activities of the School have been somewhat increased,although on Friday and Saturday, the R.A.F. display for the benefit of the King of Afghanistan, somewhat interfered with the normal routine.Six new " Moths " were tested during the week and one set out on its delivery flight to Italy. Henderson Flying School, Brooklands AerodromeREPORT for week ending, March 14.—Total flying, 20 hrs. 15 mins. ; dual, 12 hrs. ; solo, 8 hrs. 55 mins.Dual (with Mr. H. D. Davis) : Messrs. McCabe, Habsburg, Colonel Rice, Lattey, Liniker, Dr. Wall, Dr. Forcythe, Hamilton, Hill, Whitard.Solo : Dr. Wall, Lattey, Hill, Anderson, Hamilton, Liniker, Crabtree and Jonassen.Messrs. Anderson, Crabtree, Liniker, are now flying A.S. from the front seat.On Tuesday, Mr. McCabe had engine failure, owing to a broken inlet valve. He put up a very good show and landed his machine side-wind.Mr. Hamilton was launched " solo " after 3 hrs. 15 mins. Dual. Mr. Lattey has now completed the air tests for his R.A.C. licence, making five tickets,since January 1, 1928. 198
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