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APRIL 26, 1923 N. S. Todd, D. Wilson, W. Baxter Ellis, H. Ellis, F. L. Turnbull, A. H. Bell,and Dr. Alderson. Passengers (with Mrs. Heslop) : Miss Bamley, Mr. Alton, Mr. Jennings,• Mr. C. Thompson. (With Miss Leathart) : Mr. W. L. Runciman. (With Mr. Baxter Ellis) : Mr. R. G. Lawson. (With Mr. C. Thompson) : Mrs.Heslop, Mr. Bulmer, Mr. Luckman, Mr. Temple. (With Mr. N. S. Todd) : Mr. Walker. (With Mr. A. Bell) : Mrs. Laing Gibbon, Mrs. Brooks.Strong winds prevailed from Monday until Saturday and all but about three hours of the week's total of flying was carried out on Saturday andSunday. NORFOLK & NORWICH AERO CUIB REPORT for week ending April 2^.—Total flying time, 7 hrs. 45 mins,Soloists: Messrs. F. Gough, H. Mack, N. Brett. R. Potter, W. P. Cubitt, R. T. Harmer, H. A. Pank, W. A. Ramsay. Passengers : 21. The very severe wintry weather has cut our flying time dow-n this week,and as our instructor does not return until the middle of next week, we have been unable to give pupils much flying. It has been quite disappointing,and we hope with the new moon in to get a spell of respectable weather. NOTTINGHAM AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending April 13 :—Total flying time, 21 hrs. 50 mins.Dual, 10 hrs. 55 mins. ; solo, under instruction, 2 hrs. 15 mins.; solo, " A " licence, 2 hrs. 30 mius. ; passenger, 5 hrs. 35 mins. Dual (with Mr. B. Martin) : Messrs. Ashworth, Bradley, Challard, Selvey,Moore and Dawson. Solo (under instruction) : Messrs. Granger, F., Pilgrim.Solo (" A ") : Messrs. Cox, Blake, Seely-Whitley, Sands, Wilcox and Hallam.Passengers (with Mr. Martin) : Miss Paige, Mr. Paige, Mrs. Pinchin, Messrs. Granger, Ncale, Dickson and Pratt. (With Mr. Cox) : Mr. Neale. (WithMr. Blake) : Mr. Pratt. (With Mr. Hallam) : Miss Severn, Mr. Kay. (With Mr. Wilcox) : Mr. Walker.With the advent of daylight saving, we hope to increase our flying time considerably, in addition to which we are expecting another machine shortly,but more of that later. Granger, F., successfully passed his tests for his " A." We are contemplating an issue of tin helmets to future visitors with inquisitivenatures. REPORT for week ending April 20.—Total flying time, 8 hrs. 50 mins'Solo " A " time, 30 mins. : passenger flights, 1 hr. 25 mins. ; tests time, 30 mins. ; dual time, 6 hrs. £5 mins. Passengers (with Mr. Martin) : Miss Booth, Miss I.ange, Messrs. Hatton,Lomax, and Roberts. (With Mr. Hallam) : Mr. Kay. (With Mr. Whitby) : Mr. R. D. Glenn.Dual (with Mr. Martin) : Messrs. Selvey, Booth, Moore, Hatton, Glenn, Bradley, Lazzerini, and Ashworth. Solo " A " licence : Messrs. Hallam and Whitby.We seem to have dropped back into winter this week with the weather, and consequently flying time has dropped.Messrs. Wood and Powell, of the Surrey Flying Services, dropped in on us on Sunday morning en route for Barnsley, but otherwise the week has beenuneventful. SCOTTISH FLYING CLUB, LTD. GOOD progress was made during the month of March, as will be seen fromthe statistics below. In spite of the fact that G-EBVT had to undergo a top overhaul, this did not to any extent curtail the number of hours flown.There are at the moment some six ab initio pilots who are only awaiting their " A " licence from the Air Ministry to be included in the statistics, andbesides these, there are a further half-dozen who should be in a position to secure their tickets within the next six weeks. It is hoped as the weather improves, a larger number of members will beable to undergo instruction, and from the steady flow of new members who are joining, it will soon be necessary for the Club to have another machine.The third and last staff dance of the year was successfully held on the 30th, when a large number of members and their friends attended, a considerablesum being thereby raised for the Establishment Fund. The petrol pump should be ready for use early next week, and a consider-able saving in the cost of petrol should thereby be attained. No comment is made on the activities of the Club from a flying point ofview as the following statistics speak for themselves : Total hours flown, 138'30 ; number of members under instruction, 77 ; number of solo flights, 91 ; totarnumber of^actualjflights undertaken, 351 ;number of days when flying was possible, 20 ; number of members who secured their " A "licence, 5 ; total number ofmembers.with " A "licence, 17. YORKSHIRE AEROP1ANE ClUB REPORT for fortnight ending April 14.—Flying time, 39 hrs. 30 mins.Instruction, 21 hrs. 10 mins. Soloists, 16 hrs. 5 mins. Passengers, 2 hrs. 15 mins.Instruction (with Captain Beck) : Messrs. Ambler, Bell, Birch, Bracken- bury, Brown, Clayton, Cooke, Crowthcr, A., Crowther, H., Daly, Fitton,Gill, Humpheries, Ostler, Priestley. Rowley, Senior, Sugden, Watsor, Yeomans. Soloists : Messrs. Ambler, Atcherley, D., Birch, Clayton, Crowther, A.,Crowther, H., Dick, Humpheries. " A " Pilots : Messrs. Atcherley, R., Brackenbury, Dawson, Lister,Norway, Thomson, I., Watson, Wilson, Wood. Passengers (with Captain Beck) : Mr. Blake, Mrs. Blake, Miss Hardwick :(with Mr. I. Thomson), Mrs. Brackenbury; (with Mr. Wood), Messrs. Bell. Humpheries, Swift.During the past fortnight the weather has been more kind to us, but we have been hampered by still having only two aeroplanes available. On April 1. that energetic member of ours, Mr. Bob Brackenbury, managedto break loose from his garrison at Plymouth, whence he motored up to put in half-a-day's flying at his Club.We would like to draw the attention of all concerned that we now have a very pleasant little Club-house, where refreshments of both the solid andliquid variety may be obtained by those alighting on the Aerodrome. We would particularly welcome the visit of any private owners who might happenalong this way. REPORT for week ending April 21.—Flying time, 12 hrs. 55 ruins. Instruc-tion, 5 hrs. 45 inias. ; soloists, 6 hrs. 35 mins. ; passengers, 35 inins. Instruction (with Capt. Beck) : Messrs. Clayton, Collins, Crowther, A.,Dick, Ellison, Fitton, Mann, Rowley, Senior, Sugden, Miss Woodhead. Soloists : Messrs. Clayton, Crowther, A., Crowther, H., Dick." A " Pilots : Messrs. Ellison, Mann, I. Thomson. " B " Pilot : Mr. Fielden. Passengers (with Capt. Beck) : Mr. Blake ; (with Mr. Ellison) Mr. Clayton.An uneventful week as the staff took their Easter holidays on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday and Friday we had gales, snowstorms, etc.,so that most of our flying time was accomplished on two days—namely, last Sunday and tin* Saturday. FROM THE FLYING SCHOOLS The De Havllland Flying School, Stag Lane Aerodrome REPORT for week ending April 22.—Total flying hours, 129 hrs. 40 mills,Instruction: dual, 31 hrs. 10 mins.; solo, 80 hrs. 55 mins. Other flying, 17 hrs. 35 mins.One pupil carried out a successful first solo, and many others completed their courses.Twelve new " Moths " were tested during the week. Henderson Flying School, Brooklands Aerodrome REPORT for week ending April 12.—Total flying time, 44 hrs. 30 mins.Dual (with Mr. H. D. Davis and Mr. A. E. Golds) : Messrs. Hsiao, Mitchell, Hamilton, Worley, Murray-Philipson, Hughes, Payne, Mills, Jonassen,Col. Rice, Dr. Forcyth, Flight-Lieut. Halliwell. Solo: Messrs. Liniker, Crabtree, Anderson, Flight-Lieut. Halliwell.Owing to the Easter holidays and the Lympne meeting, the school has been slightly interfered with. The machines are now back and flying isproceeding as usual. Report for week ending April 19.—Total flying time, 14 hrs.Dual (with Mr. H. D. Davis) : Messrs. Mitchell, Hsiao, Quilter, Worley, Payne, Hughes. Habsburg, Col. Rice, and Dr. Wall. (With Mr. A. E. Golds)Messrs. Mitchell, Payne, and Dr. Forcyth. Solo : Messrs. Crabtree, Hamilton, Patton, Bethune, Anderson, Wbitley.Mr. Hughes launched solo after 3 hrs. 40 mius. dual, and Mr. Quilter after 3 hrs, 35 mins.Messrs. Habsburg and Hamilton are now waiting for their height tests. Lieut.-Col. G. L. P. Henderson is now on his way home after a very successfultour in South Africa and will take charge of the affairs of state next week. Special comment should be made on Mr. Quilter's efforts, as all his flyinghas been at 7 a.m., before he started business. Newspaper Air Tour HAVING the natural belief that this year will rank signi- ficantly in the progress of the light aeroplane for private flying, the Daily News and Westminster has organised an air tour of 4,000 miles round Europe in an Avro " Avian " (Cirrus engine). Their Air Correspondent, Mr. E. C. Bowyer, with Capt. Neville Stack as pilot, left Croydon on April 20 at 7 a.m., and reached Le Bourget at 9.40 a.m. The former is keeping details of the flight as a guide for private air tourists, and his first statistics showed that for the initial stage of 230 miles, 8| gallons of petrol and less than a quart of oil were consumed. The load of two persons and their luggage totalled 1,600 lbs., and the speed was 85 m.p.h. A landing tax of 9d. was paid at Le Bourget and the departure from there was seriously delayed by customs formalities. In the after- noon the Avro " Avian " reached Bordeaux, and the aero- drome there was found to be rough, with pools of water scattered about. The 310 miles from Paris had taken 4^ hours against a slight head wind. The tourists met Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker at Bordeaux, who expressed his keenest interest in and approval of the tour. Of the facilities pro- vided at the aerodrome they had but one criticism to make— petrol could not be bought in a quantity of less than ten gallons at a time. On the following da ' they flew to Biarritz in H hours. At that stage, 660 miles had been covered since the departure from England, in 8 hrs. 20 mins. flying time. Petrol consumption had been 30 gallons, equalling 22 miles to the gallon. Petrol is not available at Biarritz aerodrome, and the tourist has to resort to the town. The nearest weather organisation is at Pau, 50 miles away. The Modest Tourist IT was but recently that Lieut.-Commander MacDonald learned to fly at the De Havilland School at Stag Lane. He then immediately purchased a D.H. " Moth " and started to fly to India without announcing his intention to anyone. This modesty has prevailed over his subsequent progress. He reached Heliopolis on April 18. The Club Movement in America THE Dennison Airport Flying Club was recently formed at Boston, with the object of promoting the science of aero- nautics and enabling its members to learn to fly at " cost price." The Club has obtained a new " Waco " machine, which will be used for both instruction and joy-riding. Another club has been formed by the joint efforts of the members of the Sikorsky Mfg. Corp. and of the Edo Aircraft Corp., both of College Point, Long Island, N.Y. Further recruits will be obtained from aeronautical enthusiasts in the town, and the designs for a machine have been got out, which will be con- structed by the members and used for instruction purposes. Air Dash to India IT is reported that plans are being made for a British air dash from England to India this summer in four days. 290
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