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AUGUST 2, 1928 time in the King's Cup Race between Southampton and Lympne. The resultis as follows :— First, No. 13, Sqdn.-Ldr. H. Probyn, flying under the name of H. Brooklyn,in his Westland Widgeon, Armstrong-Siddeley Genet engine. Time for the 103^ miles, 1 hr. 1 mm. 34 sees.Second, Mr. Norman Jones, in de Havilland Moth, Cirrus engine. Time, 1 hr. 1 mill. 3S sees. Mr. Norman Jones was at first thought to be the winner, but a elose check ofthe figures by the Royal Aero Club timekeepers, showed that Sqdn.-Ldr. Probyn had won by the narrow margin of 4 sees. HAMPSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending July 27.—Total flying time, 60 hrs. ; dualinstruction, 36 hrs. ; " A " Pilots, 6 hrs. Ill mills. ; solo, 7 hrs. 45 mins. ; passenger flights, 8 hrs. 55 mins. ; Tests, I hr. lit mins. Instruction with Flight-Lieut. Swoffer and Mr. W. H. Dudley : Sqdn.-Leader Bradyll Johnson, Mr. Sturge, Mr. Farmer, Mr. Neave, Miss Melvill, Mr. Beagley," Mr. Buckley, Mr. Cambell, Mr. Redwood, Mr. Clifford, Mr.P. L. B. Wills, Mr. Powell, Mr. Craske, Mr. Southclifie, Lieut. Dallmeyer, Flight-Lieut. D'Aeth, 2nd Lieut. Colls, Mr. Goldman, Comdr. Bell, Mr.Phillimorc, Mr. Dalrymple Smith, Mr. Donner, Mr. Evershed, Mr. Mat- lock, Mr. Rumble, Mr. Richardson, Dr. Russell, Mr. Brodrick, Mr. Tobutt,Mr. O. E. Simmonds, Mr. Smith, Mr. Baker. Lieut. Coode. " A " Pilots : Lieut. Fagan, Capt. Kirby, Lieut. Heath, Mr. Bovven,Lieut. Heincmann, Mr. Baynes, Mr. Parker, DcmlJ. de laCicrva, F. O. Hayter, Mr. Michlemore, F. O. Mellor. Soloists : Mr. Wills, F./O. Southey, Mr. Wells, Mr. Curtis Nuthall, MissGrace, Mr. Townsend, Mr. King, Flight-Lieut. D'Aeth, Mr. Colls, Mr. Whittle.Passengers : Mr. Upham, Miss Bailey, Mr. West, Miss Roake, Mr. Boxall, Mr. Holland, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Gordon Smith, Miss Gordon Smith, Mrs,Holmes, Miss Allen, Mrs. Stugg, Mrs. Hopgood, Mr. Belville. We were very interested on Sunday when Don J. de la Cierva broughtover a party of Spanish gentlemen who are forming a light aeroplane club near Madrid, They each had a joy flight in one of the club " Moths " andexpressed themselves as being very pleased with their experience. On Thursday we were visited by Messrs. Bellairs and Miles from theShoreham Club. Capt. Lawrence Hope, the winner of the King's Cup race, also visitedus on Thursday, and we were pleased to have the opportunity of congratu- lating him personally. Nuii.—The club will be closed from August 4 to 13 inclusive, for thesummer holidays. LANCASHIRE AERO CLUB REI'ORT for week ending July 21.—Flying time, 31 hrs. 10 mins. Instruction:15 hrs. 20 mins. Solo nights : 8 hrs. 30 mins. Passenger flights : 6 hrs. 5 mins. Tests : 1 hr. 15 inins.Instruction (with Mr. Baker) : Messrs. Tweedale, Garner, Meads, Chart, Davies, Nelson (J. Gt), Goss, Weale, Scholes (F.), Ashworth, Faulkner,Allott, Kay, Greenhalgh, Williams, Davies (D. B.), Gort, Agar, Harrison, Seeker, Pattrieoux, Miss Baerlein and Miss Emery ; (with Mr. Cantrill) :Mr. Stern. Soloists (under instruction) : Messrs. Tweedale, Chart, Mills.Pilots: Messrs. Lacayo, Gort, Nelson, Riley, Leeming, Goodfellow, Chap- man, Michelson, Meads and Brooking.Passengers : 24 passengers were carried by Messrs. Scholes, Baker, Lacayo, Leeming and Goodfellow.QL came back to service with the new type under-carriage (radius rods in front), and went off the following day to Liverpool for the Liverpool Club'sAerial Gymkhana. She arrived back in the evening with the under-carriage in a drunken and lop-sided condition. Grave suspicion attaches to Mr.Michelson in this connection, who is stated to have gone in for the " landing high jump." Mr. Goodfellow took OK over to Blackpool to give consolationjoy-rides to the live entrants for the Blackpool Nomination Handicap who were disappointed of a flight during the meeting. The Alpha-Gosport (NF)is at last in service, and all dual will in future normally be carried out on this type. She first came into use at the week-end and proved extremelypopular, so much so that all the Soloists evinced a desire to go back on to dual again. MIDLAND AERO CLUB LIMITED REPORT for week ending July 21.—Total flying time, 42 hrs. 42 mins. Dual:19 hrs. 40 mins. Solo: 17 hrs. 18 mins. Passenger: 4 hrs. 40 mins. Tests: 1 hr. 4 mins. Following members were given dual instruction by F./Lt. T. Rose, D.F.C.and Mr. W. H. Sutcliffe : R. L. Brinton, Dr. K. G. Tilleke, T. H. Drury, L. V*. Mann, H. Coleman, Major D. Thomson, J. Cobb, M. A. Murtagh,K. Khatri, G. E. C. Hill, H. Beamish, Capt. J. C. Chaytor, G. E. C. Jones. F. J. Steward, H. Lattey, J. W. Astley, W. M. Morris, G. P. Haylock, R. G.Welch, O. L. Richards, A. E. Coltman, G. Savage. Solo: S. G. Hall, 1. Cobb, E. D. Wynn, H. Tipper, O. L. Richards, G.Savage, R. D. Bednell. H. Lattey, R. L. Jackson, W. M. Morris, G. E. C.Hill, E. P. Lane, S. H. Smith, H. J. Willis, G. Robson, G. C. Jones, R. L. Brinton,R. B. Baxter, E. J. Brighton, C. W. Fellowes, S. Duckitt. Passengers : Dr. Johnson, N. R. Greathead, B. Advani, E. Russell, O. W.Banwell, A. B. Houghton, Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. Harley, F. J. Powell, D. Elford, A. Harley, Mrs. Willis, S. H. Smith.On Tuesday Mr. G. C. Jones successfully made his first solo. During the week Messrs. R. L. Brinton. R. C. Baxter, and G. G. Savage passed all testsfor their " A " licence. On Tuesday F./Lt. Rose flew XT to Stag Lane to have a new petrol tankfitted. The Castle Bromwich control for the King's Cup Race appeared to workquite smoothly. The ultimate winner of the race was heard " whispering " his opinion of the previous control in strictly Biblical language. We have notheard what he said about us on arrival at Nottingham. REPORT for week ending August 28.—Total flying time, 43 hrs. 57 mins.Dual, 25 hrs. 13 mins. ; solo, 12 hrs. 58 mins. ; passenger, 4 hrs. 43 mins. ; tests, 1 hr. 3 mins.The following members were given dual instruction by Flight-Lieut. T Ros?, D.F.C., and Mr. W. H. Sutclifle :—S. G. Hall, R. D. Bednell, W. M.Morris, G. P. Haylock, L. V. Mann, R. G. Welch, Dr. W. G. Tilleke, J. Cobb, M. A. Murtagh, J. H. Guthrie, T. H. Drury, L. H. Lee, G. C. Jones, O. L.Richards, H Coleman. F. J. Steward, J. W. Astley, R. L. Brinton, R. B. Laidlaw, E. L. Hulme. S. Duckitt, N. Khatri, R. C. Baxter, Capt. J. C.Chaytor and Capt. H. G. Tower. Soloists : J. Rowley, R. L. Jackson, S. H. Smith, J. Cobb, G. E. Hill,G. G. Savage .-£. J. Brighton, H. Lattey, G. C. Jones. C. W. Fellowes, O. L. Richards, M. A. Murtagh, E. D. Wynn, G. Robson, S. Duckitt, S. G. Hall,H. J. Willis, W. M. Morris, E. L. Hulme, R. D. Bednell, W. Swann, R. C. Baxter. Passengers : Dr. Johnson, L. Rowley, L. V. Mann, D. W. Bruton, OEckersley, J. H. Moore, J. C. Williamson, E. R. Thomas, Mrs. Griffin, J. Stamps, C. T. Davis. On Monday Mr. M. A. Murtagh made his first solo flight.On Thursday Flight-Lieut. T. Rose flew XT to Halton for the Gymkhana. The club wiil be closed from Thursday, August 2, till Tuesday, August 7. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending July 22.—Total flying time: 35 hrs. 25 mins.Instruction : 3 hrs. " A " Pilots : 12 hrs. 4U ruins. Passengers : 18 hrs. 55 inins. Test : 50 mins. Instruction (with Mr. J. D. Parkinson) : Mrs. Kish, Messrs. Cameron,De Pledge, Dodds, Lawson. " A " Pilots : Miss Leathart, Mrs. Heslop, Dr. Dixon, Messrs. A. H. Bell,Runciman, De Pledge, R. N. Thompson, Irving, Robertson, Turnbull, W. B. Ellis, Percy, C. Thompson, Wilson and Heppell. Passengers (with Mr. J. D. Parkinson) : Messrs. Bulmer, White, MissKlyver, Miss Bakewell. The disappearance of Mr. G. N. Warwick on the last stage from Cramlingtonto Renfrew during the King's Cup Race, caused great anxiety to all members, and search patrols were instituted along the course into the Border country.These were only abandoned when news arrived that Mr. Warwick had crashed near Peebles with fatal results.To Mrs. Warwick and family we tender our deepest sympathy. NORFOLK -£> NORWICH AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending July 22.—Total flying time : 4 hrs. 40 mins.Instruction (with Mr. Young) : Messrs. C. Bethell, A. Richardson, C. C. White, C. Mills, A. Kirkby, G. Wharton.Soloists : Messrs. C. Barker, C. C. White, A. Cooper, E. Lambert. Pas- sengers : 2.With both machines out of action at the same time one asks what precisely an aero club should do then. It looks as if we shall not have a Moth for aweek or even two on account of a slight shock received when landing. Oh ! these landings, they are the cause of all the trouble ; pity one cannot regulatethe ground to suit. We offer our congratulations to Mr. Hope on his again winning the King'sCup. It was a good race. NOTTINGHAM AERO CLUB FLYING report from July 7 to July 27.—Total flying time : 73 hrs.15 mins. Dual instruction: 20 hrs. 25i mins. " A " pilots : 11 hrs. 50 mins. Solo under instruction : 30 hrs. 20 mins. Passenger flights : 6 hrs. 15 mins.Tests : 4 hrs. 25 mins. Instruction with Mr. Martin : Miss Bostock and Messrs. Chawla, Shipside,Taylor, Hatton, Glenn, Austin, Calladine, Thirlby, Walter, Bennett, Stevenson and Winn." A " pilots : Messrs. Cyril Sands, Blake, Ashworth, Ball, Cox, Hallam, Whitby, Pilgrim, Wilcox and R. Granger.Solo (under instruction) : Messrs. Bradley, Selvey, Taylor, Hatton and Shipside.Service pilot: Mr. Spaight. Passengers : Mrs. Hallam, Mrs. and Miss Austin, Miss Lambert, Mrs.Willett, Mrs. Walter, Miss Riddish, Mrs. A. C. Ball, Miss Measham, Miss Standing, Miss Klensch, Dr. Mullins and Messrs. Fauril, C. E. Glenn,Gooding, Moody, Austin, Martin, Farrow , Willett, Cullen, Worth, Baxter, Durose, Rcdfern and Haynes. Once again we appear before the public in print after a brief lapse owingto time, ink and paper. The above report covers quite a busy period, namely, the Blackpool Party and the King's Cup Scramble. Mr. Martin, whorepresented the club in the last-mentioned event, thanks to Mr. Harold Ashworth, our first private owner, who kindly lent his Avian, had themisfortune to have a serious leak in the petrol tank, necessitating frequent landings to re-fuel between controls. On reaching Southampton, the tankhad to be changed owing to the excellent porous qualities developed at that stage. We have to congratulate Messrs. Taylor, Hatton and Shipside onachieving their first solos in excellent style, and we trust all beginners will continue to practise continuous landings and figures of eight in their earlystages. Our membership continues to increase steadily, and when we get into our new home we can look forward to great happenings. At the momentwe have only one kite available as SK is being airworthied, but it should be ready by the time these notes appear. This kite, by the way, has done400 hours on club work since October last, being used for dual and solo. YORKSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for fortnight ending July 21.—Flying time : 76 hrs. Instruction :24 hrs. 40 mins. Soloists : 43 hrs. 35 mins. Passengers : 7 hrs. 45 nnns. Instruction (with Captain Beck) : Miss Ellison, Messrs. Lievans, Wilton,Parks, Ostler, Marriott, Arundel, Rowley, Pomeroy, Daly, Lloyd, Dujardin, A. Crowther, Fitton, Jackson, Batcock, Collins, Shires, Leetham, Senior,Watson, Lupton, Ambler, Brown. Soloist : Mr. Brown." A " Licence Pilots : Messrs. Clayton, Thomson, Ambler, Humpheries, Norway, Wrilson, Ostler, Lax, Lister, Ely, Birch, Ellison, Wood, A. Crowther,H. Crowther, Dawson, Reynolds, Dick. " B " Pilot: Mr. Fielderi. Passengers: 27.Included in the above flying times is our record week of 48 hrs. 50 inins., but during the latter week we have been reduced to one machine, RF havingcompleted its time for C. of A., and TB having run a master connecting rod as a result of the heat wave.On Friday, July 20, some 2,000 people visited the Aerodrome to watch the King's Cup machines on their way North. FROM THE FLYING SCHOOLS Henderson Flying School, Brooklands Aerodrome REPORT for week ending July 26.—Total flying time : 43 hrs. 30 mins,Dual with Col. G. E. P. Henderson : Messrs. Moursi, Guiness, Murrier, Eastern. Du Cane, Daniels, Miss Chapman.Dual with Capt. H. D. Davis : Mrs. Scott, Miss Chapman, Messrs. Richard- son, Dr. Taylor, Daniels, Stewart, Oldmeadow, Matos, Preston, Elton, Hill,Miss Wellby, Mrs. Monkton, Bennett, Hamilton. Solo : Messrs. Anderson, Hill, Swan, Du Cane, Hamilton.Mr. Du Cane and Mr. Swan have now passed all their tests for their R.A.C. licences.Dr. Wrall's Anzani Avro has proved a very successful machine, and its average climb in teaching pupils to turn is round about 7,000 ft. in 30 mins.The machine is exceptionally light to control, and is rather like a Moth to fly. 300 passengers were carried during the week on our joy-riding machines. 673
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