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NOVEMBER 8, 1928 Sec, H. E. Perrin,London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane, Edgware.3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club, Filton, Gloucester.Major G. S. Cooper, FUton Aerodrome, Patchway. Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne, Hythe.R. Dallas Brett, 114, High Street, Hythe, Kent. Hampshire Aero Club, Hamble, Southampton.Harrington, Hamble, Southampton. Lancashire Aero Club, Wodford, Lanes. Secretary, F. W. Atherton,Woodford Aerodrome, Cheshire. Liverpool and District Aero CZu6,Hooton, Cheshire. Hon. Secre-tary, Capt. Ellis, Hooton Aerodrome. Midland Aero Club, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. Secretary,Major Gilbert Dennison, 22, Villa Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. Secretary, Hon. Secretary, Secretary, H. J. Newcastle-on-Tyne Aero Club, Cramlington, Northumberland.Secretary, J. T. Dodds, Cramlington Aerodrome, Northumberland. Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club, Mousehold, Norwich. Secretary,G. McEwen, The Aerodrome, Mousehold, Norwich. Nottingham Aero Club, Hucknall, Nottingham. Hon. Secretary,Cecil R. Sands, A.C.A., Imperial Buildings, Victoria St., Nottingham. The. Scottish Flying Club, 101, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. Secre-tary, Harry W. Smith. Southern Aero Club, Shoreham, Sussex. Secretary, C. A. Boucher,Shoreham Aerodrome, Sussex. Sufolk Aeroplane Club, Ipswich. Secretary, Maj. P. L. Holmes,The Aerodrome, Hadleigh, Suffolk. Yorkshire Aeroplane Club, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorks. Secretary,Lieut.-Col. Walker, The Aerodrome, Sherburn-in-Elmet. LONDON AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending November 3.—Pilot instructors : V. H. Bakerand F. R. Matthews. Ground engineer. C. Humphreys. Aircraft : The following machines were in commission during the week : G-EBNY,G-EBMP, G-EBXS. Total flying time for the week, 31 hrs. 5 mins. Dual instruction : 29 members were given dual instruction and the flyingtime was 19 hrs. 10 mins. Solo flying : 18 members with " A " licences made solo flights and theflying time was 9 hrs. 50 rains. Passenger flights : 6 passenger flights were given to temporary members,and the flying time was 2 hrs. 5 mins. October flying time.—The total flying time was as follows :—Flights. Hours. Minutes. Dual instruction 189 76 20 Solo flying (" A " licences) .. 165 88 30Solo flying (under instruction) ..28 13 — Passenger nights 43 18 35Tests 101 16 50 526 213 15During the month 165 individual members of the club flew at Stag Lane, including 51 holders of " A " licences. BRISTOL «> WESSEX AEROPLANE CLUB, LTD. REPORT for the week ending Saturday, Novemf>er 3.—Pilot instructor :E. B. W. Bartlett. Ground engineer: A. W. Webb. Machines in commission : G-EBYH, G-EBTV. Flying time for the week: 14 hrs. 40 mins. Pupilsunder instruction and hours flown: 5, 2 hrs. 55 mins. Number of " A " pilots Hying and hours flown: 7, 10 hrs. 15 mins. Number of passengerscarried and hours flown, 4, 1 hr. 20 mins. Number of test nights and hours flown, 8, 1 hr. 20 mins.Items of interest during the week have been conspicuous by their absence. Attendance has been good in spite of rather depressing" meteorologicalconditions, and the " bar " has profited where flying has lost. CINQUE PORTS FLYING CLUB REPORT for week ending Saturday, November 3.—Pilot instructor:Maj. H. G. Travers, D.S.C. Ground engineer : Mr. R. H. Wynne. Machine : G-EBNN. Flying time, 9 hrs. 45 mins.Dual instruction.—Mr. Clemetson, 30 mins ; Mr. Cranmond, 45 mins. ; Mr. Worsell, 30 mins. ; Mr. Dallas Brett, 30 mins. ; Mr. Law, 3 hrs. 45 mins. ;Mr. Sargent, 3 hrs. ; Mr. Wright, 15 mins. Seven members: total time, 9 hrs. 15 mins.Test flights.—3, 30 mins. It has now been decided that visiting private owner members of otherflying clubs in possession of Air Ministry " A " or " B " licences, and also serving officers in the Royal Air Force, who are private owners, may beadmitted as flying members of this club at a subscription of £2 2s. per annum without an entrance fee. This should be of great assistance to private ownerstravelling to and from the Continent and passing through Lympne. Messrs. Law, Sargent, Clemetson and Worsell are nearly ready to belaunched solo, and we hope to obtain quite a batch of " A " licences shortly. HAMPSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending November 2.—Total flying time : 32 hrs. 40 mins.Dual instruction : 20 hrs. 40 mins. " A " pilots, 8 hrs. Solo, 2 hrs. Tests and passengers, 2 hrs.Total time for the month of October: 120 hrs. 5 mins. Dual instruction : 68 hrs. 30 mins. " A " pilots, 23 hrs. 10 mins. Solo, 19 hrs. 15 mins. Testsand passengers, 9 hrs. 10 mins. Instruction with Flight-Lieut. F. A. Swoffer, M.B.E., and Mr. W. H.Dudley, for the month.—Messrs. Buckley, Evans, Reuther, Courtney, Milford, Mattocks, Vernon, Harrison, Tobutt, Miller, Beagley, Crook, Inglis,Brewster, Grahame-Gibbs, Martin, Rice-Hunt, Cater, Castley, Wilson, Neave, Roy, Angus, Storey, Rumble, Fawkes, Cambell, Sturge, Endacott,Maj. Thorn, Miss Grace, Lieuts. Roskill, Oswald, Coode, Cmdr. Bell, Miss Melvill, Mrs. Gordon Smith, Miss Home, Lieut. Schreiber, Maj. Jenkins,Lieut. Litchfield-Speer, Cmdr. Hunt, Dr. Bowden, Mrs. Crook, Capt. Tweed, Sir Torquil Munro, Lieut. Couchman. " A" pilots for the month.—Messrs. Sanders-Clark, Hall, Rayson,Eversbed, Whittle, Baynes, Deane, Michelmore, Parker, Curtis-Nuthall, Wells, Falconer, Fry, Cambell, Sturge, Miss Grace, Lieut, du Cane, Lieut.Oliver, Cmdr. Tower, P.O. Leech. Flying Officer Southey, Lieut. Heath, Don J. de la Cierva, Lieut. Kennedy. Soloists for the month.—Messrs. Evans, Rumble, Cmdr. Bell, Miss Home,Lieut. Schreiber, Lieut. Coode, Lieut. Oswald. Passengers for the month.—Messrs. Alexander, Harding, Reeve, Graham,Silk, Young, Mitchell, Hutchinson, Watson, the Misses Eldred, Catt, Elizabeth Greenwood, Kerswell, Sugg, Dougas, Duncan, Wilson, Mrs. Baynes,Mrs. Rayson, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Swoffer, Mrs. Tower, Mrs. Grahame, H. Gibbs.Cmdr. Bell has passed his figures of eight tests and height tests for his " A " licence; in the former test his machine came to rest exactly on themat selected. Lieut. Oswald also made a very successful first solo on November 2. We congratulate Mr. S. Schoneld, of the Suffolk Club, on obtaining acommercial licence in America. We hope that now he has returned to this country, in a very short time the Suffolk club will have another memberso that he can take him up in the Bluebird and sing to him, " Side by Side," as sung in America. MIDLAND AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending November 3.—The total flying time : 20 hrs-27 mins. Dual : 6 hrs. 40 mins. Solo : 10 hrs. 20 mins. Passenger : 2 hrs- 35 mins. Tests : 52 mins.The following members were given dual instruction by Flight-Lieut. T. Rose, D.F.C., and Mr. W. H. Sutcliffe :—R. G. Welch, M. Blakeway, J. Cobb,C. T. Davis, H. Bramish, G. P. Haylock, W. L. Handley, I. A.' Ridsdale, W. J. Halland, Major D. Thomson, A. E. Coltman, T. W. Wild, F. D. Scott,M. C. Wilks. " A " Pilots : E. P. Lane, E. C. Baxter. H. J. Willis, S. H. Smith, S. G.Hall. J. Rowley, R. L. Jackson, H. Lattey, E. D. Wynn, R. D. Bednell, W. Swann, G. C. Jones.Solo : R. G. Welch, J. B. Briggs, W. J. Halland. A. E. Coltman, J. W. Astley, M. C. Wilks, W. L, Handley, J. K. Morton, F. D. Scott. On Sunday, Mr. W. L. Handley passed all flying tests for his " A " licence,and on Saturday, Mr. F. D. Scott successfully made his first solo. Extremelv bad weather restricted flying. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AERO CLUB """ REPORT for week ending November A.—Pilot instructor : G. M. S. Kemp.Ground engineer : K. C. Brown. Machines : 2. P.T. and L.X. Flying time for week : 25 hrs. 20 mins. Pupils : (10), 13 hrs. Soloists, " A " Pilots(12) : 11 hrs. Passengers (8) : 1 hr. 10 mins. Tests : 10 mins. New pupils : Messrs. Stainthorpe and Cook. We were pleased to receive a visit on Saturday last from 'Sir Alan J.Cobham. He was staying in Newcastle over the week-end, where he delivered bis lecture on his African trip. A number of club members attendedthis lecture, which was well worth hearing. One of our oldest members, Mr. MacMillan, paid us a visit and completedthe necessary three hours' solo, for the renewal of his " B " licence. He is at present engaged in th? •' Movie " business in California, and appears tobe doing very well. NORFOLK «> NORWICH AERO CLUB REPORT for weekending November 3.—Total flying time : 16 hrs. 20 mins.Instructor : B. Young. Ground engineer : A. Kirkby. Machines in com- mission (2) : ZW and QX. Dual : 2 hrs. Solo training : 2 hrs. 10 mins." A " licence pilots : 11 hrs. 50 mins. Test flying : 20 mins. We congratulate Mr. Rope on the double height test he made, and alsosympathise with him. He ascended to the necessary height, but the baro- graph chart failed to record any altitude whatever, as the small nib hadjarred off the arm. This caused another trip to the upper regions in rather chilly weather, and the second time it was attended with success. Theweather being none too good for flying e xcept on two days, when it was really exceptional for the time of year, we have not been able to do very muchflying and neither has any interesting event happened acrobatically or other- wise. NOTTINGHAM AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending October 2.—Pilot instructor : Bernard Martin-Engineer : A. J. Harris. Machines, two. Flying time, 14 hrs. 15 mins- Instruction, 4 hrs. " A " licence pilots, 7 hrs. 35 mins. ; solo (under instruc-tion), 50 mins. ; passengers, 45 mins. ; tests, 1 hr. 5 mins. Instruction (with Mr. Martin) : Messrs. Thorpe, Kay, Hutchinson, Cudlip,Granger, Dr. Lyons. Solo, " A " licence : Messrs. Bradley, Selvey, Whitby, Pilgrim, Taylor,Ball. Solo (under instruction) : Messrs. Hall, Winn.Passengers : Miss Evans, Messrs. Spalding, Lander, Barker. One party we have missed during this week has been our friends the" Sky " (?) writers, who have had to give in to the bad weather. A spot of blue broke in the sky and they flew like " birds " to Hendon. We wouldlike to announce that there is a distinct increase to our membership in spite of the very bad weather.Mr. C. Ball, one of our original members, flew to Cambridge and back on Friday, the 2nd. SUFFOLK "£> EASTERN COUNTIES AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for weekending November 3.—Instructor : G. E. Lowdell, A.F.M.Ground engineers: " C," E. Mayhew ; "A," G. Keeley. Two Blackburn " Bluebirds," RE and UH. SZ for renewal of C. of A. Flying time : 16 hrs.55 mins. Seven members were given dual instruction (8 hrs. 35 mins.). Two members flew solo under instruction (15 mins.). Flights were made by five" A " licence members (6 hrs. 45 mins.). Three passengers were carried (25 mins.). Ten tests were made (55 mins.). Two new members, Mr. Ripleyand Mr. Collingwood, started instruction during the week. Mr. Welsh, after 7 hrs. 25 mins, and Mr. Wedd, after 9 hrs. 30 mins., madetheir first solo flights during the week. Both put up an excellent perform- ance and made perfect landings, thus justifying our policy of not attemptingto rush members through too quickly for the purpose of subsidy snatching. Mr. S. Schoneld made two cross-country flights to Cambridge, and Mr. H.B. Collins, our latest " A " licence member, went to Colchester. During a busy period on Sunday, an aileron was damaged, landing in avery gusty wind. This was replaced by a spare during the lunch hour, so that flying was not held up.Our membes is much annoyed with our Hampshire friends. Mr. Kipley having flown with a friend at Hamble, was so bitten with the aviation bugthat he has joined up at Hadlcigh; thus, our member has to share the machines with another. The Committee, however, offer their hearty thanks 978
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