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1928
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NOVEMBER 15, 1928 PRIVA FLYING A Section of FLIGHT in the Interests of the Private Owner, Owner-Pilot, and Club Member THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE FLYING CLUB "AT HOME WHAT promised to be a very successful informal flying function was unfortunately marred by a tragedy on Friday of last week, when the newly-formed Household Brigade Flying Club held an " at home " at Brooklands aerodrome. Just before the proceedings opened at 2 p.m., and while some half-a-dozen aeroplanes were arriving overhead, Lieut. G. H. B. Madocks, of the Coldstream Guards—a member of the Club—crashed in his S.E.SA and was fatally injured. Lieut. Madocks was just coming into the aerodrome, near the Hawker Engineering Co.'s sheds, at about 800 ft., and executed an Immelman, followed by some spins. After two spins all thought he would flatten out, but to the horror of onlookers, the machine continued for two more, and although the pilot was apparently then proceeding to flatten out, it was too late ; the machine crashed into the ground, practically head on. Assistance was at hand in a few seconds, and the unfortu- nate pilot was extricated—not without some difficulty— terribly injured, and he only lived for a few minutes. The S.E.SA was a total wreck. It was a sad beginning to the Club's first meeting, for not only was Lieut. Madocks an active and popular member, but a large gathering of visitors and aircraft had already assembled for an excellent little programme of flying that had been arranged Lieut. Madocks learned to fly at Col. Henderson's School at Brooklands, and took his " ticket" (No. 8113) on June 29, 1927. He had registered his S.E.5A (R.A.F. engine) 'QC^as far back as April 4, 1927. He was the son of Brig-Gen. W. R. N. Madocks, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., R.F.A., who had the misforutne to lose his other son, Mr. Kenneth Madocks, last April, as the result of a motor-car accident in France. Naturally, the regrettable accident put an end to the proceedings so far as carrying out the full programme was concerned. Nevertheless, a number of machines went up, while others continued to arrive during the afternoon. Altogether, well over 30 machines of various types were present, including^three Service " Atlas " Co-Ops. from No. 13 Squadron, R.A.F., D.H. " Moths " (" Cirrus," " Genet " and " Gipsy "), two D.H. 53's (Bristol " Cherub "), Avro" Avian " and " 504's " (" Mono," " Le Rhone," and " Renault "), a Blackburn " Bluebird," a Simmonds " Spartan," and some S.E.5A'S—including the " D.W.I " OG, which has been specially rebuilt for racing by Mr. D. A. N. Watt. The latter, by the way, put up a thrilling exhibition of fast and stunt flying during the afternoon, showing that " D.W.I has a pretty good turn of speed. Another interesting exhibi- tion of flying was that given by an unknown (to us) pilot on the Avro 504 K (" Mono ") G-AACA—the pilot for this machine according to the programme was Mr. May, but we cannot be certain if he gave the demonstration in question, for we were unable to obtain a " close-up " when the machine ascended and landed. Anywav, whoever he was, he " slotted " [" FLIGHT " Pketographs HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE FLYING CLUB "AT HOME " ; Some of the thirty-odd machines gatheredat Brooklands last Friday. At the top are the civil machines, while below are three Service "Atlas " Co-Ops. from No. 13 Squadron, R.A.F. 989
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