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JANUARY 10, 1929 anticipated that this branch, having survived its early trials and difficulties*will be very successful this year, and it is hoped that it will be possible to instal a machine at Bournemouth permanently instead of flying one overfrom Hamble. Mr. O. E. Simmonds, our Managing Director, designed and produced the" Cirrus-Spartan " in time for it to be flown in the King's Cup race. At Whltsun an air pageant was held, but although well organised it didnot attract sufficient of the public to make it a financial success. This was particularly disappointing to those keen members who gave up a lotof their time for six months. On the day of the King's Cup race a small meeting was held which resultedin a little profit being made for the club. It was found desirable to raise flying fees from 25s. an hour to 30s. anhour, and the change was effected in August. The club Chairman, Mr. R. J. Parrott, General Manager of Messrs. A. V.Roe & Co,, resigned in November last to take up an appointment abroad, and he has been succeeded by Comdr. Ion Tower, R.N. We have fortunately been tree from serious accidents, although one ladymember whose machine struck a flagpole in landing last August, was fortunate not to be badly hurt. Unfortunately this machine, the Avian,was out of commission for three months, and we thus lost any chance of obtaining our ambition of flying for '2,000 hours in the year. Altogether 1928 was a very satisfactory year, and if the weather in 1929is anything like so favourable we hope to achieve far better results. We wish a Happy New Year to all other flying clubs. LANCASHIRE AERO CLUB REPORT for January 5, 1929.—Flying time, 23 hrs. Instruction, 3 hrs.Solo flights, 13 hrs. 5 mins. Passenger flights, 3 hrs. 45 mins. Tests, 3 hrs. 10 mini.Instruction : With Mr. Hall—Messrs. Davies, Williams, Goss, Seeker, Whitehouse, Ruddy, Mills and Gort.Pilots: Messrs. Lacayo, Hall, Mills, Gattrell, Harrison, Crosthwaite, Goodfellow, Michelson, Nelson, Cohen, Gort, Chapman, Meads, Williams.Twemlow, Ruddy, Weale, Brown, Dobson, D. E. Hall and J. C. Cantrill. Passengers : With Mr. R. F. Hall—Messrs. Davies, Goss, Oakley andMiss Baerlein. With Mr. Lacayo—Messrs. Goss, Hartley, Leeming and Miss Harrison. With Mr. Goodfellow—Messrs. Mills and L. G. Hall. WithMr. Meads—Mr. Gillibrand. This week's report includes two extra days' flying after the re-openingoi the club. The second contest for the Pemberton Trophy was held on Saturday,January S. The conditions were the same as betore except that on this occasion ao additional white strip was laid on the ground 175 yards beyondthe raised tape and representing the boundary of the forced landing area. Weather conditions were unpleasant, with a gusty wind and intermittentsnow. Fifteen out of the seventeen entrants turned up, but only four of these sucoeeded in getting safely into the area from 1,000 ft. withoutengine. Their names in order of placing were : Mr. R. F. Hall, Mr. K. Twemlow, Mr. G. Gort and Mr. P. Michelson. After the competition wasover the ab initio competitors challenged the senior pilots to have a compe- tition among themselves. The challenge was accepted, and to the greatdisappointment of the ab mitios (not to mention the relief of the seniors) they all succeeded in getting safely into the area. The hot-pot supper in the evening was attended by over 50 members,and proved as enjoyable as usual. Mr. .]. F. Leeming. in his new capacity of Viee-President, presented the prizes to Mr. Hall and Mr. Gort, the latterhaving won the monthly flying time competitions, for both November and Dei ember. LIVBRPOOL <3D DISTRICT AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending January 5, 1929.—Machines in commission.WK, XX, XY, AVTO " Avians." Instructor, Flight-Lieut. J. B. Allen. Ground Engineer, Mr. Howard Pixton. Total flying time, 20 hrs. Twelvepupils totalled 10 hrs. 5 min. dual. Seven soloists totalled 4 hrs. 5 mins. Seven " A " pilots totalled 3 hrs. 45 mins. Six passengers totalled 1 hr. 5 mins.Twelve test flights total 1 hr. We are rather pleased at achieving 20 hrs. flying this week, as the weatherhas been up to its usual standing of excellence (?). Most of our soloists would not feel happy if they had a real horizon to fly by.Congratulations to Mr. Thornton who passed his tests for aviator's certificate this week—the mist was so thick when he landed from his height test thathe had to find his way by following down the smell of castrol he made on his way upMr. Andrews committed his first solo on Saturday afternoon, thus starting the New Year well. Altogether a good week—waiter ! MIDLAND ABRO CLUB REPORT for week ending January S.—Total flying time was 10 hrs. 33 mins.Dual, 2 hrs. 15 mins. ; solo, 4 hrs. 10 mins. ; passenger, I hr. 45 mins.; test, 43 rnins.; cross-country flight, 1 hr. 45 mins.The following members were given dual instruction by Flight-Lieut. T. Rose, D.F.C., and Mr. W. H. Sutclifle: Mrs. Leigh Fermor, H. M. Goodwin,L. H. l.ee. C. T. Davis, J. K. Stanley, Mai. K. Thomson. Hull's Air PortTHE Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping received a report recently on the proposed air developments for Hull.A scheme was outlined by the President (Maj. A. J. Atkinson) at a meeting at which Sir Sefton Brancker was present,which proposed the formation of a company with a capital of £150,000, to provide four seaplanes for a Northern Europeanservice at a cost of -£100,000 with £50,000 for initial expenses. The seaplane base may be on the River Humber and a landbase on th^ bank. Estimated cost for a service is between £60,000 and ^70,000 per year, and it is thought that theincome from the surcharge on mails would about equal the amount. Sir Sefton Brancker told the Committee thatImperial Airways had a mail contract from the Government which gave a monopoly of subsidy within Europe, and thatthere was no incentive for Imperial Airways to start a service between Hull and the Continent unless the British Govern-ment were prepared to provide a fresh subsidy. He indicated that it was just possible if good facilities were providedlocally, that Imperial Airways might think of transferring " A " Pilots : S. Duckitt, E. D. Wynn, R. C. Baxter, G. C. Jones, G. V.Perry, R. L. Brinton, J. Cobb, E. R. King, R. L. Jackson. Solo : W. L. Handley, J. K. Morton, L. H. Lee.Passengers: Dr. Johnson, R. L. Brinton, J. H. Stevens, G. Taylow, I.. Hanson, L. V. Mann, Miss J. M. Davis.On Tuesday, Mr. Sutcliffe flew LW from Stag Lane Aerodrome to Castle Bromwich on completion of its annual overhaul. NORFOLK <£> NORWICH ABRO CLUB REPORT for week ending January 5.—Instructor: Capt. J. C Houston,M.C. Engineer: A. Kirkby. Machines in Commission: ZW and QX. Total hours flown ; 9 hrs. 45 mins. Dual instruction : 7 hrs. 15 mins. Solotraining, 25 mins. Licenced pilots : 1 hr. 55 mins. Tests : 10 mins. We opened again on the 1st after closing for two weeks during which periodno crash claims were made. This creates a record. A strong and necessary effort is being made to reconstruct our internalaffairs, and with this object in view, we have been so exceptionally fortunate in securing the services of Capt. J. C. Houston, M.C., who for the past fiveyears has been with the R.A.F. Reserve F.T. School at Renfrew, and is also an ardent supporter of the Scottish Club. Mr. F. Gough has again kindlyconsented to accept the job of club manager at the same rate of remuneration as previously (come, come). Capt. Houston is already guilty of revivinggreat enthusiasm among our forlorn members, and our staff are hopping about like canaries, burning with enthusiasm, in fact, Capt. Houston impresses onus the opportunities we have possessing such splendid countryside in Norfolk, and has informed us that all the flat country in the north could be put insideour aerodrome. We have some really excellent accommodation at the Club in every respectand issue an open and standing invitation to all aviators to come along at any time fcept Mondays) and make a stay of it, if necessary.We shall be pleased to see a few familiar faces at our Annual Dinner which takes place in February ; further details will be published later.One of our lady members, Mrs. J. Dawson-Paul, flew down with a friend to Manston where they lunched and returned to Norwich having coveredsome four hundred miles in very unpleasant weather. Another lady aviator to visit the club this week was Mrs. Frank Courtney who flew down fromStag Lane in a " Gipsy Moth," piloted by Capt. Reeves, M.C., mostly through snow storms. The ladies certainly don't worry about weather. Doubtless,there will soon be a new fashion in vogue known as " That Aviator's complex- ion." SUFFOLK AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending January 6.—Instructor : G. E. Lowdell, A.F.M.Ground engineers : " A " and " C " Mi. Shearman ; " A," G. Keeley. Three Blackburn " Bluebird?," RE, SZ and UH. Flying time, 7 hrs. 5members were given dual instruction (2 hrs.). Flights were made by four "A" licence members (3 hrs. 30 mins.). 2 passengers were carried (1 hr.0 mins.). 5 tests were made (25 mins.). — No report was sent in the week before the holidays. The total flying timeior the week ending December 23 was 15 hrs. 45 mins. The chief item of interest was that Mr. Collingwood completed his tests for " A " Licence.The week under review only started on Tuesday, on which day the weather successfully kept all machines snug in their sheds. Mr. Payne startedinstruction during the week. Such flying as has been possible was carried out in winds such as are beloved by those hemen at Shoreham, and at other timesthe snow made us think that we were the Suffolk Skiplane Club. Mr. Mayhew, our " C " licenced ground engineer, has again fallen a victimto the British climate, and during his absence Mr. Shearman of the Blackburn Aeroplane Co., Ltd., stationed at Martlesham, has again kindly come to ourrescue. FROM THE FLYING SCHOOLS Brooklands School-of Flying, Brooklands Aerodrome REPORT for week ending January 6.—Instructor : Capt. R. A. Jones.Flying time : 6 hrs. Machines in commission : 2, Renault Avros, G-EBVE and WJ.Flying time is very low this week owing to the very wintry weather. Mr. C. S. Burney, the well-known motor cyclist, flew his first solo thisweek and performed exceedingly well. The De HavWand Flying School, Stag Lane Aerodrome REPORT for week ending January 6, 1529.— Total flying time, 56 hrs.Instruction : dual, 6 hrs. 25 mins. ; solo, 7 hrs. 25 mins. Other flying, 42 hrs. 10 mins.Mr. C. S. Napier, son of Mr. Montague Napier, chief of the famous aero- engine firm, successfully completed his tests for " A " licence, and Mr. G. M.Gittins passed his night flying test, thus completing all tests for " B " licence.Capt. W. R. Bailey took delivery of his Coupe-Gipsy " Moth, this being the first production coupii.Ten " Moths " were tested and despatched, in addition to the usual weekly quota for Canada and Australia. 13 13 some of their present mileage on the Continent to a servicefrom Hull to Amsterdam or Hamburg. Sir Sefton said the Government were not prepared toassist financially the development of municipal aerodromes, but that the National Flying Services, Ltd., would receive abonus from the Government on each pilot turned ont, and, in return, had guaranteed to provide directly or indirectly20 new aerodromes and 80 new landing places. He suggested that the company might be prepared to assist the munici-pality in the establishment of an aerodrome, and to give a guarantee of income. He visualised all the big cities in theNorth of England providing landing facilities, and a single operating company establishing services, first between Hulland Amsterdam, or Hamburg, and then extending westwards to the big cities in the North of England. Sir Sefton said hewould inform Imperial Airways and the Cobham-Blackburn- Gladstone organisation of the requirements of Hull, and thathe would suggest to Imperial Airways that they might deflect mileage from their London-Brussels-Cologne service to aservice between Hull and Amsterdam. 33
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