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FEBRUARY 7, 1929 On Thursday of next week it is hoped to inaugurate the weekly visitsto Turnhouse for the purpose of giving instruction to Edinburgh members. As indicated in last week's report, the club dance will be held on Friday, 8th,in the " Waldorf," Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, to which any members of other clubs, who may be in the district are cordially invited. SOUTHERN AERO CLUB REPORT for week ending February 3.—Flying has been somewhat restrictedduring last week owing to the bad weather, but on Sunday we managed to get in a good deal, despite the liquid nature of the aerodrome.Mr. Lister flew down from Croydon on his Avian, G-EBVA, on Sunday and he and Mr. Rogers, one of our members, flew to Lympne, where theywere cordially received by the Cinque Ports club. SUFFOLK AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending February 2.—Instructor, G. F.. Lowdell, A.F.M.Ground engineers : " C," E. Mayhew ; " A," G. Keeley. Aircraft : Three Blackburn " Bluebirds," RE, SZ, and UH. Aerodromes : Hadleigh, Suffolkand Conington, Cambs. Seaplane base : Brightlingsea, Essex. Flying time, 4 hrs. 20 mins. Three members were given dual instruction<2 hrs. 10 mins.). Flights were made by five " A and B " Licence members <1 hr. 40 mins.). One passenger was carried (5 mins.). Four tests were made(20 mins.). The weather during the week has been the worst experienced at Hadleigh ;snow, rain and fog all taking it in turn to keep the machines in their sheds. Thus there was but little flying at Hadleigh, and none at Conington, hencenothing of interest to report. YORKSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB REPORT for week ending February 2.—Pilot Instructor : H. V. Worrall.Ground Engineer : R. Morris. Machines in commission : 3 (TB, SV, RF). Flying time, 5 hrs. 35 mins. Instruction, 5 (2 hrs. 45 mins.) ; soloists, 1<35 mins.) ; " A " pilots, 3 (1 hr. 45 mins.) ; passengers, 1 (10 mins.) : test flights, 4 (20 mins.). Fog and mist Uave again held up flying activities. FROM THE FLYING SCHOOLS Brooklands School of Flying, Brooklands Aerodrome REPORT for week ending February 3.—Instructors : Capt. H. D. Davis,Capt. E. A. Jones, Maj. C. M. Pickthorn. Flying time : 12 hrs. 50 mins. Instruction during the week has been confined to five days owing to thebad weather. It is interesting to note that many times pupils who live in London havetelephoned from a fog-ridden city and found a bright and sunny aerodrome to visit at Brooklands. The third school machine is now almost ready and should be tested sometime during the forthcoming week. On Sunday, Colonel Strange and Mr. Simmonds flew down on the Simmonds" Spartan." Capt. Davis and Capt. Jones both tested the machine in tin- air and wereamazed at the lateral and fore and aft control at low speeds. The Directors would be pleased to welcome any private owners who careto fly over for lunch or tea during the week-ends. Henderson Flying School, Croydon Aerodrome REPORT for week ending February 3. A dull week bitterly cold—but in spite of this a lot of useful work has beendone. Col. Henderson has contracted with Mr. Kabali, lately taught at Stag Lane, to push him through for his " B " licence, but has spent some timereconstructing his ideas. He should be solo again towards the end of next week.Mr. Claude Grahame-White has sent along a new pupil—Mrs. Cleaver— already a " Moth " owner—who is starting instruction on the 6th inst.A new " Moth " and a new " Avro " begin work at the end of the week Mr. Loel Guinness had instruction on Sunday in upside-down flying—acheap and effective way of getting bits of mud out of the " Moth." North Sea Aerial and General Transport, Brough REPORT for week ending January 26.—At this time of year it is inevi-table that flying should be more or less curtailed by inclement weather, but during the past week conditions have been exceptionally unfavourable.At the beginning of the week a thick fog, which persisted without inter- mission for two days, completely stopped all training, and, after two days offair weather, snow set in for the remainder of the week. In spite of these difficulties, however, a fair amount of flying was carriedout, both at the Reserve school and on light aeroplanes. Mr. J. B. Stock- bridge gave 2 hxs. 15 mms. dual on " Kangaroos," and Flying-Officers Fresson,Martin, Woods, Richardson and Barker put in 15 hrs. solo. On the civilian side, two ab initio pupils, Messrs. J. W. Hall and H. R. Fields, received 1 hr.15 mins. dual on " Bluebirds," but, unfortunately, nosolo flying was possible owing to snowstorms. Test flights on " Kangaroos " and " Bluebirds " by Capt. N. W. G. Black-burn and Mr. Stockbridge, accounted for another 55 mins., making a total of 19 hrs. 25 mins. for the week. Colonel Lawrence Returns. AIRCRAFTSMAN SHAW (Colonel Lawrence of Arabian fame) returned to this country on February 2 from India, where he was serving with the R.A.F. The false rumours associat- ing him with the trouble in Afghanistan decided the Royal Air Force to transfer him to home units. R.A.F. Flight to Basra.A FLIGHT of six all-metal flying boats, under Group-Captain H. R. Bussteed, which has been stationed at Cattewater, Plymouth, is to leave in the near future forBasra, on the Persian Golf, where they are to form the nucleus of a new Empire air base. ROLLS-ROYCE CHANGES : Owing to ill health Mr. Basil Johnson (left) has resigned his position as ManagingDirector of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., and on February 2, an official luncheon was held at the Trocadero, when a silver revolving table centre-piece, shown above, was presented to him by the chief officials of the company at home andabroad. It bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Mr. Basil Johnson on his retirement on January 31, 1929, by the chief officials of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., at home and abroad, as a token of goodwill, friendship and respect,after 15 years of association between them." It bears facsimile signatures of the 79 subscribers, who also pre- sented a Royal Crown Derby Tea Service to Mrs. Basil Johnson. On behalf of the works' foremen, Mr. A. Wormald(General Works Manager) also presented a Royal Crown Derby coffee service. Mr. A. F. Sidgreaves (right), who was General Manager, has been elected by the Board a Director and will become Managing Director, while Mr. A.Wormald has been elected a Director, and Mr. W. M. Cowen (previously London General Manager) is now General Manager of the Company. Maj. Cox, who has been with the company for the past 24 years, has been appointed Sales Manager. 107
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