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1929
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FLIGHT, MAY 23, 1929 '" FLIGHI " Photograph " AIRMINDEDNESS " AT NORWICH : Sir Alan Cobham was busy, both on Sunday and Monday, taking uppassengers in the D.H. " Giant Moth " (D.H. 61, Siddeley " Jaguar "). is fitted with three 650 h.p. Rolls-Royce " Condors." The Service was represented by a couple of Handley Page " Hyderabads " and a " Genet-Moth." During the pro- ceedings a Simmonds " Spartan " light 'plane—we are not certain about the pilot—paid a hurried visit, while the Blackburn " Lincock " (Armstrong Siddeley " Lynx "), piloted by G. E. Lowdell, Instructor to the Suffolk Club, also put in an appearance, although he was also functioning at Northampton. Incidentally, he was down on the pro- gramme for an exhibition of aerobatics on this machine, but his " turn" was deputised by F/O Summers on a " Moth." At noon a cross-country handicap race, from the aero- drome to Ranworth Church, Wroxham, and back, was flown. This was followed by the exhibition mentioned above; then, during the lunch interval, more passengers were taken up in the club machines and by Sir Alan—the Lord Mayor of Norwich and Sir Sefton Brancker being amongst the passengers. Capt. Wilson, the Daily Mail pilot, also gave a demonstration of bombing a car from a " Moth." The next event was a delayed parachute descent by Mr. J. Tranum, with a Russell Lobe ; it was quite a good [" FLIGHT " Photograph "BOMBING A SLIGHTLY BIGGER BABY" : Capt.Wilson, the " Daily Mail " pilot, gave a demonstration at Norwich of bombing a car—in this case an Alvis. f" FLIGHT " Photograph THE D.C.A. AT NORWICH : Sir Sefton Branckeralighting from the D.H. "Giant Moth " after a flight with Sir Alan Cobham. drop, and produced quite a thrill amongst the spectators. After this the Beardmore " Inflexible " made a demon- stration flight, and really looked very impressive after one's eyes had become focussed for all the smaller fry that had been flying up to now. Then Sir Alan Cobham gave the spectators a short " talk " with the help of loud speakers, during which he explained the object of his tour and visit to Norwich in connection with his scheme for establishing municipal aerodromes. A little fun was next provided by mean-- ol an obstacle race, in which competitors had to pass thp'ugh the obstacle course, don flying kit and take off in then machines, make a complete circuit of the aerodrome and finish over the line. Two interesting demonstrations followed—some " crazy flying by F/O Summers, and some aerobatics by Sqdn.-I-^1- C". Rea—at least we think this was the pilot—on the Boulton and Paul " Sidestrand " twin-engined bomber (Bristol " Jupiturs "). This was a very fine demonstration, anii the pilot looped, stalled and otherwise threw the machine about in a manner, considering it was a fairly big twin-engined IKK wonderful to behold. The proceedings were brought to a close with a *et based on the recent disturbances in Afghanist m.piece, 424
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