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r FLIGHT, MAY 23, 192g London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane, Edgware, Sec, H. E. Perrin,3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club, Filton, Gloucester. Secretary,Major G. S. Cooper, The Aerodrome, Patchway, Glos. Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne, Hythe. Hon. Secretary,R. Dallas Brett, 114, High Street, Hythe, Kent. Hampshire Aero Club, Hamble, Southampton. Secretary, H. J.Harrington, Hamble, Southampton. Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford, Lanes. Secretary, Mr. Atherton,Avro Aerodrome, Woodford. Liverpool and District Aero Club, Hooton, Cheshire. Hon. Secre-tary, Capt. Ellis, Hooton Aerodrome. Midland Aero Club, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. Secretary,Maj. Gilbert Dennison, 22, Villa Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. T c'"'\Cramlington, Northumberland. Secre- l' I ;» Bj";T CranlIington Aerodrome, Northumbcrlaad. Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club, Household, Norwich. Secretary, G. Met wen, The Aerodrome, Household NorwichC.rifv"^ AVr F"h "uckna». Nottingham. Hon. Secretary, A c ?<" A-fC-A- 30' Park Row' Nottingham.The Scottish Hymg Club, 101, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. Secretary, George Baldwin, Moorpark Aerodrome, Renfrew bSouthern Aero Club, Shoreham, Sussex. Secretary, Miss N. B. Birkett, Shoreham Aerodrome, Sussex 'Suffolk Aenplane Club, Ipswich. Secretary, Maj. P. L. Holmes, The Aerodrome, Hadleigh, Suffolk.T Z° t'^ViT^l' ?"*• Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorks. Secretary,Lieut.-Col. Walker, The Aerodrome, Sherburn-in-Elmet. LONDON AEROPLANE CLUB I.MAY 13-19).—Instructors : Flight-Lieut. H. G. Travers and Capt. F. R.Matthews. Ground engineers : C. Humphreys and A. E. Mitchell. Aircraft.—The following machines were in commission :—G-AABN,G-AABL, G-AAEX, G-EBXS and E-EBZC. T'>tal flying time for the week : 96 hrs. Dual instruction : 32 membersreceived dual instruction, the time being 33 hrs. 40 mins. Solo flying : 45 members flew solo during the week, the time being 62 hrs. 20 mins. " A " licences.—The following members passed the necessary tests fortheir Aviators' certificates and " A " licences. —G. R. S. Charles, H. R. Presland, I. M. Symmons, J. A. Crane, L. Rowson. Club House Fund.—The following donation has been received :—L. Rowson,£2. Passenger carrying :—The following members have been granteel per-mission to carry passengers : K. V. Wright, A. G. Store, J. C. V. K. Watson, C. .1. E. Howard, C. W. G. Wood, H. M. Samuelson. BRISTOL -aa WESSEX AEROPLANE CLUB, LTD. (MAY 12-18).—Pilot instructor, : E. W. B. Bartlett. Ground engineer'A. W. Webb. Machines in commission : (2), TV, Y'H. Flying time for the week : 48 hrs. 30 mins. Pupils instructed : (17), 21 hrs. 40 mins. Soloistsinstructed : (7), 11 hrs. 35 mins. Licensed pilots : (6), 14 hrs. 5 mins. Test flights: 111), 1 hr. 20 mins. Passengers carried : (13), 10 hrs. 10 mins.Twi. club records were broken this week, the total hours for the week, and tliit with only five flying days, and a single day's flying hours with 13 hrs. 35 mins., including three " A " licences, on which we congratulateMiss Pellier, Mr. F. Seymour-Williams and Mr. C. M. Lee. Mr. Farwell also passed his " A " the following day. Mr. Culverwell took Mr. Harford toCroydon. and on his return journey visited Dorset and Devonshire. Our members are increasing steadily in numbers, 17 having joined already thismonth. We hope the competitors for the Desprez Challenge Cup on the 26th will arrive about noon, and be the guests of the club at a light lunch in thedub hnuse. CINQUE PORTS FLYING CLUB (MAY 5-11).—Total hours for week: 16 hrs. 40 mins. Dual: Mr. Ellis.3 hrs. 30 mins. ; Mr. Lillingston, 1 hr. ; Mr. Cox, 1 hr.; Mr. Reid, 1 hr. 30 mins. ; Mr. Richardson, 3 hrs. 15 mins. ; Mr. Bilham, 1 hr. 30 mins. ; Mr.Mackinnon. 10 mins. ; Mr. Wright, 30 mins. ; Mr. Whittingham, 1 hr. Mr. k. Dallas Brett, 15 mins. ; Mr. Hume, 45 mins. Total : 11 members, 14 hrs. 25 mins. " A " pilots : Mr. Mackinnon, 5 mins. ; Mr. M. Braddell,1 hr. Total: 2 members, 1 hr. 5 mins. Jovride : (1), 10 mins. Tests: (4), 30 ruins.Weather stopped flying on Sunday and Monday of this week, so that the flying time is very satisfactory for one machine for four days' flying.Messrs. Cox and Reid, two new members from Wye College, commenced instruction this week. High', more new flying members were elected at a Committee Meeting duringthr wi-fk. making 31 new flying members, and one new ground member who have joined the Club since Easter. This is all very encouraging.Memt'ers are reminded that the draw for the sweepstake for the seat in the marhm,. which will go to the Rotterdam Meeting, will take place on Sunday.26th instant, at Lympne, and they should apply for tickets, 5s. each, to the steward or the Hon. Secretary as early as possible. (MAY 5-n.)—The club has purchased a Mark (II) Cirrus Moth machineIrani the Brooklands School of Flying, Ltd. The machine was formerly the property of Mr. Wallace, and is "numbered G-EBPM, and is painted grey,w'th gold letters and nose, and the back of the fuselage in blue and white squares, which gives it a slightly dissipated appearance. (-apt. Jones and Major Pickthorne came down in two Months on Sunday,ai>" ran into very thick weather near Lympne. Major Pickthorne succeeded '•' finding the aerodrome, but Capt. Jones landed near the Folkestone Race ,!Jrst' a*towards proceeding to Lympne, when the weather cleared.„., ,"'''"•'to tile holidays, no detailed report will be issued until the end of next HAMPSHIRB AEROPLANE H-17).—Pilot instructors: Flight-Lieut. CLUB F. A. Swoffer,_ M.B.E., 35 mins. m»nte ''"'" glad to report increased flying hours this week, with the improve-.kT ."• the weather. Mr. Fleming went solo on the " Spartan " after less ™n 4 hrs. dnal instruction. Pen llrsd?y. Mr. Dudley, with Capt. Duke as passenger, took OH towas n "' ' "sitil)g Yeovil on "the way. Their return journey against the wind ^»pi;-;top and took just 3 hrs. fern-* * «° Mr' Kerr Bayly taking off in the " Spartan " through a wirebadlv /' VVedn«!day, FR had to be towed back from Bournemouth with a of th; "-""aged wing. Messrs. Simmonds Aircraft have given us an indicationone anri ?•• mtercl?angeability by replacing the damaged wing with a new We",-? g tlie aircrait serviceable again within a couple of days,hope th n6ed over £1S0 before we can purchase another aeroplane, and we :: menibers Will continue to be generous and assist us to raise this sum. LANCASHIRE AERO CLUB (MAY 5-11).—Flying tune: 31 hrs. 15 mins. Instruction (12): 9 hrs.23 nuns. Solo flights (24) : 13 hrs. 5 nuns. Passenger (19) : 6 hrs. 35 mins. lests (13) : 2 hrs. 10 mins. l ' Instruction (with Mr. Hall): Maxwell, Lister, Hindlcy, Crosthwaite, Dan"' S' Barlow, Ashworth W., Ashworth, J. H., Wilkinson, Machines in commission : QL, EC, MQ, XD. Soloists (under instruction) : Williamson, Goss, Maxwell, Barlow. Ash-worth, W., Stern. Pilots : Davies, R. G., Gort, Meads, Tweedale, Nelson, D., Michelson.Lacayo Crosthwaite, Garner, Hall, R. F., Whitehouse, Mills, Kav, Twemlow, Goodfellow, Hardy, Weale, Gerrard.Passengers (with Mr. Gort) : Melville, Miss Bourne, Turner. (With Mr. JSi K' *'"' : Garner' Miss Shaw. (With Mr. Mills) : Miss Schuster, Tyas,,.i'iv' Dlckenson. Stranger. (With Mr. Michclson) : Peters. (With Mr. Williams) : Sandbach, Clutton. (With Mr. Green) : Ebden. (With Mr.Meads) : Hall, R. F. (With Mr. Lacayo) : Worthington, Bcenken, White- house, Kay. Mr. Maxwell was successfully launched on his first Solo, and Messrs. Barlowand Stern accomplished their height tests. The last-named has now com- pleted all tests for his " A " licence EC went very near to repeating XD's performance last week. Fortunatelyshe stopped on her nose and did not go over on her back. On rough ground and in gusty weather the new Mark IV undercarriage seems a bit too softand the machines are apt to wallow badly on the ground. We arc experi- menting with extra compression rings in the undercarriage to try and curethis trouble. On Friday we were visited by Mr. Birkett from the Air Ministry, whomspected Log Books, etc., and had a flight with Mr. Hall. Flight-Lieut. Richardson has also been a visitor with his Moth. THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AERO CLUB (MAY 5-11.)—Instructor: James Bunning. Ground engineer: I.Gallagher. 1 (RX). R.X. in commission all the week. Weather unfit for flying for four days. Flying time for week : 10 hrs. 35 mins. The pupilwith the highest total flying time for week is Mr. S. P. Tyzack, 2 hrs. 35 mins. NOTTINGHAM AERO CLUB (MAY 4-10).—Total flying time: 15 hrs. Messrs. Kay, Granger (ad-vanced dual), Hutchinson, Cudley, Nicholson, Thorpe. " A " Pilots : Messrs. Wynn, Selvoy, Kay, F. Granger, Taylor, Bradley,Ball, Warren. Number of passengers carried : 5. Miss Brown paid us a visit, flying her Avro-Avian on her way to Gleneagles;she was making a detour on account of bad weather. Mr. Clarkson flew down to Croydon to take passage by air to the Con-tinent. Mr. Warren, an original R.F.C. pilot, has just been granted his " A " licence. Our flying time is rather low on account of rain and high winds. SCOTTISH FLYING CLUB, LTD. Report for two weeks ended May 18, 1929 :—(MAY 5-18.)—Chief instructor : R. M. Stirling, A.F.C. Ground engineer: W. A. R. Calder. Machines in commission during period : X Moths G/EBYG and G/EBUX.Total flying time : 63 hrs. 25 mins. Dual instruction : 29 hrs. 30 mins. Solo flying : 10 hrs. 20 mins. Passenger flights : 21 hrs. 15 mins. Tests :2 hrs. 20 mins. Instruction (with Mr. Stirling) : Messrs. H. F.. Fairley, R. R. Allan, A. H.Anderson, D. A. Graham, A. B. Walter. A. Cairns Smith, D. Barclay, L. C. Davey, G. C. Forsyth, J. C. McDougall, J. Sorel-Cameron, A. Campbell,A. Mclllwaine. T- E. R. Young, K. Teropleton, D. Lloyd, N. Chalmers, M. Findlay. J. Tamieson and Miss E. A. R. Anderson ; (with Mr. Yuill) :Messrs. H^ E~. Fairley, D. A. Graham, D. Mclntyre, A. McDonald, C. M. Brown, R. Y. Dickson ; (with Mr. Steele) : Messrs. J. Naismith, H. G. Campion, and A. B. Fairley.With nearly 20 hrs. more than the previous fortnight, our flying time pleasantly reflects the improving weather and the lengthening days. Coupledwith this, or probably as a result of it, there has been a most marked increase in interest and in general enthusiasm, as evidenced by the steady increasein our membership and in the number of pupils under instruction. On Sunday, May 12, with only two machines in action, 15 hrs. 30 mins. totalflying was completed, constituting a one-day record for the club. On May 17. Miss E. A. R. Anderson carried out a most satisfactory first solo, to be followedon the 18th by a similar performance by Mr. D. A. Graham. Both are to be congratulated", and we look forward to their obtaining their " A " licencesvery soon. On Tuesday, May 7, we were very pleased to welcome Capt. Dismore, ofImperial Airways, who visited us in the Avian G/EBZD, and later in the week we had the pleasure of receiving two more guests in Mr. E. F. Storeyand Mr. J. D. Irving, both of whom arrived in Moths. Another welcome visitor on Thursday, 17th, was Capt. A. N. Kingwill, in Messrs. Northern AirLines' Moth. When visiting Stag Lane, on Sunday, May 5, one of our members, Mr. D. K. Fairweather, was exceedingly impressed by the courtesyand attention given him by Messrs. De Havilland, and asks us to record his appreciation. Arrangements in connection with the Garden F6te to be held at Crosslees, 425
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