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1930
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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 7, 1930 BOMBAY FLYING CLUB "AT HOME ": General view of the members' enclosure at Juhu Air Park on the occasion of the Bombay Flying Club's"At Home " and Aerial Display, December 3, 1929. The machine is a D.H.9 BOMBAY FLYING CLUB "AT HOME •» DETAILS have just come to hand of an air displayheld by the Bombay Flying Club at Juhu aerodromeon December 3 last. The occasion was the formal presentation to the club of the Moth offered as a prize by Sir Charles (now Lord) Wakefield to the first Indian flying club which should turn out 12 qualified pilots, of whom at least six were to be Indians. This prize was won by the Bombay club, although the two Moths provided by the Government were not delivered until January 13, 1929, and at the time of the display the club had only been in active operation (owing to the monsoon) for about six months. H.E. the Governor of Bombay, who is our old friend Sir Frederick Sykes, performed the ceremony of christening the Moth with a glass of wine, and named it " Sir Charles Wakefield," and then made it over to the club. Mrs. F. D. Petit received it on behalf of the club, and straightway flew it round the aerodrome. Mrs. Petit, a Parsi ladv, is the first Indian ladv to learn to flv, while PRESENTING A " MOTH " : A D.H. Moth (Gipsy) was presented to the Bombay Flying Club by Sir Charles (now Lord) Wakefield on the occasion of the Club's " At Home." Our picture was taken after the christening, and shows, from left to right, Mr. M. A. Fazalbhoy, Mr.C. M. Eastley, Mrs. F. D. Petit, Master Sykes, H.E. Sir Frederick Sykes (Governor of Bombay, who christened and handed over the machine), Sir Victor Sassoon, and the Governor's A.D.C. ..-..: -• 191
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