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FLIGHT, JANUARY 23, 1931 PRIVATE FLYING HOI AND CLUB NEWS DRISTOL AND WESSEX Aeroplane Club.—During 1930*-* the club was moved from the temporary' quarters which had been occupied at Filton, to the new Bristol air port atWhitchurch. The move was also accompanied by an under- taking on the part of the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Clubto manage the aerodrome on behalf of the City Corporation, and Capt. L. P. Winters, on whom this responsibility ulti-mately rested, has proved that the move was of benefit to both sides from the very beginning. Active flying has beenprovided by the club, which during the year has done some 16,000 flying hours, and these members have secured 25" A " licences. The membership has also increased during this period from 243 to 427, of whom 187 are flying membersand 85 hold " A " or " B " licences. A series of lectures on all subjects relating to flying has been organised to be heldduring the coming winter evenings, which it is hoped will prove almost as profitable to members as actual flying.Among other activities which have been organised is a service station, and this has now been operating for manymonths as a branch of Airwork, Ltd., of Heston, for whom, a new hangar is now in construction. Merlyn Motors, Ltd.have occupied one of the showrooms on the air port since May last, and are doing good work in the sales and distribu-tion of aircraft. When it was first suggested that the club should undertake the management of the aerodrome, therewas a large number of people who seemed to think that this would be an unwise step. Results have, however, dispelledtheir doubts, and we feel assured that 1931 will show an even greater advance for both the club and the aerodrome. Thereremains one more service which it is hoped to institute during the early summer, and this is an air-taxi service. There hasalready been a steady demand for machines for taxi work, but in the majority of cases club aircraft have been unableto cope with this demand, since their primary vocation is training-flying, and quite rightly too, but negotiationsare already in progress, and shortly we hope to see the taxi service in being. ANEW D.H. Publication.—The Illustrated Moth Gazette is a** new publication issued by the De Havilland Aircraft Co. This is now replacing the old D. H. Gazette, and both pictoriallyand in text gives its readers a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of De Havilland activities, and, in fact, all the news" lepidopteral " there is to be obtained at the moment. No. 1, vol. i, for January this year, consists of eight pagesprofusely illustrated with the various types of aircraft and engines which come out of the D.H. factory and shows themin world-wide use. I ONDON Aeroplane Club.—Members are reminded thatthe annual dinner and dance will take place at the Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, on Tuesday, February 17,1931. Tickets, single 18s. 6d. and double 32s. Gd., can be obtainedat Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, or 3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. It is hoped during the evening to make the draw for theclub raffle of three aeroplanes. There are still a few tickets available at 10s. each. RUNNING ON AIR: A pair of Goodyear 22 x 10-4Air-Wheels fitted to Avro "Avian" G-AACV owned by Airwork, Ltd., of Heston. Ground Instruction to MembersThe scheme for ground instruction to members has been taken up very keenly, and the lists for the one month's dailyclass and three months' course have both been completed. TJANWORTH CLUB Special Meeting.—A special meeting•^^ of members of the Hanworth Club will be held at the Club on Sunday, February 1, at 5.30 p.m. The principal business of the meeting will be to considerand, if thought fit, adopt and act upon the following resolu- tion :—" That the interests of the members of this club,and of British private flying, require this club to be out- standingly attractive and successful, and that the mosteffective way to make it so is to launch immediately an energetic campaign for increased membership." Should the above resolution be carried, it is proposed toenlist the active support of all members for a campaign for increased membership. The matter is of the greatest possible importance tomembers, and the committee therefore request them to make a very special effort to be present at the meeting.The committee have arranged for monthly landing competi- tions to be held, which will be open to all licensed pilotmembers of the club. The competition will be deeded by measured distances from a landing mark on three consecu-tive landings, and cards (2s. 6d.) may be taken out anv day and at any time during flying hours throughout themonth. The competition will be open on February 1, and anvnumber of attempts may be made during the month. The monthly prize will be a silver spoon, and a cup railbe awarded on the aggregate results taken over a half-yea1 period, the first of which will be February-July. Full particulars may be obtained at the Training SectionOffice. The Growth of Heston AIRWORK, LTD., which, as everyone in aviation must bynow be aware, was started by Messrs. Norman & Muntz, have just produced an interesting brochure describing theirgrowth from the date of starting in April, 1929, up to the present day. It is made up of a series of articles which havepreviously been produced in various papers and is illustrated with half-tone blocks of various phases of the constructionand operation of the place. No one who is interested in the establishment of a private or municipal airport can affordto miss the opportunity afforded them in this brochure to increase their own knowledge and profit through that gainedby Messrs. Norman & Muntz during the construction of Heston. At the present time, barely two years frorn^the verystart, it is undoubtedly one of the most popular aerodromes in the country for both commercial and private users, andan increasingly large number of special charter machines and private owners who are flying to the Continent find it prefer- 3 $ able and much more agreeable to clear customs at Hestonwhere they are welcomed and looked after in even' *&) instead of doing so at Croydon, where they are very definite')not welcomed. All readers who wish for a copy of this pup'1' cation can obtain it from Airwork, Ltd., Heston on mention of FLIGHT.The Late Dr. Whitehead Reid DR. WHITEHEAD REID, of St. George's House, £antef-bury, who, together with Miss Irene Burnside, was fa*r- injured in an aeroplane accident near Maidstone, in October,left £12,136. Slots on Training Aircraft tIT has been announced that, in future, slots are°°. to be locked on aircraft used for training purposes. 1* "agreed that pilots need training in handling machines which slots have not been fitted, but it is also now aS1that pupils should be deprived of nothing which mr safety in the earlier stages of learning to fly. 76
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