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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 13, 1931 PRIVATE FLYING AND CLUB NEWS y PHILLIPS AND POWIS FLYING SCHOOL at * Reading started the year well by getting in 107 hr. 40 min. flying for January. They have recently taken on another instructor, in the person of Mr. J. F. Lawn and, no doubt, with his help next month's flying time will be greatly increased. We now frequently hear of foreigners learning to fly at our various schools and clubs, and one of the latest of these is a Chinaman, who has been taught at Reading, Mr. Sin Sin Lyao. He has gone solo and is making excellent progress. The Earl of Northesk has accepted the Presidency of the Reading Aero Club and, no doubt, we shall be hearing more about the club before very long. THE LEICESTERSHIRE AERO CLUB.—It is with •*• great regret that we have to announce the retirement of Mr. Harry Purt from the secretaryship of this club. He was, as is well-known, responsible for the foundation and organisation since its inception two years ago and it has now grown to such a large extent that he finds himself unable to spare sufficient time from his normal duties, to cope with the greatly increased amount of work entailed. The new joint Hon. Sees, are Mr. Sidney Brown, of Rockleys, Limited, Charles Street, Leicester, and R. H. S. Brown of the En-Tout - Cas Co., Ltd., Syston, Near Leicester. We are sorry that Mr. Purt has had to relinquish his position and we feel sure that the hard work which he has put into the club has been the means of laying a foundation for its future prosperity and thereby greatly easing the task which Messrs. Sidney and R. Brown are now taking on. To these latter we offer our con- gratulations on their appointment and feel sure that under their leadership the club will continue to prosper. 'TXHE CIRRUS TROPHY —The Cirrus trophy, which we •*• illustrated on January 9, has now been competed for at the new South Wales Aero Club, and out of a field of 14 entrants the race for it as won by Mr. Milton Kent in his Westland Widgeon with a Cirrus II engine. MORTHAMPTON AERO CLUB have reason to be proud _ of their last year's work. They passed 15 pilots for their "A" licence and the number of those in training at the end of December was 64. Although they only have three Moths in commission they were able during 1930 to get in a total flying time of 811 hr. 10 min., which was made up of 486 hr. 20 min. dual instruction, 180 hr. 5 min. solo flying, 47 hr. 25 min. passenger flights, and 97 hr. 20 min. test. "THE WEST KENT AERO CLUB.—Mr. P. H. Meadway _ is forming the West Kent Aero Club which will run in conjunction with the riving school at West Mailing. The annual subscription will be £3 13s. 6d. for flying members and £2 12s. 6d. for non-flying members. Anyone who is interested should get into touch with Mr. Meadway at The Billet House, Ash, Sevenoaks, or at the aerodrome, West Mailing, Kent. £INQUE PORTS Flying Club.—Weather practically stopped flying on Sunday, F'ebruary 1, and stopped it completely on Saturday, February 7. On Thursday, Feb- ruary 5, the club's Chinese pilot, Mr. S. T. Sun, returned to the club and introduced a fellow-countryman, Mr. Chen- Chia Dee, who commenced instruction during the week. On Saturday, February 7, Mr. J. F. D. Beazer, took over the post of chief ground engineer. Mr. Beazer has had 13 years experience with aircraft work, and has served in the Roval Air Force. He was previously with the de Havilland Air- craft Co., Ltd., where he has been employed partly in looking after competition aircraft. The month of January was very unsatisfactory from the weather point of view, and only 47 hours were flown, and of these, only 9 hr. 30 min. were put in on instruction. The total flying time for the week ending February 7 amounted to i0 hr. 10 min., made up as follows : Dual instruction (two members), 2 hr. 15 min. ; advanced dual (three members), 2 hr. 15 min. : " A " pilots (four members], 3 hr. 25 min. ; tests, etc., 2 hr. 35 min. 'J'HE SCOTTISH Flying Club.- At the recent annual general meeting of the Scottish Flying Club, reference was made by the chairman, Mr. J. G. Weir, to the new agree- ment made between the club and the Air Ministry. He said that November 30 marked the close of the first subsidy period. In the year under review the club had been able to obtain the maximum subsidy, which had enable them to keep the flying rate down. The new agreement provided only /10 for each new licence and /10 for each renewal, so that it was the duty of pilots who held " A " licences to renew them, and for those who were about to get them to do so as quickly as possible, not only in the interests of aviation, but also in the interests of the club. Alluding to the club's activities, the chairman said that the number of pilots instructed and passed out during the year was 23. It was gratifying that one of their pilots, Mr. T. F. Steele, was chosen to represent the British flying schools in the race for the officers of H.M. Reserve at the Air Force display at Hendon, and, in addition, that he won the event. During the year, Miss Drinkwater obtained her certificate and became the youngest lady pilot in Great Britain INDIAN Flying Clubs.—During the last few months there has been a certain amount of activity in the United Provinces for the creation of flying clubs. One movement on foot has for its object the jinking up of the existing Flying Club at Delhi with those of other centres, instead of the creation of separate organisations run on commercial lines as-was suggested at Allahabad. Negotiations have been in progress between Lucknow and Delhi for the extension of flying activities to the former, and a plan has been tentatively drawn up for the formation of an " Upper India Flying Club." Work in progress in the N.F.S. central workshops at Hanworth Park. (FLIGHT Photo.) 136
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