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FLIGHT, MARCH 6, 1931 Thi; • •'' credit. -i;nl niov^iii - '*> (ten agi tier, tioi.T COURSE FOR INSTRUCTORS.t COURSE—Eight Weeks. Types of Aircraft used for Course— Avro Tutor, Siskin, Atlas. «• is intended for pilots who have at least 200 hr. flying to theirincludes :—Careful training in accurate flying. Analysis of all of controls in the air. Methods of forced landing. Aerobatics. InJ Comprehensive instruction in modern methods of training.i,'\hf air and on the ground, with ground instruction in :—Lectures on •r ,'i' Manciples of instruction. Theory of flight. Airmanship. Air pilot-Tiigines—construction, care and inaintenance. Rigging—construe - , ,iri" and inaintenance of aircraft. Aerodrome and school organisa-Miuntenance and construction of flying instruments, following gives an idea of the flying time nece55ary : —ivro Tutor, dual \vro Tutor, soloSiskin, dual ulas, dual lioth Service Types, solo Total On occasions, two pupils will be sent up in the same aircraft and in thiscase the cost of flying will be divided. Pupils will be categorised and given certificates as follows :—AST—A.I.\n exceptional Instructor. AST—A.2. An Instructor above the average. AST—B. An average Instructor. AST—C. An Instructor below the average.\S7—D. Unsuitable as an Instructor at present. 7 hours7 ,, 2 ,,1 hour 6 hours 23 hours .. £56. . £56 .. £24 £l2• • £72 . . £22( BLIND PLYING COURSE DURATION OF COIRSE—Approximately Fourteen Days. Types of Aircraftused for Course—•\VTJ Tutor or Avr*> Avian. These machines are fitted with a translucent hood which, when in position,deprives the pupil of external visibility. Thus, the pupil is flying under conditions similar to those encountered in fog or heavy cloud. The instructoroccupies the front cockpit which is open. This course includes the following training under the hood :—Flyingstraight and level. Climbing and gliding. Turns. Gliding turns. Take-off. Spinning and recovery. Correction of awkward positions created by instruc-tor. Changing course. Straight cross-country flying. Out and in cross- country. Four-point cross-country. Tests. Ground instruction in Blind Flying will be given with a specially constructedapparatus and lectures delivered on instruments used in the air. On com- pletion of the course, certificates will be issued to pupils who successfullypass the tests. The following schedule, which is intended for pupils who have flown soloon any type of aircraft, gives an approximate idea of the time necessary for turning out a finished pupil :— i-hr. flying in open cockpit (£8 per hour),. 9J hr. flying"under hood (£8 per hour) Total £ s. d.4 0 0 76 0 0 80 0 l> or at £ti per hr. on an Avro Avian. AIRPORT NEWS CROYDON WEEKLY NOTES 'HE week has passed with very little of outstandinginterest to record. We have sampled nearly every type of weather, and to finish the week off, blindingsnowstorms swept the aerodrome all day on Saturday, intermingled with bright periods.Sunday morning found the aerodrome covered in 6 in. of snow," but this rapidly thawed. However, the flag waskept flying, and the services were well maintained. To those who do not think aircraft are reliablein bad weather, let them just cast their minds back seven or eightyears, and they will remember that it was no uncommon thing for ser-vices to be suspended for days at a time, owing to bad weather. Today,it is safe to say that there is not one day in the year that some servicesare not running, or at least attempted. Lt.-Comdr. Glen Kidston, R.N.,returned from Paris early , in the week. He did the journey in 1 hr.45 min. with a head wind, which definitely proves that the machineis decidedly faster than any other aircraft in and out of Croydon. Afew fast machines of this nature would undoubtedly prove a payingconcern during the summer months. The i n w a r d-b o u n d ArgosyG-AACJ, of Imperial Airways, piloted by Mr. Walters, from Cologne,on Monday last, had a thrilling esca- pade. The pilot was flying througha snowstorm, when suddenly there was a blinding flash from one end ofthe machine to the other. The engineer went into the cabin, whichwas full of smoke, to see if anything had happened there, and soon foundthat the wireless set was completely disabled, the back having beenblown out. All the fuses had blown, ;nd every valve, both transmitting;id receiving, had been broken. he aerial had been burnt off, and •wt remained of it was fused into• her metal parts, as clean as if it id been acetylene-welded. The<mpass was affected and the whole Machine became magnetised. Mr.1 alters had to carry on without his v reless and compass, and it was some days before it was Possible to swing the compass and put the machine on servicea.ain. It was rather a terrifying experience, I should think. C.i any of my readers imagine the feelings of Capt. Grace, AN AERIAL LIGHTHOUSE : The PrahaAirport of Czechoslovakia possesses an imposing aerial lighthouse, which isshown in the accompanying illustration. of the A.I.D., when that blinding flash took place ? He wasa passenger ! One can recall something similar happening to the late Capt. F. L. Barnard on G-EBMT, a Handley PageW.10, but on this occasion the wireless set was not destroyed. Imperial Airways have been busy with large parties,booking Argosies for joy-rides, and, no doubt, the summer tea flights will again be very popular. One is very gladto hear that this company have ordered a fleet of four-enginedmonoplanes from Armstrong, Whit- worth, Ltd., and they are likely tobe here quite soon. It will be re- membered that details of thesemachines were published in last week's issue. This is good news,and they will be needed this summer. Imperial Airways is thenational company, and, naturally, everyone wants to see themthe finest air line in existence. G-EBLE is again on service, andwill not be going to Africa yet, I understand. Perhaps " Hannibal "will soon be here, or that Imperial gentleman General Clive !According to an evening news- paper, Imperial Airways will bemoving their headquarters from Airways House to Victoria Station,and will run a ro-railler service to and from Croydon in the nearfuture. I doubt whether this will show any actual saving of timeover the present system. The German and French com-panies are to run their night-flying services again this year. The Luft-Hansa Co. commence their Croydon- Cologne-Berlin service and viceversa next month, and the Air Union Co. their Croydon-Paris-Croydon services shortly afterwards. The Sabena people continue withtheir night air mail, Croydon- Brussels-Croydon. Mention of night flying makesone think that it will be interest- ing to hear Capt. Carl Florman,managing director of the A.-B. Aerotransport, Stockholm, lectureon " Night Flying " before the Royal Aeronautical Society on Thursday, March 12. The traffic figures for the week were : passengers, 316;freight, 32 tons. P- B. 205
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