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1931 - 0276.PDF
FLIGHT, MARCH 20, 1931 / (IT^HE SAILPLANE Club and the Model Aeroplane VJ) III Club held their first dance on March 7, and the111 result was a great success both socially and finan- cially. The result is, therefore, that a balance isavailable for the development funds of both clubs and the organisation of a similar event to take place later in theseason is being considered. There are still many vacancies for the Sailplane section, and applications for membership at£3 3s. per annum should be made to the hon. sec, E. G. Smettem, 2, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, E.C. 4. •THE BRITISH GLIDING ASSOCIATION announce* the receipt of a substantial donation from the De Havilland Aircraft Works to their funds. This is particularlygratifying and shows that aircraft manufacturers are putting their belief in the future usefulness of gliding. "THE AIRCRAFT CLUB, Harrogate, has trained four•*• members to fly well since November, and several others are approaching their " A " licence stage. A lot offlying was done at the head of the Nidd Valley, on Sunday, March 15, and a considerable amount of constructional workwas put in. Those who are interested in gaining construc- tional experience, should turn up at the club on Fridays,when work is in progress. A notice is posted up in the club room on those nights announcing where the club willmeet on the following Saturday or Sunday. "THE ISLE OF WIGHT GLIDING CLUB members haveconfined their activities during the last few months chiefly to construction and repair work. The machinethey are using is a B.A.C. II and they have now completed a trailer from drawings supplied by the B.A.C. Company.Gliding was resumed on Sunday, March 15, at Bowcombe Down, and a large number of members made successfulflights without any crashes. A new two-seater, dual control, all-metal, glider, designed by Mr. J. A. Thompson, is nowbeing constructed which it is hoped will, when flown as a single seater, be capable of soaring flight. COUTHAMPTON GLIDING CLUB.—The club resumedinstruction on Sunday, taking full advantage of the glorious weather. A constructional section has been formedand work will soon be started on a secondary glider. A new site will be inspected in the near future in view offlying the new machine, and also to gain a number of " A's." CLOUDCRAFT JUNIOR SAILPLANE. The Cloudcraft "Junior" sailplane has been designed by Mr. Roger Dickson, who was responsible forthe Dickson training glider, drawings of which are published by " Flight." The " Junior "is at present being built in the works of the Cloudcraft Glider Company, at Southampton. t < GLIDING "-AN EXCEPTIONAL BOOK LIDING " is undoubtedly the most useful bookwhich has been published on the subject since the beginning of the recent resumption of glidingin this country. In a sense, it is not a handbook, since it is published by the Dorset Gliding Club as a yearbook. No one, be he a club member, or one who is merely interested in gliding, can possibly afford to be without thislittle volume. The mass and wealth of material which has been crammed into such a small space is almost unbelievable,and I have no hesitation in saying that it fills a want so often expressed by gliding people generally. It was naturally expected that its scope and interestwould be exceptionally large, since it is a compilation of articles by experts in gliding from all over the world. It isnot possible to go into each of these sections thoroughly in a short review like this, but I assure readers that they willfind authoritative information on every phase of gliding and matters of allied interest. There are specialised articleslike that by Capt. G. T. R. Hill, on the question of Tailless Gliders. There are general theoretical articles on the safetyof gliding, and theory of flight by Capt. C. H. Latimer Need- ham and Mr. H. J. Penrose, respectively, and there is anexceptionally valuable section by Mr. V. S. Gaunt, giving just that information which the average gliding club indi-vidual lacks, on airworthiness, and how to ensure it. There are also very useful sections devoted to the explana-tion of the British Gliding Association. At the end of the book is an extremely valuable register of gliding clubs com-plete with a table giving the full statistics of a large number of them, a glossary of terms which the embryo glider willfind very useful and, finally, a section devoted to gliding and soaring records. In a foreword, Col. The Master of Sempillsays that he is a firm believer in the future of motorless flight, and he advises all those who wish to become pilots,to start their training on a glider, as they will then, more readily obtain a true air sense and possess an advantage overthose who learn to fly on power-driven machines. Aeroplane pilots, he goes on, should take the first opportunity which,they will never regret, of becoming proficient sailplane pilots, and, in conclusion, he assures his readers that the book willbe of value to members of clubs and all others interested ; sentiments which I most heartily endorse. " DAEDALUS." " Gliding, 1931." A yearbook published by the DorsetGliding Club. 2s. 6d. (2s. 9d. post free from FLIGHT Offices.) 260
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