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FLIGHT, MAY 29, The Herts and Essex Aero Club of Broxbourne which numbers several well-known " dirt-track " riders amongst its members. ; QOOD ORGANISATION.—The Nottingham Flying Clubshow, which should have been held on Sunday, was postponed owing to the weather, and was held on Tuesday,May 26. It was fortunate for the club that Tuesday is also held as a Whitsun holiday in the district, for theresult was that they were able to obtain a very big crowd. Quite a large number of pilots actually arrived on Sun-day in spite of the bad weather, and before his departure that afternoon for Scarborough, Mr. George Murray gavean impromptu aerobatic display, which was without excep- tion one of the very finest we have ever seen. He cer-tainly is a magnificent pilot at inverted flying, and his tight inverted turns, inverted falling leaf, spins and doublebunts are a joy to behold. The postponed show, when held on Tuesday, was atriumph of organisation, and the too-often-spoken-about anti-N.F.S. feeling, which has unfortunately been obviousin the past, does now definitely seem to have been laid low. Everyone enjoyed themselves at Nottingham. The pro-gramme went absolutely smoothly, with no waits, and the arrangements made for the comfort of all were of the verybest. Sir Harold Bowden, President of the Club, opened the meeting by a speech broadcast from the van, kindlylent by Mr. Lindsay Everard. This van is an exception- ally fine outfit for the work, and, if necessary, can beheard even up to two miles away with perfect clarity, during the show, Mr. E. C. Brown, W. B. Dick & Co.'srepresentative, did the broadcasting in his usual skilful manner. consisted of aerobatic displays by F/O.». t. P. Johnson, on the Lincock, and F/O. H. H. ^eech on the Martlet, Spartan Arrow, and Civilian Coupe,an ot which were, of course, extremely good, the names of :.e Pllots being sufficient criterion for their excellence.M T """6 """JVJcui criterion ior uieir excellence. Leech, on the Spartan, was particularly interesting, -use this display was not so much an aerobatic one as thie ?-°nStration of the exceptional flying capabilities of spf ^'rcraft. He showed its amazing control at slowone"'f +y?d certainly gave the impression that it must be ,..„ ° the safest machines flying, an impression whichwe may say is fully justified. ' lice-fere iWaS also an aero°atic competition for "A" club fP"ots,oi the Notts, Leicester, Derby, and Lincoln lour>*i T-T- ch a. cup was Siven by the Nottinghamflick T 11 u consisted of a climb to 1,500 ft., a loop, a The inn a half-ro11- and, finally, a landing on the circle.w«L" geS Tf1* 901- S«npai"and Mr. Jeffs, and the ifr tiiii Wffe , ' Winn. first ; Mr. Lovesev, second ; and The^-' l— ' ^ on Moths-last V- ^ ^bility race, details of which were announced 100-mile course, was won by Flt.-Lt. D. S.error, in an Avian, with Major Allen, 1-min' ~l or' in an Avian, with Major Allen,tord '"„• ' second> in a Puss Moth, and Mr. T. Brad- ' '"mm- en-or, third, in a Moth. Capt. G. W. Stewart carried out his parachute jump withan Irvin air chute, and landed beautifully, by means of a judicious side-slip, right in front of the enclosure. Readerswill know that we do not agree with parachutes being used for such shows, but this does not in any way de-tract from Capt. Stewart's excellent judgment. At the finish of the show, prizes were given by LadyBowden. Taken all round, everyone admitted that the Nottingham Show was excellently run from every pointof view, and undoubtedly did a very great deal to popu- larise flying in the district and to place N.F.S. on a foot-ing with those who " can do things well." CCAKBOKOUGH.—The newly-formed club at Scar-**^ borough rather let themselves down on Whit Monday, and the officials would do well to study the organisationof shows given by other clubs before they attempt another one. We understand that arrangements for the visitors,and also of the actual programme, were lamentably weak in many ways. There were some 20 machines present and a crowd ofover 8,000 people, but the club members who were acting as stewards apparently preferred sight-seeing to assisting,and the three police who were there to deal with the crowd were naturally overwhelmed.Reports of such an event naturally vary somewhat, but the consensus of opinion would appear to indicate thatall arrangements were distinctly poor. This is a very great pity, because Scarborough has distinct possibilitiesas a club ; the location is excellent and the amenities of the neighbourhood attractive. We sincerely hope that allconcerned will have learnt from their mistakes and that they will make a better show next time. The Lord Mayor opened the show, and the LadyMayoress, Mrs. Butler, performed the baptismal ceremony on the club's first machine, a Redwing, after which Mr.H. H. Leech flew it in a demonstration. There was a race for a cup presented by the Scarborough Townsmen'sAssociation, over a course of some 40 miles, and the handi- capping was well up to the usual style of Messrs. Dancyand Rowarth. The winner was Mr. H. H. Leech, at a speed of 103| m.p.h., on the Martlet (Genet II) ; Mr.George Murray second at 104 m.p.h. on his Moth ; and Capt. Percival third at 104J m.p.h. on his Hendy 302 ;very few seconds covering the winners. Other items included Mr. J. D. Irving in a comic" Capt. Nevamiss " sort of show ; Capt. C. B. Wilson on the Avian (Hermes II) ; Mr. Field, who bombed acar in an inverted Moth, using salvoes of bombs instead of the usual single shots ; Flt.-Lt. Russell on the Red-wing ; and Mr. George Murray in one of his magnificent aerobatic displays on his Moth. Mr. E. C. Brown was naturally doing the broadcasting,while Mr. Jeffs, whom, we understand, has, as a result of his trip up from Croydon that morning, vowed neveragain to fly after a breakfast of fat bacon, was in charge of the flying control. 481
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