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FLIGHT, JULY 10, 1931 f LYING S- "HOSPITALITY"THE private owners of the Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club, with Mr. Fred Gough as their prime mover,decided that they would like to repay a little of the hospitality which they had had from thehands of the private owners of other clubs. The result was one of the best parties which anyone has ever had.Last Saturday afternoon some forty aircraft arrived from all parts of the country, and were welcomed by Messrs.Gough, Surtees, Brett, and Cubitt, bunches of tickets were shoved into their hands, and they were told to jollywell enjoy themselves . . . which they did ! Tea in the Club House was the first item to be overcome,and much less than '' seven baskets full '' remained! After this the whole party were conveyed down to the BellHotel, where accommodation had been reserved for them. The organisation of Mr. Gough then continued itsexcellent control, and the party found themselves in cars heading for Wroxham, where dinner was eaten in theKing's Head Hotel. Being now (temporarily) satiated with good food and wine, the party was in the mood forslower travel, accompanied with music, and the thoughtful " organisers " provided a large launch, which carried themtowards Horning. On the way, music emanated from an accordion most ably handled by one Williams from Canada,who is said to have some connection with an oleaginous product whose trade mark is the housing of the genusmollusca. At Horning it was found that a dance was in progress,to which all were welcome, and several further hours passed happily there. Later, or one should say earlier thenext morning, the whole party returned to the Club House at Mousehold, and were regaled with " Ham and Eggs "until repletion called a halt to both digestive and ballistic processes.The following day, Sunday, the whole party went over to Mr. Pat Cubitt's place at Bacton on the coast, andwere treated to a picnic lunch on the sand dunes. Mr. Surtees, being an electrical engineer, had exercised hisingenuity and provided music which was broadcast. The opportunity for sea and sun bathing was naturally takenadvantage of, and probably also regretted by many of THE L-M. FLYING INSTRUCTOR: Mr. John Leeming, of Northern Air Lines, Ltd., has, together with Mr. M. Morgan, a motor engineer of the Ford Motor Co., invented this new flying instructor, which will be marketed at £25. It has proved a considerable " time-saver " in enabling pupils to get the "feel" of the controls. Enquiries should be addressed to the Air Port of Manchester, Barton Moss, Lanes. " Allied Newspapers." A NEW BREDA DEVELOPMENT: In our issue for June 12 last we published illustrations of a Breda "15" light plane fitted with an inverted engine, which provided greatly improved vision. Above we show another development, a Breda " 15 " seaplane fitted with an 105 h.p. Isotta-Fraschini Asso 80 Ri. 6-cyI. engine. This is an upright in line engine, but fitted with reduction gear which enables the engine to be placed low down in ithe fuselage, thus retaining the features of the upright type with the advantages of the inverted engine. The [main characteristics of this machine—which has wooden wings and welded steel tube fuselage—are : span, 38 ft. 9 in.; wing area, 236'7 sq. ft.; weight empty, 1,279 lbs.; useful load, 617'4 lbs.; total weight, 1,896'4 lbs.; speed range, 43—105 m.p.h.; climb, 8,200 ft. in 21 min.; duration (cruising speed), 5 hrs. The Breda Company are delivering 100 of these seaplanes to civilian aero clubs in different parts of Italy. -r...~.-.::.-.--"—. I'-:::-.. :'. •-• - . -..; _ ._ 662 / " .". ,::l
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