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1931
1931 - 0721.PDF
FLIGHT, JULY 10. 1931 them. Consequently they arequick to go solo on the Avros, and then on the Bristols. Whena man is flying solo, streamers are attached to the struts towarn other pilots not to ride him ofl too hard. Sixteen of the Colleges arerepresented on the list of mem- bers. Naturally, Trinity has thelion's share, not because the present Chief Instructor, WingCommander F. P. Don, is a Trinity man (though he is doubt-less pleased to see the flying en- thusiasm of his own College), butsimply because it is much the largest College at Cambridge.The men represent all sorts of I'niversity interests, and are read-ing all sorts of schools. The air squadron is by no means a closepreserve for men of an engineer- ing bent, though perhaps aboutSO per cent, of the members have leanings that way. Classics,literature, modern languages, ma. hematics, theology, etc.—noue of them proves a bar to cor- rt"c" manipulation of the joy- stick. The squadron at presentincludes one ex-officer from Sand- 'AUfSt' who is reading for HolyOwers and has iilled up his spare tin:••.- by winning a half-mile Blue;a ;an of the Canadian Director °i Civil Aviation; a son oi theChief of the South African «-ieral Staff, a son of the Iraqi A CAMBRIDGE FORMATION OVER SALISBURY PLAIN: Light bluebands are painted round the fuselage, the chief instructor's machine having two bends. (FLIGHT Photo.) Members of the C.U.S.A. studying a map. (FLIGHT Photo.) 675
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