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FLIGHT, AUGUST 14, 1931 Skwxxte, 3UfuujV Ciuir Hem BROOKLANDS AERO CLUB.—From August 3 Mr. J.Cattley will be the Secretary of the Brooklands Aero Club as Mr. C. S. Burney has retired. EASTERN COUNTIES AEROPLANE CLUB wouldlike to thank all visiting pilots and others who helped to make their display on August 1 such a success,and they further extend a hearty welcome to anyone who visits them in the future. THE HERTS & ESSEX AEROPLANE CLUB.—SinceJune 5 the Herts and Essex Aeroplane Club has gained six " A " licences, namely those of Messrs J. G.Ormston, J. A. MacDonald, F. E. Darlow, G. E. Lloyd, C. H. Dowdeswill and G. Greenwood. Four members,Messrs. T. C. Saunders, J. G. Ormston, C. R. Schultz and j. Stack, have become private owners with their ownmachines. The performance of Mr. Ormston in the King's Cup race was really astonishing when one realises that heonly took his ticket in June last, had never been over the course, in fact had done very little cross-countryflying at all, had a total flying time of only 40 hr. to his credit. Yet he got round quite successfully, finishing 18thin a field of 21, with the extraordinarily creditable average of 92.3 m.p.h. On Monday, July 27, seven membersformed the club's first foreign outing. They flew in thiee Moths and a Widgeon with F/O. W. R. Bannister, theClub's Instructor, as leader. IRISH AERO CLUB SUBSIDY.—The vote of £1,000 for* the Irish Aero Club has now been passed by the Free State Dail (Parliament). During the course of the debatethe Minister for Industry and Commerce said that it was not his intention to ask the House for any other moneysfor Civil Aviation, and that he had never received any really practicable scheme for the establishment of a Dublin-London air service. It has not yet been decided how the subsidy shall be paid to the Club, but it is understoodthat it will not be in the form of a capitation grant of so much for each pilot trained ; it is believed that theClub will inform the Department of Industry and Com- merce of the equipment they intend purchasing, and, onthe approval of the Minister, the money will be paid over. HANWORTH CLUB.—Visit of Graf Zeppelin to Han-worth : The postponed visit of the Graf Zeppelin to Hanworth will take place on Tuesday, August 18, at 7 p.m.The ship will leave Hanworth at or about 8.30 p.m., and will return on Wednesday at about 7 p.m. Passenger reservations may be booked for the 24-hour cruise at £30. Members of National Flying Services' Clubs attendingmust produce membership cards at the entrance gates. Dinner on the 18th and 19thcan only be guaranteed to those for whom reservation has beenreceived by noon on Monday, the 17th inst. PHILLIPS & POWIS SCHOOLr OF FLYING at Reading have, in spite of bad weather,managed to fly some 490 hr. dur- ing the last two months. Many" A " licences have been ob- tained, amongst them by anative of Copenhagen, Herr Hensan, and also by representa-tives from India and Egypt. The club bedrooms are now all fulland the new facilities, particularly the swimming pool, are greatlyappreciated. During last week five machineshave been sold, one, a Spartan, which was bought by Mis"sPauline Gower, who recently ob- tained her " B " licence, andanother, a Gipsy Moth, bought by Mr. L. E. de Almasy and Count Zich. This machinewill be used for exploration in the Sahara. Mr. de Almasy recently discovered the old slave route from the south andsix of the seven oases on this route. He is now going to use the Moth as a means to find the seventh. His campwill be in a central position and flights will be made from this to all points of the compass. yHE SCARBOROUGH AIR PAGEANT AND RALLY.—The Scarborough Aero Club have arranged their second pageant and rally to take place on Saturday next, AugustIS. Lunch and other refreshments will be provided by the club and all visitors made welcome. The arrival competition will take a novel form, asinstead of a fixed zero hour, which makes possible a number of machines having to cross the line at the sametime, there will be an arrival time spread over a period from 12.15 to 12.45 p.m., during which there will be thieesealed times, the winners thus being nearest to these times. One of these prizes will be for the first ladypilot, and in the event of there being no lady pilot arriv- ing, then this prize will be awarded to the competitorcoming the greatest distance away. On Sunday afternoon a Ladies' Day is being held, whenall lady pilots will be most welcome. The Aerodrome, which is the old Scarborough racecourse, is situated abouttwo miles west of the town. ("MNQUE PORTS FLYING CLUB.—Flying time for the^ week ending August 2 reached 26 hr. 40 min., a very good figure, having regard to the abnormally bad weather.Several new pupils commenced instruction and one or two old members, who have not been flying lately, returned tothe fold. Mr. Morris, of Cranbrook, who, it will be rememberedwon the Tatler Flying Scholarship, successfully passed his " A " Licence Tests on Wednesday, July 29. A remarkably good performance was put up by two ofthe Club's lady private owners, Miss Aitken and Miss Giles, who returned on Thursday, July 30, from a fortnight'sflying tour of France, covering a very big mileage during the period. They expressed themselves very pleased withthe courtesy extended to them on all the friendly aero- dromes on which they landed, and were particularly im-pressed by the French Meteorological Service. It is interesting to note, according to official figuresjust to hand, that in 1929 76 people were killed by falling out of bed, whereas only 47 were killed in flying accidents.Motor accidents accounted for no less than 1,660 deaths. The Club was well represented at the Rallye Interna-tional du Deauville, having no fewer than six members present. DEVELOPMENT: This photograph is from a model of the new Club House which is now being completed'at Brooklands. The Tower is 35 ft. high. 813
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