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1932
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FLIGHT, MAY 6, 1932 cordially invited. Particularly advantageous rates have been arranged for accommodation at an hotel in North ampton both for Sunday and Monday evenings, and a dinner and dance (dinner jackets) will be held on Monday evening after the pageant, to which it is hoped many of the visiting pilots will stay. The annual pageant at Sywell is invariably one of the most attractive of the fly ing club meetings, and we understand that those respon sible for drawing up the programme for this year have surpassed themselves in the provision of interesting items. AT CROYDON An item of interest is the fact that Mr. S. F. Woods has now joined the firm of Rollason, Muir & Rickard as Chief Instructor. Mr. Woods is very well known at Croy don, having, until recently, been Chief Instructor with Surrey Flying Services. AT READING ** The " Moth " (Gipsy I) used for blind flying at the Phillips & Powis School of Flying has now been fitted with a new type of hood having a quick release which has been designed and made in the school workshops. It has proved highly successful and fits around the cockpit fair ing very closely. The " Moth " (Gipsy) which Mr. J. A. Mollison flew from Australia to England has now been re conditioned at the School and sold to Mr. W. R. Westhead. AT CHESTER-LE STREET ** A new flying club, to be called the Northern Aero Club, has been formed, something on the lines of the L.G.O.C. Flying Club, from the employees of the Northern Transport Co. By obtaining some 800 members at 2s. entrance fee and 6d. per week, it is hoped to be able to provide flying instruction at 10s. per hour. On Sunday, May 1, Brian Lewis & Co. and Redwing Aircraft, Ltd., sent up machines to give the existing members their first taste of flying. AT STAG LANE **• Among the recently joined members is Mr. A. R. Robertson, who was second pilot to Commercial Airways of Canada and who flew the first scheduled air mail route to the Arctic, and Mr. R. Mussard, a Frenchman who has flown" extensively in Morocco. Both he and the former gentleman have found that the weather of their native countries is much to be preferred to that of Stag Lane. Others who have come from far and wide are Miss F. O'Connell and Mr. Mostyn, both of whom have arrived from Central Africa. Two members, Mr. G. M. Harris and Mr. D. Peacock, have now formed a joy-riding com pany with the name of Air Transport, and they are already operating " Spartan " three-seaters at various places on the South Coast. AT RATCLIFFE ** The meeting which was arranged to take place on Saturday, June 11, has now been altered to Saturday, June 4. This will be a combined Motor Gymkhana and Flying Display. Other important dates to notice in con nection with the Leicestershire Aero Club are the Night Flying Display at Ratcliffe on June 17 and 18, the National Aviation Day Display at Desford on July 14, and the special Divine Service at Ratcliffe on September 4. Des ford Aerodrome will be closed from August 19-26 for the summer holidays. AT HANWORTH ^* With the improving weather the amount of private and club flying has increased greatly. Among the interest ing machines recently seen at the aerodrome were the " Bellanca " belonging to Maj. Sidney Cotton and the " Stinson Junior " belonging to Mr. James and piloted by Mr. Cathcart Jones. Taxi work is now on the increase and the N.F.S. pilots have been kept busy flying to places as widely separated as Plymouth and Berlin. On Thurs day, April 28, some 50 students of the College of Aero nautical Engineering visited Hanworth to view the latest Autogiro. Mr. R. A. C. Brie and Mr. Marsh (who is also now flying for the Autogiro Co.) took up the majority of these visitors, who were naturally most impressed with their first flights in this type. AT BEKESBOURNE ^*- The Kent Flying Club, which has been formed as an offshoot of Kent Aircraft Services, Ltd., at Bekesbourne Aerodrome some six months ago, has been going steadily ahead. The hangar on the aerodrome has now been equipped with workshops, offices, a comfortable bar and lounge. Fit. Lt. J. H. Barringer has been appointed instructor, and under his careful tuition Mr. R. C. Ramsay, who is 71 years of age, has recently successfully passed the tests for his "A" pilot's licence after only 20 hours' dual. The flying rates of this club are £2 per hour dual and 30s. solo, while the annual subscription is £3 3s. Flying hours for the month of March were 51 hr. 20 min. AT CRAMLINGTON ^* Flying time for the month of April by the Newcastle on-Tyne Aero Club was 81 hr. 20 min. ; high west winds and fog are accountable for this small amount. On Friday, April 29, the Hon. Rupert Freeman-Mitford flew up from Hamble in the Imperial Airways " Wessex," having left the White Star Liner Majestic in a special tender at South ampton. He chartered one of the club " Moths " and flew over to Otterburn, where his mother, the Dowager Lady Redesdale, was lying seriously ill. Among the entries which have been received for the London-Newcastle Race which starts from Brooklands on May 28, are those of the Hon. Lady Bailey flying a " Puss Moth," Miss Winifred Brown flying a sports " Avian," and Lt. Col. L. A. Strange flying a " Spartan." The closing date for entry forms, it should be remembered, is May 10. A meeting is being run at Cramlington in connection with the finish of this race. During this day there will also be a race of three circuits around a course adjacent to the aerodrome, for all types of aircraft. Any private owner wishing to take part should forward his name to the Hon. Sec, Newcastle-on-Tyne Aero Club, Cramlington. AT HOOTON ^* The Annual General Meeting of the Liverpool and District Aero Club took place on Saturday, April 80. On the same day there was an annual landing competition against the senior and junior teams of the Lancashire Aero Club. Lt. Col. H. Stevenson, of Osterley, Hooton Park, has taken over the various sports facilities on the Hooton Hall Estate as an independent undertaking. He is work ing in close collaboration with the club and members will be entitled to special privileges. Work is already proceed ing on one tennis and two badminton courts, while the two existing squash courts are being reconditioned. Changing rooms and showers are also being provided. The map- reading competition held on March 12 was flown off in good weather by an entry of 22 members. The first three were Mr. E. N. Crowder, Mr. G. E. Waterworth and Mr. W. H. Varley. An innovation has been entertaining small parties from various local firms. These have invariably proved unquali fied successes, and the parties who have visited the club have been from Alfred Holt & Co., Lever Bros., George Henry Lee & Co., Bon Marche, Liverpool, Lloyds Bank, Westminster Bank, and the staff of Bootle Town Hall, while Mr. Crawshaw has organised two parties from South- port. The Finance Committee of the Liverpool Corporation proposes to decorate and adapt one of the farmhouses on the Speke Estate as accommodation for pupils and pilots using that aerodrome. The latest in Autogiros, namely, that which has been constructed in the Comper Works, and is a single-seater with Pobjoy ergine, has recently made its first successful test flight. During the week the aerodrome has been visited by Mr. Harold Pitcairn, Senor De La Cierva and Mr. R. A. C. Brie, as well as other pilots who have come over from America. A T SKEGNESS At the pageant to be held at Skegness on May 15 there will be a landing competition for which the first prize will be a Silver Cup and £10. For the handicap race from Skegness to Tollerton and back there will be a Silver Cup and £20, while for the closed-circuit short- distance race there will be a Cup and £10. For each of these events there will also be second and third prizes. AT COVENTRY ** As has already been announced in FLIGHT, the Coventry Aero Club will be holding their Air Pageant at Whitley Aerodrome on Whit-Saturday, May 14. The meet ing will be held under the competition rules of the Royal Aero Club and F.A.I. All visiting pilots will be the guests of the Club. No entrance fees will be charged for any events, and entries will be taken on the aerodrome until 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Hon. Secretary will, how ever, be glad to hear from pilots of their intention to be 394
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