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1932
1932 - 0787.PDF
FLIGHT, AUGUST 5, 1932 AT THE DEAUVILLE MEETING : 1. Mr. George Seversky, the singer, about to leave for London in his " Gipsy Moth. 2. Marcel Doret's " Dewoitine " (Hispano). 3. The Curtiss "Robin" (Curtiss "Challenger"), and 4. Mr. Carberry's new " Klemm " (Gipsy III). (Lycoming engine) belonging to the Paris branch of the Vacuum Oil Co., and was piloted by Mr. Edward White. In the evening of Saturday, July 23, a gala was held at the Casino, at which some 60 prizes were awarded to competitors in the aerial rally. The actual meeting was held on Sunday, July 24. It opened with a series of manoeuvres performed by a squadron composed of four Caudron biplanes and a Morane " Parasol " monoplane, and led by Maurice Finat. A balloon-bursting competi tion followed, and Georges Carbonnel performed trapeze evolutions from a biplane circling the aerodrome. Herr Kronfeld, the Austrian glider pilot, was then towed aloft in one of his gliders, and in spite of unfavourable weather conditions he remained aloft for eight minutes, finally landing in front of the club-house. The German stunt pilot, Achgelis, gave a very impressive demonstration of upside-down flying about 50 ft. from the ground, and aerobatics were also performed by Marcel Doret, Fraulein Bach and Victor Glardon, the Swiss pilot. The meeting closed with a parachute jump by Miss Vivienne Elder from a height of about 900 ft. The weather was fine on the Saturday, but light rain fell during the latter part of Sunday. R. C. W. DROOKLANDS *-* It is a curious feature of these reports that they always seem to begin by commenting upon the weather, either in a spirit of mournful resignation, when it has been unduly bad, or in one of joyful incredulity on those rare occasions—such as the King's Cup meeting—when the sun does manage to shine at the right time. This in terest in applied meteorology is due not so much to the Englishman's proverbial dependence on the weather as a topic of conversation as to the fact that flying in all its branches—and most especially flying instruction—depends very largely on the state of the heavens. This week we. shall have to do it again, even at the risk of becoming monotonous. The particular species of unpleasantness with which we have been affected has consisted of bright but deceptive intervals sandwiched between showers of almost tropical ferocity. These conditions have naturally hampered instruction, but in spite of this the School has put in well over 30 hours in the first four days of the week, which says much for the enthusiasm of the pupils— especially as many of them are still in the early stages, when outside discomforts make a great deal of difference. During the week Mr. Mistinger has made his first solo—a highly successful one—after quite a creditably short period of instruction. One or two English airmen who have run across him in Vienna speak very highly indeed of his kindness to them there, and we are glad to see him here among English airmen as a kind of return visit. He has become a very popular figure at Brooklands. During the week Mr. Mees, of Rotterdam, has joined the School and taken his first lessons, and Mr. Mhatre, an Indian, has also become a pupil. The School has now quite a cosmopoli tan atmosphere, comprising pupils from Holland, Bel gium, Germany and quite a colony from India. In addi tion inquiries have been received during the past week from places as far apart as Newfoundland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany and America—and, strangely enough, from members of each of the Services—Army, Navy, and Air Force! One of the advantages of having a number of foreign pupils is that it avoids the danger of their feeling friendless and isolated. Several times it has happened that a pupil has arrived and found a countryman already at the School. During the week an important innovation has been made at the School, which now offers special additional facilities for pupils. An expert lecturer has been engaged, who will give his whole time to ground instruction. The ground courses offered are now much more comprehensive than before. As always, pupils learning to fly here will be trained free of charge in the elements of Theory of Flight, Navigation, Meteorology and Ground Engineering. This preliminary course will also be available to outside students at a nominal fee. Complete courses in Advanced Navigation, Meteorology and Rigging, Engines and Theory of Flight —all up to " B " licence standard—are available at low rates, or a combined course of all three, providing com plete training for " B " licence candidates, may be taken. In addition, special coaching in portions of subjects may be had at an hourly rate. All these courses are given not in classes, but by individual instruction, as this usually is much quicker and more satisfactory both for teacher and student. Lessons are also available for classes of the younger generation, and it is hoped that a number of parties from schools, etc., may avail themselves of this offer. A new system of marking the pupil's progress board has been devised, and executed in many coloured chalks by Mr. Barr. One hopes it will be efficient—it is certainly somewhat dazzling! The repairs department is working at full pressure, and has had several interesting jobs during the past week or so. Machines handled in clude the Duchess of Bedford's " Puss Moth," which came in for C. of A. I ONDON AEROPLANE CLUB *-* In order to cope with the varied and ever-increasing social life of the Club, the club-house and catering 731
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