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1933
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FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 14, 1933 Among the joy-riders during the week was an old " young man " of nearly 79 years. HTHE B.G.A. GLIDING MEETING •*• Following the preliminary announcement that an Open Gliding and Soaring Competition would be held at Sutton Bank, Yorkshire, on October 7 and 8, the British Gliding Association have now decided to hold three major contests—Distance, Altitude and Duiation. Yorkshire will be well represented in the competition. Mr. Fred Slingsby, of Scarborough (who won Lord Wakefield's Trophy last year), will be flying his " British Falcon " sailplane, Mr. j. P. Watson, of York, will fly his " Pruning," and Mr. Little will fly the " Tern " sailplane, which was con structed by Airspeed, Ltd., when that firm had their estab lishment in York. The Yorkshire Clubs, Bradford and Ilkley, will also be taking part. Mr. Hardwick, of Bir mingham, is expected to bring his " Falcon " (also made by Mr. Slingsby), and other entries are expected to be received from the Preston Club, Manchester Club, Newcastle Club, London Club, Dorset Club, and Mr. G. M. Buxton with his " Scud II " sailplane. Sutton Bank Site is 6 miles from Thirsk on the Thirsk- Pickering Scarborough Road, 12 miles from Hemsley, 22 miles from York, Ripon and Northallerton, and there are many other towns within a 50-mile radius. The hills are high and suitable for S., S.W., W., W.N.W., a good main road runs over the hill, and a hard second-class road runs along the landing and launching ground within 300 yd. of the edge. The top is flat, covered with short grass and heather, and is free from walls and hedges. It is suitable for height, duration, distance, cloud and thermal soaring. OEADING AERO CLUB **• The total flying times for the week ending Thursday, September 7, amounted to 51 hr.-, there being 17 pupils in training. A new pupil is Mr. Thomas, and " A " licences have been granted to Messrs. Hoggarth and Lovelock. Mr. Debenham, who was recently awarded a prize of £5 in the Daily Express Flying Competition, went solo after only 3 hr. 10 min. instruction, which cannot have been beaten often, if at all. The Club have accepted a challenge to a " Dawn Patrol " on Sunday, September 17. nUHALLOW HUNT GYMKHANA Mr. C. F. French (chief instructor of the Irish Aero Club) and Lady Heath were amongst the pilots at the Duhallow Hunt gymkhana and air display at Castletown- roche, County Cork, on Wednesday, September 6. A con siderable amount of joyriding with " Gipsy Moths " was done during the afternoon and evening, and Mr. French gave an excellent display of aerobatics and crazy flying. A ERO CLUB FOR HYDERABAD As the result of the persistent efforts of Mr. Babar Mirza, a flying club is to be opened at Hyderabad. The new club will provide a course for the Indian "A" licence and for the International Certificate issued by the Aero Club of India and Burma. The club hopes to be able to provide all the amenities of a social club and later Mr. Mirza intends to start a weekly passenger service between Bombay and Hyderabad. ]SJ ORTHERN INDIA FLYING CLUB At an emergency meeting of the Northern India Flying Club, under the chairmanship of Mr. Gokal Chund, it was decided that the flying activities of the Club should begin in October of this year. Fit. Lt. H. W. Raeburn and Mr. C. D. Wright will be engaged as instructor and chief engineer ; a " Moth " has been purchased in England, and a Desoutter belonging to a private member has been placed at the disposal of the Club. AN AIR SERVICE TRAINING RECORD *» Air Service Training has had a remarkably busy- month. The land and sea instructional machines of the School have flown 1,046 hr. during August, representing a mileage of approximately 100,000. This is a magnificent record of training activity. Ground instruction has been equally active. There has been an influx of new civilian pupils and, in addition, a number of the R.A.F. Reserve ab initio pupils have attended for their fortnight's ground course. The following pupils arrived during the month:—Mr. Dyer, one of the winners of the recent Daily Express Flying Training Competition has arrived for his "A" licence. Mr. Mukadam for his " B " pilot's and " X " ground engineer's licences and the blind-flying course. Mr. Choksi for the ground engineer's and wireless operator's courses. Lord Amherst has been taking a course on flying-boats and obtaining his " B " licence endorsements on the following machines: — " Avian " seaplane, " Cadet," " Tutor," " Siskin " and Avro " V." Mr. Ghatge is taking his " X " ground en gineer's licence, his " B " pilot's licence, the long night- flying course and the blind-flying course. He is also to fly the Avro " V." Mr. Beale has joined for the new long course which starts this month. Six other pupils are also joining within the course of the next few days. Mr. Gandar Dower and Mr. P. W. Kennedy have completed their blind-flying courses. Mr. Hollins has commenced a seaplane course ana has been flying the Avro " V." Flying Officers Long, Dease and Wood, and Messrs. Ghatge and P. W. Kennedy have been night flying in preparation for their " B " licence night-flying test, a test which Hen- August Hell passed during the month. Mr. Macphail attended for a short flying course. Mr. L. M. K. Williams has obtained his radio telephony operator's licence. On August 4 the School was visited by Marshal Chang Hsui-Liang, his son Raymond, and his secretary. Other visitors have been the delegates of the World Economic Conference and the Auxiliary Air Force 600 " B " City of London Squadron. The excellent weather during the month has permitted some very keen cricket matches. These are held every Tuesday and Saturday throughout the summer months. The tennis court has been in almost incessant use, and had seen some excellent games between the staff and pupils and between the school team and local clubs. Air Service Training now have a yacht club at Hamble. They have already purchased two " Star " class sailing dinghies, and more will be acquired when the demand necessitates it. Group Capt. Barton, the Commandant of the school, is a member, and keeps his six-metre boat, the Bird o' Freedom, moored off the seaplane slipway. Two other members have sailing dinghies, and another has a boat of the "West Solent" class. Membership is not confined to present members of the school, but is also open to those who have been there before. Racing with other clubs is carried out two days a week. A JAPANESE GLIDER : This glider, designed by Prof. H. Sato, was constructed by the students of the Aeroplane Department of the Imperial University, Fukuoka. Pilot Shizura made a flight of 8 min. 15 sec. on this glider. 915
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