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1933
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FLIGHT, OCTOBER 19, 1933 FOR TRAINING : A row of Blackburn B2 Trainers used at the Blackburn School at Brough for training R.A.F. Reserve pilots. The machines are fitted variously with " Hermes " and " Gipsy " engines. (FLIGHT Photo.) Flying Club's " Gipsy Moth " from Hatfield and Mr. Scholes in his " Puss Moth " from Heston. Considerable interest was caused lately by an R.A.F. Fairey III.F which used the aerodrome during co-operation with the Army. M ORTHAMPTONSHIRE AERO CLUB * ' Flying times for the week amounted to 15 hr. 35 min., in spite of the fact that three days were ruined by gales. Mr. D. Smith has almost completed tests for an " A " licence and two new members have been enrolled. Visitors during the week included Mr. and Mrs. Dupe, of Lympne Airport, Capt. Hust of Heston, Mrs. Battye of Reading, and Mr. Evans of Birmingham. The new aerodrome is now ready for use for instructional purposes. MORFOLK AND NORWICH AERO CLUB Mr. J. Collier gave instruction to Messrs. J. C. Smith, G. R. F. Clerk, F. W. Rushmer, and P. M. Britton. Solo flights were done by Miss W. F. Hudd, Messrs. A. Kirkby, K. V. Goodhill, S. Hansel, P. M. Britton, H. C. Stringer, and W. O'Brien. Mr. P. M. Britton is to be congratu lated on passing his tests for a pilot's licence. For the benefit of Club members who desire to send out Christmas cards, a number of cards are being prepared with the Club crest dye-stamped in gold, and a mounted aerial photo graph inside ; these may be obtained from the Club Secre tary. Over 120 tickets have been sold for the Annual Ball which is being held at the Thatched Assembly Rooms on Friday, November 3. Fred Anderson's Band has been engaged. EFFICIENT DESIGN : The " Scud II " sailplane designed by Mr. L. E. Baynes and built by E. D. Abbott ac Co., Ltd., of Farnham, won all the first prizes at the B.G.A. meeting at Thirsk on October 7 and 8, °ne of the best performances being the 15-mile flight of Mr. p. Wills, which won the Lord Wakefield Trophy for distance. (CARDIFF AEROPLANE CLUB Owing to the bad weather, flying has been severely handicapped during the past week, only 4 hr. 35 min. dual, 3 hr. 40 min. solo and 40 min. tests being done. I ONDON GLIDING CLUB *-* October 15 was very typical of an average Sunday at the London Gliding Club's ground at Dunstable, where increasing activity is to be seen. Of the Club machines, the " Pruning," " Hoi's der Teufel," " Crested Wren," Kassel two-seater, and " Tern " soared repeatedly, the " Wren " circling up to 850 ft. with the help of an extra rising current. Flying was continuous throughout the day from 11 a.m. until dark, and as usual was finished without any damage being recorded. A " C " certificate was obtained with a flight of half an hour. Many be ginners were also present, and several were given periods of up to half-an-hour's dual instruction in the Kassel. The general standard of piloting continues to improve week after week, and it can truthfully be said that it is fully up to that of any other gliding club in the world. DOMBAY FLYING CLUB u The Bombay Flying Club showed a monthly flying return of 4 hr. 55 min. dual and 44 hr. 20 min. solo for July. The Club have in commission five machines, four Gipsy Moths," two of which are metal, and one " Fox Moth." Owing to the bad weather, and the illness of Maj. Vetch, the chief instructor, the machines were sent off on a joyriding tour in the South. After a fortnight, however, they returned to Poona to start instructional work and joyriding at the Yeravda landing ground. New members of the Club are Mrs. H. Hulme, Messrs. M. V. Sathe, E. Donald, N. F. Heoroji, C. P. Mitchell, R. A. Dubash, C. R. Renfree, R. P. Umrigar, J. H. Vakeel, N. F. Dalai and Roger Falk. DENGAL FLYING CLUB *-> The Club remained open during the whole of the month of August, although for a week the aerodrome was in an extremely wet condition. Five pupils started in struction, Messrs. G. W. R. Fitzau, W. C. Bartley, W. G. Robinson, H. S. Hvistendahl, and S. B. Ghose. " A " licences were obtained by Messrs. B. N. Bhattacharjee, F. W. Moncreiff, and Capt. M. C. R. Harris, the latter two are members of the Reserve of Air Force Officers, and have held licences before. One of the Club's " Moths " has been sold to a syndicate composed of Dr. A. M. Leake, Capt. W. Johnson-Cole, and Messrs. J. W. Ross and B. N. Bhattacharjee. Cross-country flights have been made to Contai and return by Messrs. W. Dougall and W. Molyan, the iatter in his own Westland " Widgeon." The President of the Club, the Hon. Mr. Justice Costello, departed to England by air in one of the K.L.M. machines. Indian Trans-Continental Airways, Ltd., have given several flights to members of the Press and city officials of Cal cutta. The total membership of the Club is 346. During August 42 hr. 15 min. and 103 hr. 5 min. solo flying was done with four machines in commission. delivery of the " Leopard Moth " . »> ITH reference to a paragraph which appeared in .,J°HT for September 14, stating that orders for the -eopard Moth " given now could not probably be met "8 to the number of orders already received, Brian Lewis, the distributors for this aircraft, have written to point out that they have three " Leopard Moths " for delivery during December. When these have been dis posed of, there will be no more available until January, as stated in FLIGHT. 1057
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