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1933
1933 - 0916.PDF
FLIGHT, NOVEMBER 2, 1933 Mayoress, the Sheriff of Norfolk and Mrs. Hanly, and the High Sheriff of Norfolk. D EADING AERO CLUB 1 * Members under instruction are Mrs. MacDonald, Count Hamilton, Baron Akerhielm, Messrs. Shamah, Holleman, Ruddle, Hubbard, James, Cook, Boyd, Dash, Parkin, Borchgrave, Jopling, Debenham and Evans. First solos were done by Mr. Holleman, who passed his "A" licence tests, and Mr. Shamah. Mr. E. D. A. Brigg left for Heston on Sunday, October 29, from where he intended to make a start on a flight to Nairobi. A Miles " Hawk " has been shipped to Sourabaya. NT ORTHAMPTONSHIRE AERO CLUB * ™ As the weather has not been favourable for flying, the Club has turned its attention to ground organisation. Every morning it has been necessary to remove from the aerodrome large quantities of mushrooms, not only for the sake of aircraft landing, but also for the sake of Mr. Harold Brown's cows ; incidentally, these cows, which graze on the aerodrome from morning to night, have made Sywell a most exciting aerodrome on which to taxi. The site for the new clubhouse has been pegged out and the Secretary of the Sywell Aerodrome Co. says it will be up by the New Year. (Members of the Club want to know which New Year.) The annual dance will be held at the George Hotel, Kettering, on Friday, November 3, and already there has been a great demand for tickets. DROOKLANDS SCHOOL OF FLYING *-* Weather conditions somewhat hampered flying during the week, with the result that the total only amounted to 43 hr. dual and 35 hr. solo. Cross-country flights were carried out to Lympne, Manston, Bristol and Cowes. New members for the week were Messrs. Reddy and Willson, and first solos were done by Mrs. Graham and Mr. Morris, also Miss Farmiloe passed tests for an "A" licence. Visitors during the week included Messrs. Whitney Straight, Nuvolari and Wing Com. Probyn. The Leicester Aero Club's " Puss Moth " has just been turned out of the workshops with a new C. of A. ; incidentally, the workshops are very busy nowadays, even working overtime when necessary. It is hoped that the Aero Club dance and firework display, on Saturday, November 4, will be a great success. THE LINCOLNSHIRE AERO CLUB ^ Flying times for the week totalled 4 hr. 20 min. dual, and 1 hr. 10 min. solo. New pupils were Messrs. Jarvis, Parkinson and Dobson. On Thursday, October 26, a most successful and well-attended " Rediculous " party was held, dancing continuing until 1 a.m. The prize for the most rediculous costume went to Mr. Dolley, the National Benzole representative. Cross country flights were done to Brough and Hedon, and the Rugby Union F.C. were flown to Hull to play the Ionians. A Bonfire and " Tramps" party will be held on'Friday, November 3, and - „, .,. the second Annual Dance will be held on Thursday, November 23, at the Gaiety, Grimsby. DERLIN GLIDING *-* A number of German gliding experts, among whom was Herr Hirth, recently made flights over Berlin to determine whether dangerous downward currents existed regularly at certain points, and to study conditions generally in changing winds and tempera ture. The gliders were equipped with ordinary aeroplane instru ments, and a " variometer " which shows whether the glider is ascending or descending, and also the speed of such movement in metres a second. All the flights started from Tempelhof Airport, the gliders being towed up to a height of about 500 ft. by aeroplane. On one flight Herr Hirth reached a height of nearly 8,000 ft. Peter Riedel, who recently flew in a glider to the French frontier, and Heinz Dittmar, who built his own glider „ , . „ j,„iflne on the Wasserkuppe, were flying GLIDER EXPERIMENTS OVER BERLIN : Peter Riedel in the " Fafnir sailpla"1 soaring over Berlin. 1098 day, when they lost their up winds, Dittmar just scraped into Tempelhof, but Riedel was forced to land in one of the City parks. Hanna Reitsch, a young pupil of Herr Hirth, flying his glider " Uncle Otto," amazed onlookers by a series of loops and sharp turns over the City. IV/IAIDSTONE AERO CLUB **•*• Maidstone Aero Club held their first dance of the season on Saturday, October 28, which was a great success. The next monthly " At Home " will be held on Sunday, November 5. The School of Flying are now engaged in regular flying and the three machines have been kept busy. pARDIFF AERO CLUB ^ The club-house has now been moved to its new site mar to the hangar ; electric lighting and a more efficient heating apparatus has been installed, and several other alterations have been made which should add greatly to the comfort of members during the winter months. During the last fortnight the flying times totalled 14 hr. 30 min. dual, 13 hr. 10 min. solo, and 2 hr. tests. | ONDON AEROPLANE CLUB *-* Owing to the bad weather, only 15 hr. were flown during the past week. Mr. E. W. Benson did a first solo. Among new members the Club have pleasure in welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Hargreaves. LJANWORTH (N.F.S.) * * Flying has been greatly restricted owing to the bad weather, and only 14 hr. flying has been done. Mr. R. Wheeler took his " A " licence and Lt. Everett and Mr. Back took dual instruction. Cross-country flights have been done by Mr. Bramson to the Isle of Wight, by Mr. Kirwan, who set out for Bristol, but had to return owing to bad weather, and by Maj. Osmaston, who flew to Sussex. On Saturday, October 21, some lady members flew over to Reading for the Ladies' Flying Meeting. On Saturday, November 4, the Lagonda Car Club are hold ing a gymkhana and tea dance at Hanworth, starting at 2.30 p.m. The second dinner and dance of the season will be held on Friday, November 10. T^HE YORKSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB •*• About 21 hr. were flown during the week on Club aircraft and privately-owned machines. Mr. L. B. Patrick, the Daily Express scholar, did a first solo on October 22. Cross-country flights have been done to Thornaby-on- Tees, Reading, London, and Ireland. OOUTHEND FLYING CLUB "^ The Southend Flying Club's Supper Ball at the Queen's, Westcliff, on Friday, October 27, was a great- success, there being a good attendance of members and friends. Councillor G. E. Weber, the Chairman, intro duced the principal guest, Alderman Tweedy Smith, the Mayor of Southend-on-Sea. The Mayor complimented the Club on the progress made during the year, and the pioneer work it had done for aviation in the borough. He cited the case of Birmingham, who, through delaying the deci- together under the clouds, one
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