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1934
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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 8, 1934 FROM THE CLUBS piNQUE PORTS FLYING CLUBFriday evening, February 2, was the sixth occasion upon which the members of the Cinque Ports Flying Clubhave met together with their guests for their Annual Dinner and Dance. A room in the Royal Pavilion Hotelat Folkestone was suitably decorated with the Club's colours of grey, red and blue, and therein 130 persons satdown to dinner. They enjoyed themselves, obviously and sincerely. Theyhad an unusually good dinner, as a foundation for the evening's pleasure, and those inimitable singers, SandraSvenska and Georges Seversky, ably accompanied by V. Launitz, as pieces de resistance. The manner withwhich the songs were received spoke volumes for the capa- bility and popularity of these artistes. Georges, a war-time Russian pilot, has been a member of the Club for some considerable time, and Sandra, as an outcome of theevening, is now an honorary member. She hopes to be- come a pilot so that she can fly about fulfilling her engage-ment, in the same way as Georges. Georges" Seversky is the brother of Maj. A. Seversky, who, as our readers willremember, designed a record-breaking amphibian aircraft in America. The machine was fully described in FLIGHTfor November 16, 1933. The Severskys are essentially an air family, and have the unique record of having a fatherand son both serving as pilots in the same squadron during the war. The father holds one of the earliest Russianlicences. Georges is also something of a designer, and, if his plans materialise as he hopes, we shall be able to pub-lish the details of an aeroplane which will have many new and interesting features. CAPT. L. A. R. BRADDELL, the Chairman of the ClubCommittee, presided at the dinner, and in extending a welcome to the guests, commented upon the admirableprogress which had been made by the Club. This, he felt, was largely due to the fact that the directors of theirparent company had allowed them to make good on their own and in their own way. The result was that thechild had almost done better than its parent, and their manager, Mr. W. E. Davis, had received his well-earnedreward by being given a seat on the Board. Tribute was paid to the instructors. Their Chief In-structor, affectionately known to everyone as " K.K.," had the enviable record of five years' service with theClub, during which he had not been concerned in any accident or damage to the aeroplane whatsoever. He wasnow most ably assisted by Mr. Ken Waller. These two had,between them, turned out 34 "A" licensed pilots and two " B "licensed pilots this year. The Club's machines had flown1,344 hr. during the year, an in- crease of 40 per cent, over theprevious year, an amount which was to a very large extent made-possible by the excellent mainten- ance by the ground staff under Mr.Patterson. The Club had had a successfulyear with races and meetings, and these had been well attended.Organising the International Fly- ing Meeting was a bold, but never-theless successful, venture. When called upon, the members hadrallied round well and had helped enormously with volunteer work. In conclusion, he suggestedthat, while they were getting good support from most quarters,Folkestone itself could do a great deal more to help. SQD. LDR. A. L. PAXTON, com-manding No. 25 (Fighter) Squadron at Hawkinge, replyingfor the guests, spoke only as a substitute for Lt. Col. F. C.Shelmerdine, the Director of Civil Aviation, who was detainedabroad. The Club, he said, had always been a very good friend to Mrs. Paxton and himself, and he was always ready to helpit in any way, with the permission of the Air Council, that he could. MR. W. E. DAVIS, manager of the Club, also spoke feel-ingly of the support which he got consistently from the members, and referred to this support as the reason forthe Club's prosperity. The kind of support he meant was exemplified by the action of Sqd. Ldr. Paxton, who hadflown down, specially for the dinner, from Wittering, where he was doing a blind-flying course. Mr. Davis also thanked Col. W. Ozanne, of the SmallArms School at Hythe, for coming to the dinner, express- ing regret that Lt. Col. H. Street was not also able to bepresent. In concluding, he told how, when in Paris with Mrs.Davis, he had met Georges Seversky, and how that sports- man had not only offered to come over to the dinner, butalso to bring Sandra Svenska with him. In view of the fact that both of them had had late engagements the nightbefore, he thought it was extraordinarily good of them to come. He then announced that the Committee had unani-mously elected Sandra an honorary member of the Club. OAST ANGLIAN AERO CLUB *-* On Wednesday, January 31, the East Anglian AeroClub held their first annual dinner and dance. The Club, as our readers know, has been formed by Commercial Air-ways, Ltd., at Abridge Aerodrome, Essex. As Mr. Lewing- ton, the energetic secretary, pointed out when replying tothe toast of " The East Anglian Aero Club," a toast which had been very ably proposed by Miss Butterfield, that,although the Club only started in March last year, it can already boast of 178 members, of which 100 are flyingmembers, a larger percentage number than any other flying club in existence. Mr. Lewington expressed the hope thatthe Club would be able to get the Government subsidy before very long. SIR ALLIOT VERDON ROE proposed the toast of " CivilAviation." In doing so he recalled an extremely amusing incident and a very significant one, when looked back upon,which occurred five years before the war. In that time the Government granted an interview to about half-a-dozenpioneers, of which he was one. Col. Seely met the party and showed them into Mr. Haldane's room (now LordHaldane). The group explained why they had come and hoped that the Government would see its way to placing THE MORNING AFTER : On Saturday morning last, after the Cinque Ports Flying Club's annual dinner, many members gathered at the club at Lympne despite the biting cold wind. The group here is : (left to right) Mr. Ken Waller, the second instructor ; Mr. Georges Seversky ; Mr. W. E. Davis, the Club's manager ;. Miss Sandra Svenska. The background is one of the Club's " Moths " (" Gipsy I ").. (FLIGHT Photo.) 126
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