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1934
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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 8, 1934 annual display, which will not take place this year, to offer- ing members a limited number of hours' flying at cheaper rates. Members without licences may take up to three hours' dual instruction, and licensed members up to two hours' solo flying, at 10s. an hour, on the Club aeroplane, until the sums allotted are exhausted. A 10 per cent, reduction on fares for air travel is offered this year to members of the Household Brigade Flying Club by Imperial Airways, Ltd., S.A.B.E.N.A., the Deutsch Luft Hansa, and the British Air Navigation Company, upon the production of certificates of membership, to be obtained from the Secretary. NT ORTHAMPTONSHIRE AERO CLUB* ' Flying times for the week totalled 16 hr. Two new flying members joined on Sunday and started instruction ;they were Mr. Charles Bennett, the playwright, and Miss Faith Bennett, the actress. The Cannibals' Party was agreat success, and another, on different lines, will be held shortly. Y ORKSHIRE AEROPLANE CLUB * About 18 hr. flying was done during the past week, including flights to London and back. Mr. W. Gairdner visited the Club on January 26 and 27 in a " Leopard Moth " for demonstration purposes. Mr. R. E: Beanlands' " Moth " has been purchased by Mr. W. Adams. Both are members of the Yorkshire Club. I IVERPOOL AND DISTRICT AERO CLUB•'—' Flying returns for the week ending Friday, Febru- ary 2, totalled 13 hr. 20 min. dual and 10 hr. 25 min.solo ; the times for the month of January totalled 103 hr. 15 min. pARDIFF AEROPLANE CLUB ^ Flying times for the past week amounted to 4 hr. 5 min. dual, 5 hr. 10 min. solo and 30 min. tests. Mr. H. L. Armstrong has obtained an "A" licence. DEADING AERO CLUB** The School has again been very busy. Messrs. Sanders, Bishop, Ogilvie and Lehmann did cross-countryflights to Portsmouth. " Hawk " deliveries have been speeded up and it is now a case of definite delivery threeweeks after orders being placed. One " Hawk " was shipped to India during the week, and Mr. Hill returnedwith his to Ireland. The next Reading Aero Club dance will be held on Saturday, February 17 ; this will be a" Pirates " dance with pirates' costumes or evening dress. ORISTOL AND WESSEX AEROPLANE CLUB ^ During the month of January the Club flew 99 hr.50 min., an increase of 52 hr. over the previous January. A Director's dinner will be held at clubhouse on Friday,February 9, at which the guests of the evening will be the President of the Club, Lord Apsley, and Mr. HerbertThomas, the President of the S.B.A.C. On the following Friday, February 16, the annual Aviation Ball is being heldat the Grand Spa Hotel, Clifton. An attractive cabaret pro- gramme will be included in the evening's entertainment.The Bristol branch of Airwork is again busy after a slack period during December. At present there are fivemachines undergoing renewal of C.'s of A. and three engines undergoing complete overhaul. MORFOLK AND NORWICH AERO CLUB * The Club are pleased to welcome back Mrs. F.Crossley, who has returned to complete her training for a licence. She did a very fine first solo after only 7 hr. 40 min.dual. Mr. K. T. W. Ketton-Cremmer also received instruc- tion, and solo flights were done by Messrs. A. R. Cox,A. Kirkby, R. Forestier-Walker and A. J. S. Morris. The second of the Visitors' Nights was held on Thursday,February 1, and was well attended. During the week several members of the company playing at the TheatreRoyal visited the Club and had joyrides. The annual dinner and dance will be held at the Arlington Rooms on Air Ministry appointments THE Air Ministry announces the following appoint-ments, to take effect on the retirement on April 1, 1934, of Sir Sigmund Dannreuther, C.B., Deputy Secretary ofthe Air Ministry : — Mr. J, S. Ross. C.B., C.B.E., a Principal AssistantSecretary, to be Deputy Secretary of the Air Ministry. Mr. J. M. Spaight, C.B.E., Director of Accounts, to bea Principal Assistant Secretary, vice Mr. Ross. 128 Friday, March 2, and Percy Cohen's Band has been en-gaged for the occasion. Tickets can be obtained from the Club Secretary, price 12s. 6d. each. T ONDON GLIDING CLUB J-1 On Saturday, January 27, the soaring conditions werefeeble in the afternoon, barely permitting the Kassel two- seater, and Scud II to hold their height. But, as a rain-storm approached, vigorous up-currents were suddenly set up, to the benefit of both machines. The Kassel, with fullload, felt her way from one upheaval to another until she was soaring at a good height half a mile in front of the hill.After the rain had passed by the lift faded away again. On Sunday, January 28, there was a trifling air from theN.W. In the morning there was elementary instruction in the foot hills. In the afternoon the Pruflmg, R.F.D.,Kassel 20, Hols der Teufel and Crested Wren went hard at it from the hill top until dark. Once more the CrestedWren, by delaying her descents, showed the value of quick- acting controls, which allow a machine to hunt out everytrace of up-current close against the hill side. This veteran little machine was designed and built without the assistanceof a mathematician or draughtsman. IRISH AERO CLUB * The total flying time of the aircraft of the Irish AeroClub during 1933 was 827 hours ; this included two tours of the Free State with Sir Alan Cobham's " circus."Unfortunately, two machines were written off during the year owing to crashes, and one new machine has been pur-chased. A number of new members were enrolled last year and the financial position of the Club improved, while anew branch was formed at Sligo and another will shortly be inaugurated at Waterford. A sub-committee has beenappointed to form a gliding section under the charge of Mr. F. Peirse, and auto-towing is to be undertaken duringthe summer. The annual meeting of the Club will take place during this month. JOHANNESBURG AERONAUTICAL ASSOCIATION J The week ending December 31 was an uneventful one,beyond the fact that much of the weather was extremely ~ bad, with low-lying clouds and heavy rain. There was,of course, no flying on Christmas Day, but 48 hr. 50 min. were flown during the week. Two cross-country flightswere done to Harrismith and Bulawayo. Blind flying totalled 4 hr. 20 min. The year 1933 saw two recordsbroken, and an increase of solo hours over the total of the previous year. Dual for 1933 totalled 543 hr. 50 min.compared with 345 hr. 55 min. given during 1932. Cross- country flights totalled 710 hr. 55 min. compared with494 hr. 55 min. of the previous year. The year's total 6olo hours was 972 hr. 30 min. The drought which has recently blighted South Africaand been the cause of death of hundreds of thousands of sheep and cattle has broken with a succession of the mostappalling floods, which have been bursting dams, sweeping away bridges, and inundating huge areas of the flat FreeState. Motorists along the main roads have been marooned, and on one occasion a party of motorists were isolated ona small hummock in the midst of a howling torrent of water which covered the veld for miles. Their plight wasgenuinely dangerous, and Mr. Stanley Pearce, a member of the London Aeroplane Club, who flew out here somemonths ago, went to their rescue with supplies of food and tobacco, as they were inaccessible by land, and thereare few boats on the Free State plateau. His action averted a tragedy, and created a good deal of comment in the SouthAfrican Press. With good weather during the week ending January 7, the Club pursued a humdrum existence with59 hr. 50 -min. flying time, of which 3 hr. 20 min. was blind and 12 hr. 55 min. solo. There was also one very longcross-country flight of over 1,500 miles, from Johannesburg to East London and then to Salisbury, in Rhodesia, on anurgency errand in heavy wind. Mr. H. \V. Clothier, Deputy Director for Stores Accounts, to be Director of Accounts, vice Mr. Spaight. British air tourist in Sardinia MR. GUY ROBSOK recently made a forced landing inSardinia, and he reports the exceptional help rendered to him by Col. Cibrelli at the Cagliari Aerodrome, and Mr.Enrico Pernis, the British Consu'!, who undertook the whole of the dismantling and shipping of the aircraft. TheRoyal Aero Club has sent a letter of appreciation on behalf of English Air Tourists to these gentlemen.
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