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FLIGHT, APRIL 19, 1934 INTERESTED : A part of the large crowd which flowed into Stag Lane Aerodrome last Sunday for the British Hospitals Air Pageant opening day. (FLIGHT Photo.) should be clear of the other aircraft which were joyriding, but it was unfortunate never- theless from the public's point of view. After the show had been going for some time, Mr. Leigh Mossley, who will be remembered by those in the aviation industry for his connection with the Super- marine Aviation Works some years ago, opened the display. peculiarly appropriate person. to do so, not only by virtue of his aviation associations, but also be- cause he is now Deputy Mayor of Willesden, and the Willesden Hospital is the one chosen to benefit by this opening display. As we have already' said, individual hospitals are to benefit to the extent of 10 per cent, of the gross takings this year instead of the free ticket scheme which was worked last year, and, we hope, Willesden Hospital should benefit from this. Being the very first day, it was only reasonable to make allowance for certain shortcomings in the programme, but this did not appear to affect the large numbers of the general public who came to the aerodrome, and most of whom apparently wished to fly. A few words about the help which the organisation has received would not be out of place at this stage. Once again they are relying very largely on Morris vehicles for their ground transport, and Lord Nuffield has been very generous in this respect. Mr. Mossley was a K.L.G. Plugs are being used exclusively, as are Palmertyres. The broadcasting and radio equipment, that is not only the transmitter on the ground, but also a receiving equipment in a " Moth " (the same " Moth," incident- ally, which Mr. C. W. A. Scott flew when he created a record for the journey between England and Australia in 1932), were the work of the Standard Electrical Engineer- ing Co., of Eastcheap, London, E.C.3. The public address part of their system was certainly adequate as regards volume and at the same time perfectly clear. The radio looked very neat, and the power supply was arranged by a small Petter two-stroke generator unit (Petter engines are made in the same works as Westland Aircraft, so that they still had the lorry engine as a stand-by. At a later date the fleet will be augmented by an Avro " Tutor," upon which inverted flying and aerobatics will be done, and it is also possible that an Autogiro will be obtained, and finally there is, of course, the inevitable parachutist. it- A VARIED FLEET : Joyriders at Stag Lane on Sunday had the choice of a range of machines, from a " Moth " to an " Argosy." The " Moth " on the right of the picture brought Col. J. C. Fitzmaurice as a visitor during the afternoon. (FLIGHT Photo.) Lord Wakefield at Chelsea ON Tuesday, April 17, Lord Wakefield paid a presi- dential visit to the Automobile Training College and the College of Aeronautical Engineering. After a tour of inspection, not only of the combined Colleges in Sydney Street, Chelsea, but also of the recent addition to the automobile side in Filmer Road, the party was taken to College House on the top of Putney Hill, where they were entertained to lunch by Mr. C. H. Roberts, the Principal of the Colleges. Mr, Roberts is well known to our readers, and it needs no words of ours to emphasise the excellent and successful work which he has done in establishing this college. His students are turned out consistently and of the highest class of trained young man which it is possible to obtain, a fact which is borne out by the result of the latest Associate Fellowship examination of the Royal Aeronautical Society, wherein a college student, Mr. R. M. A. Rice, was the top of all England, and eight of those sitting, all of whom passed, out of a total of sixteen, were students. Among those present at the lunch were Lord Wakefield, President of both Colleges; Kathleen Countess of Drogheda; Lord Howe; Sir Maurice Jenks; Dame Ethel Locke King, the owner of Brooklands; Mr. H. C. Lafone, editor of the "Autocar"; Mr. and Mrs. Mollison; Mr. Nigel Norman, Director of Airwork; Mr. F. Sigrist; Col. and Mrs. Shelmerdine; Capt. Duncan Davis; and Col. Etherton. Lord Wakefield in his speech stated that he considered aviation one of the chief factors in the post-war world. It meant, he said, the end of isolation either in peace or in war, and he believed that the rapid development of civil aviation would effectively break down the social barriers which to-day still made possible fear and mistrust between nations, and which would assist the substitution of friendship for that fear. He expressed his intention of assisting the College in every way he could, and to that end offered an annual grant of £500 during his presidency to provide two full scholarships of 2J years each for the full College course. \ 388
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