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1934
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FLIGHT, MAY 10, 1934 CUSSEX *-* Plans for the aerial garden party and flying display,which are to be held at Wilmington on Empire Air Day, are now complete, and include an arrival competition, agymkhana, and a delayed action parachute descent by Mr. John Tranum. p ATWICK ^ A " Puss Moth " is now available at the B.A.T.School for instruction, solo flying, or charter. Cross- country flights during the week included trips to Ports-mouth, Hayling Island, Southampton, Reading and the Isle of Wight. In all, 32 hours were flown. MORFOLK AND NORWICH *^ The event of the week was a flight to Switzerland by M. R. le Coultre and the Instructor. They left the aerodrome on Sunday at 6.30 a.m. for Basle, flying ABCG, which is fitted with an extra tank to give a five- hours' range. Club machines formed a parting escort. Earlier in the week a flight was made to Tetbury, and, in spite of bad weather, quite a lot of flying has been done. I ANCASHIRE •*-* Club aircraft made three double journeys to Hull last week, and Woodford is expecting a return raid from York- shire at any moment. On Saturday a member who has not flown since 1918 made a first solo, and his spins, loops, and stalled turns showed that in fifteen years he had not lost his lightness of touch. Among the visitors was Lord Amherst, with Mr. Eckersley, in a Ford " Trimotor." Ftying hours totalled 38. TvTOTTINGHAM * ' On March 28 the Nottingham Flying Club was taken over from N.F.S., with J. J. Hall, Esq., J.P., Capt. L. W. Hall and Mr. T. W. Shipside as Directors. Capt. Hall, who has been flying for a number of years as North Eastern Aviation, will be in charge of the aerodrome, Mrs. Hall will manage the clubhouse, and Capt. R. T. Shepherd will continue in his work as instructor. Since the new arrangement, 76 hr, have been flown with several long cross-countrieF. AlNQUE PORTS ^ Very bad weather reduced the flying at Lympne to 19 hours, and the great event was, of course, the return of Rubin and Waller, the Club's assistant instructor, in unofficial record time from Port Darwin. The event is remarkable in that Mr. Kenneth Waller was taught to fly by Mr. K. K. Brown in 1930, and that Mr. Waller taught Mr. Rubin last summer! Miss Jean Batten arrived from the Continent on Sunday, and does not appear to be suffering from any ill-effects after her mild crash near Rome. DRISTOL •^ The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club has ordered a new " Gipsy Major Moth." A local newspaper, in co-operation with the club, is giving three flying scholar- ships for men, and one hundred candidates will be accepted for trial flights by the club, from whom six finalists will be selected. After a further flying test the three scholarship winners will be chosen, and the three unsuc- cessful finalists will be given consolation prizes in the form of a grant of £10 towards the cost of their flying training. Thirty-nine hours were flown during the week by the club. Both landing and cross-country flying competitions are to be organised during the summer. ("•ARDIFF Rough weather reduced flying to a minimum on Saturday and Sunday, but a total of 26 hr. 40 min. were flown during the week. Maj. Claude Martyn, High Sheriff of Monmouthshire, has very kindly consented to become a Vice-President of the Club. LJ AMPSHIRE* * Four machines took part in last Sunday's " dawn patrol " to Hanworth, but a high wind prevented instruc-tion later on that day. Altogether 47 hr. 55 min. were flown during the week, including a flight by Mrs. G. E.Alington to Brooklands in order to make a test of a parachute. • K ENT **• Twenty-four hours were flown during the week atBekesbourne, including two first solo flights. Among the visitors was a certain Mr. Gordon Olley with a Dragonfulof passengers, held up by fog. A formation of two " Moths " and an Autogiro visited Wilmington during theweek. QXFORD ^ Another machine, a " Cirrus II Moth," has beenobtained to assist the hard-worked " Avian " of the Universal Aircraft Services School which operates at Wit-new aerodrome. Flying time for the week ending May 6 totalled 16 hr. 30 min., and the formation of the Club iswell advanced, and the club-house should be ready for occupation in another three weeks. There are now 54members, and full details may be obtained from the Pilot Instructor. DEADING' * Amateur pilots who are unable to own a machine, yet who prefer to do serious flying, will be glad to learnthat the Reading Aero Club has come to an arrangement with Phillips & Powis whereby approved members mayhire machines for £3 10s. per week-day and £4 per Sunday. These figures include insurance. The club haschallenged its neighbours to slip unobserved through the " defences "' between 8 and 8.30 a.m. on May 20, andthere will ba a breakfast instead of a firing squad for the successful ones. Saturday, June 9, is the date fixed for theannual garden party at Woodley. Of the six machines, including two " Hawks " andfour " Moths," which took part in the Hanworth raid on Sunday, only one, a " Cirrus Moth " partly enclosingMessrs. Warren and Bishop, got through miraculously without detection, after being attacked by a " Courier "on the way. High winds thereafter prevented flying, though instruction on " Hawks " was carried on. The annual W. J. Barnes Challenge Cup competitionopened on May 1 and will close on August 1. Entries close on May 25. Marks, up to a maximum of 200, willbe allotted for the various tests which must be " flown off " before certain dates, and the number of hours tothe credit of each competitor will be taken into considera- tion. The tests are among the most useful and all-embracing that have been set and include maintenance, emergency measures, general flying, forced landings, accu-rate spins, cross-countries, and an oral examination dealing with points that are often neglected by the club pilot.The member who comes through the competition with good marking will be a thoroughly safe pilot. A leader" on thesubject appears in this issue. SOARING A THOROUGHLY gusty wind blew obliquely up the •*"*• face of Dunstable Downs on Saturday, making soaring uncomfortable and almost impossible for ordinary' machines. Collins, in his Rh&nadler, stayed up for 2\ hours, rising to a maximum of 900 feet. At tea-time conditions improved. Corp. Manuel brought out his new Blue Wren, in which the ailerons and elevator have been geared down, and " wash-out " (j- in. per 3 ft.) introduced. The ailerons are covered with oak veneer and the wing torsion-box is slightly extended. Other alterations are minor, but in the right direction. From her maiden launch she was soared by the Club Captain for 70 minutes until the wind dropped at sunset. After a thorough trial, the pilot expressed his unbounded praise. She combines the sweetness of the Crested Wren with a distinctly improved performance. On April 22, conditions at Sutton Bank were better than at any time since the B.G.A.'s Competitions during last October. At lunch time a 10-12 m.p.h. wind was blowing from due west, and the Bradford and County Gliding Club started operations. R. G. Robertson was packed in the " Professor " sailplane with several layers of overcoats and bolstered with sandwiches. His intention was to do a five-hours' duration flight. He was launched at 2 p.m. and landed at 7.15 p.m. Meanwhile, J. P. Watson soared the Priifling at frequent intervals, and occasionally three machines were in the air together. The chance of finding a good gliding site in Wiltshire should be considerable, and it is understood that a new gliding club has been formed under the name of the Wiltshire Aviation Club. 471
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