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1934
1934 - 0867.PDF
AUGUST 23, 1934. FLIGHT. up really well under nearly all conditions, and it is a little foolish to make a protracted study of a road-cum- rail junction when a perfectly good reservoir, of unique shape, should be appearing in five more minutes. This is Showing the advantage of careful clocking. Thearea B is that in which a pilot can be "lost" if time is not taken into consideration, whereas hemust be somewhere in area A after, say, 27 minutes. Private Flying where the calculated ground speed and the marked time sections will prove so useful. Use your watch, keep your cruising speed constant, and you will know to within a minute or two, either way, when the next course-checking landmark is due to appear. And, in the meantime, why worry? If you are "lost," careful clocking will reduce the area of possibility, and you will be able to continue flying with confidence on your original course, knowing that, when a railway line is eventually picked up, there should be no question of its identity, though, unfortunately, it is not difficult to be led astray by mineral lines in industrial or mining dis- tricts. Many of these lines are not marked at all. Finally, when the landscape is really strange and you have forgotten your starting time, don't tear round in circles, but trust your compass implicitly and carry on firmly until, as a certain excellent instructor once re- marked, "some really handsome landmark appears—a large reservoir, London, or the North Sea." H. A. T. FROM THE CLUBS Events and Activity at the Clubs and Schools TXHTNEY AND OXFORD W A total of 24 hr. 35 min. flying was done during lastweek, and Mr. S. G. Smith passed his "A" tests. Gusty winds have, however, delayed several first solos. Two machineswent over to the Cotswold Club's garden party. TTERTS AND ESSEX •fJ- The club is organising its first " aerofete " for Saturday, September 15, at 3 p.m. Visiting aircraft will be welcomed, and all will be made members for the day. Numerous attrac- tions are being arranged, and those in the afternoon will include a visitors' handicap race (entries taken on the field) and a concours d'elegance for cars. Prizes to be won will include a genuine firkin, a real live pig, and a return flight to Paris. W. J. Alington has been appointed assistant pilot. MIDLANDThe Midland Aero Club is holding an informal garden party on September 8, and a cordial invitation is extended to all private owners and club members. There will be an arrival competition, and several other interesting events, which, it is hoped, will be well supported. In the evening a "club house" dance will be held. Free hangarage will be provided for all who care to stay. It will be appreciated if intending visitors will notify the Secretary. HATFIELDMr. Place set out from the London Aeroplane Club on Tuesday last week for South Africa in his Gipsy Major "Moth," of which he has just taken delivery, and the club hopes to see him back in about six weeks. He almost needed a second machine in which to carry all the necessary papers for his trip, and, as far as formalities go, it appears there will need to be a speed-up in getting papers through before aviators can fly to any part of the world within a week's notice. It has taken Mr. Place about eight weeks to get them. /"^OTSWOLDV^ A short and excellently carried through flying programme, lightened with numerous amusing side-shows, was providedfor the visitors to the garden party held by the Cotswold Aero Club last Saturday. The club still operates on a small aerodrome on the mainGloucester-Cheltenham road but Mr. King, who rules their destinies, tells us that the municipalities of those two townshave at last come to an agreement about the large site on the opposite side of the road, and before very long this willbecome their joint airport. It will be leased by Mr. King, and the club will then be transferred. At the present time ajlclub instruction is done from a field near Cirencester, as their own aerodrome is too narrow when the wind is blowing acrossit. This does not, however, appear to deter members from joining the club, nor does it tend to limit the number whofly. Actually out of 150 members, over sixty are flying members—a very high proportion indeed. ^ A _ _ , READINGEvents during the coming month at Woodley include a dawn patrol on the gth, a treasure hunt on the 16th, and an" end-of-season " tea party on the 23rd. /CAMBRIDGE V-^ Four new members joined Marshall's Flying School lastweek, Mr. L. Paterson passed his "A" licence tests, and Mr. A E. Earwicker made a first solo. Charter flights werecarried out to Le Touquet and Birmingham. (Other Private Flying news appears on p. 877.) A RECORD BREAKER: The sailplane Fafnir 11 with which Heini Dittmar flew a record distance of 235 miles between the Wasserkuppe and Liban (Czechoslovakia) during the Rhoen gliding contest
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