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1360 FLIGHT. DECEMBER 20, 1934. FROM THE CLUBS Events and Activity at the Clubs and Schools BRISTOL AND WESSEXThe weather during last week was surprisingly good, enabling members to make cross-country flights to Brooklands,Teignmouth and Portsmouth. The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club are holding theirannual ball on Friday, February 15, at the Grand Spa Hotel, Clifton, for which a well-known London dance band has beenengaged. T INCOLNSHIRE -L' Some useiul comparative figures have been given by the Lincolnshire Aero Club for the years 1933 and 1934, and these show a very encouraging all-round increase in activity. At the conclusion of 1933 there were 180 members using four machines, and the amounts of dual and solo were 140 hours and 39 hours respectively, with taxi trips totalling 98 hours. How there are 240 members and five machines, and this year 190 hours' dual, 95 hours' solo and 98 hours of taxi flying have been done. Seven new pupils have joined during the month, and two first solos have been made by Messrs. Grice and Brooks. Sunday tea dances are now held in the clubhouse. The aero- drome, which has, incidentally, been purchased by the Grimsby Corporation, is being extended. The third annual dance will be held on January 10 at the Gaiety, Grimsby, and on December 28 there will be a Christmas party in the clubhouse. TREADING -«-»- A most successful supper dance was held at the ReadingAero Club on December 8, and dancing continued into the small hours. Evervone was entertained by the cabaret turn of Mr.Shea-Simmonds, who mystified with his sleight of hand and illusions. Other amusements included memory tests of par-ticular aviation articles contained in a box, some of which were technical enough to be puzzling. All hoped to win the appro-priate prizes—bottles of wine and cigarettes. The next is to be a gangster and apache dance, to whichit is hoped people will come looking really tough. It is to be held on Saturday, January 5. For Christmas the club is arrang-ing a house party, the programme for which includes all the festivities of the season, with the added attraction of a paper-chase and indoor treasure hunt. Full service for private owners will be available during theChristmas holidays. T3ROOKLANDS -U Two new members started instruction at the Brooklands Flying Club last week, and Mr. Hill commenced an instructor's course. On one afternoon three instructional machines were cut off from the aerodrome by sudden fog, and made emer- gency landings. On alighting the pilots found themselves surrounded by strange animals: they had landed in a private Zoo! Mr. Ashton is now installed in his new lecture room, and his pupils are benefiting by the up-to-date equipment. The school is closing for Christmas from Monday, December 24, to the morning of Wednesday, January 2. The annual Works Dinner was held at the Ship Hotel, Wey- bridge, on December 14. In the course of a short speech Capt. Duncan Davis pointed out that whereas in 1933 they had 80 pupils and flew 3,934 hours, in 1934 the number of pupils had increased to 114, and the flying hours to 5,665. Of the 28 pupils from the College of Aeronautical Engineering, 26 were in jobs and the remaining ones were too young. T H E B R OO K-LANDS DINNER: The group includesFit. Lt. Tommy Rose, Mr. PercyBradley, Capt. Duncan Davis, andMr. Clifford Molli- son, the actor. PORTS^-^ Last week four members successfully passed their "A" licence tests, and two new members joined, both, incidentally,ladies. The flying last week amounted to 23 hours, which was about all the weather would allow. The club has now increased its fleet of aircraft with the addi-tion of yet another Gipsy I "Moth," so there are now four Gipsy I "Moths," one Cirrus III "Moth," and one "LeopardMoth." Mr. D. Stewart, late of the College of Aeronautical Engineering, A.S.T.'s, and Saunders Roe, Ltd., has joined theclub as engineer. The club is holding a dance at the Grand Hotel, Dover, onJanuary 7, and it is hoped that all members and friends will turn up. P>OMBAY -»-' The total flying times at the Bombay Flying Club for October were 331 hr. 45 min., of which 79 hr. 30 min. were flown in Bombay and 252 hr. 15 min. by four club aeroplanes flying from Berlin to Bombay. On the termination of this instructional flight on October 16, the pilots were accorded a civic welcome. Telegrams of congratulations were received from H.E. the Viceroy, H.E. the Governor of Bombay, the Director of Civil Aviation, the Assistant Director of Civil Avia- tion, the De Havilland Aircraft Co., and many others. Owing to the success of this flight it is proposed to organise a similar flight during the next monsoon with, it is hoped, eight machines. Mr. A. C. Gazdar is now fully qualified as an instructor, and has recently passed the Blind Flying test and Instructor's test at Air Service Training in England. The club had twelve " ab initio " pupils under instruction, of which five are under training for their "B " licence, at the close of the month. T ONDON -L* The first to be held since the move from Stag Lane toHatfield, the annual dinner of the London Aeroplane Club last Friday was an occasion of the greatest satisfaction to allmembers. The club's committee is wiser than many, for they never spoil their members' digestion by making them sitthrough a plethora of speeches! Maj. K. M. Beaumont, chairman of the committee, pointedout in a short address that the move to Hatfield and the change of proprietorship of the club to the De HavillandAircraft Company were more innovations which had during the past year proved beneficial to members. In support of thisstatement Maj. Beaumont announced that the flying hours put in on the club's aeroplanes had increased from 2,200 hours to3,300 hours; the number of aeroplanes had been increased from five to seven; and the number of licences secured was forty-four "A" and five "B." Lt. Col. F. C. Shelmerdine, the Director of Civil Aviation,then presented the following cups: Navigation (donor, E. Hicks), A. H. Cook; Map Reading, donor and winner, F. H.Matusch; Aerobatics (donor, P. H. B. Sprosen), E. M. Wright; Forced Landing (donor, M. Young), E. A. Beale; JuniorForced Landing (donor, H. Ross-Kirkman), A. H. Batten. Flying time last week at Hatfield totalled 30 hr. 35 min.,and eight new members have joined. The R.A.F. Club will be closed from 2.30 p.m. on Decem-ber 27 until 12.30 p.m. on December 28, but will be open dur- ing the Christmas holidays.
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