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1935
1935 - 0099.PDF
JANUARY IO, 1935. FLIGHT. 53 Private Flying FROM THE CLUBS Events and Activity at the Clubs and Schools HAMPSHIRE Sixty-seven hr. 5 min. were flown during December at Eastleigh by the Hampshire Aeroplane Club. Five machines were in use, and one member, Mr. C. R. Cross, qualified for his "A" licence. Three members, M. M. Shutte, L. T. H. Greig (of Jersey Airways, Ltd.) and F. W. Young, made first solos. One new member joined. There was a record attend ance at the Christmas party held in the clubhouse. BROOKLANDS A dinner was held in the club on December 23, and the club was then closed down until January 1. Flying hours last week amounted to 15 dual and 25 solo. Maj. Thompson has obtained his "A" licence and Miss Malcolm has com pleted her tests. The college reopened on January 2 with eleven new students. Messrs. Thadaney and Dunckley have passed their tests for the "A" and "C" ground engineers' licences. BRISTOL AND WESSEX Flying time during December, 1934, at Whitchurch totalled 60 hr. 20 min. Last week Mr. A. C. J. Percy made a first solo. During 1934 the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club com pleted 1,704 hours of Hying. Eighteen members obtained "A" licences and one member a "B" licence. Two new types of aircraft were purchased, a "Gipsy Major Moth " and a C.30 Autogiro. The annual Aviation Ball is to be held at the Grand Spa Hotel, Clifton, on Friday, February 15. READING The return landing competition between Reading and the Brooklands Aero Club has been fixed for Sunday, January 20, when the latter club intend to wrest back the laurels taken from them in November. This will take place from ibout 11 a.m. onward, and Brooklands seem very determined to do or die in the matter. In fact, members of their team have already begun practising on the Reading Circle ! The club is very pleased to welcome Ft. Lt. "Tommy" Rose, who has now taken up his position as sales manager to Messrs. Phillips and Powis, Ltd. "KTORFOLK AND NORWICH -*-^ Last year the total flying hours was a record for the club, and the number of pilots trained showed a good increase. The social side had a good send-off when on the last night of the Old Year well over a hundred members gathered in the clubhouse to welcome the New Year. Dancing commenced at 8.30, and after midnight a giant cracker was exploded by the ladies, and dancing continued until nearly 2 a.m. In March the annual dinner will take place at the club, but it is probable that another supper dance will be held before then. The weather improved considerably during the week-end and on Fridav all machines were in the air. MIDLAND During December the Midland Aero Club flew twenty hours—a low total, as a result of the unusually bad weather. However, the clubhouse has been patronised all the more and a jolly dance was held therein on the Saturday before Christmas. HERTS AND ESSEX Flying times at Broxbourne for the week ended January 5 were: Dual, 15 hr., and solo, 7 hr. Three new members, Messrs. L. H. Barker, J. Harrington and E. T. Sellick, have joined. There are now seven members studying for their " B " licences. A "pilots only" dinner will take place on January 24 at the King's Oak, Highbeach. /^INQUE PORTS \~s Things were again on the quiet side at Lympne as the club was closed for the best part of a week. Flying times totalled 7 hr. Ken Waller is now back and carrying on with instruction, but he intends to go over to Brussels shortly as he has been asked to attend several functions. Mr. Bernard Rubin's "Comet" is now open for charter work. /CAMBRIDGE V-' Flying times at Marshall's School and the Cambridge Aero Club for the week ended January 4 were: dual, 25 hr. 30 min., and solo, 10 hr. Two new members joined the school during the week. Thick fog on two days prevented flving, but Friday's sunshine brought members flocking out. Only two members of the Civil Aviation Service Corps turned up on Sunday, so these were able to put in quite a lot of dual. HATFIELD Despite the continuance of the bad weather, 13 hr. 35 min. flying time was put in at the London Aeroplane Club during last week. Members are just returning from their holidays and, provided the weather improves, the club should soon be going very hard again. Two new members, Messrs. R. G. M. Paul and R. L. Miall, have joined. The flying time at the Royal Air Force Flying Club for the past week was 5 hr. 10 min. TRISH AERO -*- Considerable progress was made by the Irish Aero Club during 1934 and a total of over 600 hours were flown. Nearlv a dozen new licences, including one to a lady member—Miss Dillon—were issued, and a number of important charter flights, including one to Wick, Scotland, with the Canadian Govern ment Trade Commissioner in Dublin, and two to Fermov, County Cork, were carried out. According to the chief in structor, Mr. C. F. French, prospects for further progress at the present time are far better than thev were at the begin ning of 1934. WITH SINGLE-SPAR WING. The Italian Bergamaschi P.S.i. monoplane is a four-seater with a Fiat A.70 200 h.p. radial. A single spar, manufactured from steel tubes, is used for the wing. A top speed of 161 m.p.h. is claimed and the stalling speed is given as 37 m.p.h. The undercarriage is retractile.
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