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1935
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604 FLIGHT. JUNE 6, 1935. THE whole aviation world and his wife seemed to be at Brooklands last Saturday afternoon, when the Brooklands Aero Club held its annual "at home," Vickers and Hawkers co-operating. It was just what such an affair should be—garden-partyish, but not too much so ; an opportunity of meeting old friends, with some good flying to watch while one chatted. By the time the fun began at 3 p.m. there were some forty- five visiting aircraft parked along the south side of the aero drome, and others continued to arrive at intervals throughout the afternoon, among them Mrs. Mollison's gaily-painted Beechcraft, Mr. Kronfeld's little " Drone," and several Service machines, including a '' Lynx '' Avro painted the official Gold- flake yellow which, leper like, warns other folk that the driver is probably under instruction. The Cinque Ports Club (which, of course, is associated with Brooklands) had sent up quite a formation from Lympne, but the Sywell contingent—and Mr. Thorn, who was to have demonstrated the Avro machines—were held up by " clouds on the tree-tops." Among the visitors was Lord Londonderry, who flew over in his "Cadet" from Hendon. Mr. George Lowdell, erstwhile Brooklands instructor, and now Wolseley test pilot, opened the flying programme with a display on the Hawker " Tomtit," which is an experimental training biplane designed some little time back and fitted with a Wolseley A.R.o engine; actually, it is used by the Wolseley folk as a sort of flying test bench, and, judging by Mr, Low- dell's exhibition of its manoeuvrability, it is a bench without a single vice. Item two was the latest Short '' Scion '' in the hands of Mr. Mark Lacayo, of Heston Sales. Everybody was impressed with this distinctive little five-seater's gentlemanly progression— even at the maximum speed of 128 m.p.h. the two 90 h.p. Pobjoy "Niagaras" emit only a smooth purr suggestive of a brace of small sports cars. Mr. E. W. Percival gave an aerobatic display with the Percival "Gull" which showed off the lively performance of Masters of ceremonies : Mr. J. J. Jeffs and Capt. Duncan Davis (with Aid! lamp) on the control-tower roof. (Flight photograph.) (Right) This aerial view shows the parked visiting machines, which ranged from a power-driven glider to Service light bombers. (Flight photograph.) M w AT HC Many Private 0\ The social side : A section of the big crowd in front of the Club-house. The Brooklands Aero Club, Hawkers and Vickers all acted as hosts. The spectator on the right is merely shading his eyes—not providing mouth-organ rivalry to the R.A.F. Central Band. (Flight photograph.)
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