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1935
1935 - 1447.PDF
JUNE 13, 1935. FLIGHT. FROM THE CLUBS Events and Activity at the Clubs and Schools Private Fly in? YORKSHIRE Thirty-two hours were flown on Yorkshire Aeroplane Club machines last week. Mr. F. E. Rhodes passed his " A " licence tests, and Mrs. A. K. Dawson has joined the club as a flying member. N ORTHAMPTONSHIRE As in the cases of most of the clubs, flying was rendered impossible at Sywell on three days of last week by the very high winds. However, Sunday's good weather brought an unusually large, crowd to the aerodrome, and the new swimming pool, which is shortly to be constructed, was one of the main topics of conversation. H AMPSHIRE During last month the Hampshire Aeroplane Club flew 215 hours with the five machines .at present in use. Mr. L. T. H. Greig, a director of Jersey Airways, who, incidentally, went solo in a surprisingly short time, obtained his "A" licence, and Mr. E. G. Burry went solo. New members were Messrs. G. S. Meek, H. E. Harding, and J. Winning. /CAMBRIDGE ^s Despite two non-flying days, 34 hr. 25 min. were flown by the Cambridge Aero Club and by Marshall's Flying School during the week ended June 7. Mr. T. G. H. Kirkwood made his first solo, and Mr. A. L. Paterson completed his "A" licence tests. On Sunday six members of the C.A.S.C. arrived at the aerodrome, and five of them flew. R EDHILL Bad weather prevented flying by the Redhill Club on one day of last week and severely curtailed the flying on others. During the week 79 hr. 30 min. were flown, and Mr. Walker made the night flight for his " B " licence. New members were Messrs. G. P. M. Eves, F. G. Sutton, G. B. Thomas, and R. Geddes. The Anglo-American Company's " Rapide" is now housed at Redhill. H ANWORTH Work has been started on the new club hangar at Han- worth, and it is hoped that this will be completed within the ne^t few weeks. During the past fortnight 64 hr. 40 min. were flown by the club, Cdr. J. Hughes Hallett passed the test for his " A " licence, and two new msmbers—E. A. Sams and E. Bridger—joined. Machines are now available for flying at Aldenham aero drome, and Major H. Shield is the manager there. At the Autogiro School the 41 hr. 40 min. flown during last week included six hours flying on the C.30 chartered by the Metropolitan police for traffic control on Derby Day. This machine, of course, was equipped with a Marconi receiving and transmitting set. A first Autogiro solo was made by Herr Behrenet, who is the chief instructor of the Austrian Aero Club. T IVERPOOL *~f High winds and rain have severely curtailed flying by tht Liverpool and District Aero Club during the past week, wheu 58 hr. 40 min. were flown. IX/TIDLAND •*«• Bad weather has limited flying at the Midland Aero Club on several days, and the flying time last week totalled 48 hr. 25 min. Cross-country flights were carried out to Braunstone and Walsall, and new members included Mr. A. D. Wimbush and Miss J. Wimbush. C ARDIFF During last month the Cardiff Aeroplane Club flew 129 hr. 25 min. A fortnight ago Mr. E. L. Smith joined as a flying member, and on May 30 Capt. Findlay flew Mr. Fred Darling, the trainer, to Ireland and back. This is the first time that a machine has been cleared for Customs from Wales to Ireland. Western Airways have been making good use of the new flood-lighting svstem. H ATFIELD Two members—Messrs. G. K. H. Gourlay and C. A. Pritchard—completed their " A " licence tests at the London Aeroplane Club last week, during which the total flying time was 88 hr. 10 min. Mr. D. E. Henderson made his first solo, and four new members—Messrs. A. M. Carroll, C. G. Clegg and C. T. Berry and Mrs. Brown—joined the club. Visitors included Mr. Blomberg, of Stockholm, who came with the Director of Technical Development of the Swedish Air Force, and Mr. T. A. Campbell Black, who came with his sponsor to inspect his new "Comet." The arrangements for the Royal Air Force Flying Club's third annual display next Saturday are now complete. Last week Flight published a description of the luncheon which was held at the Cafe Royal on June 3. B ROOKLANDS On Monday of last week Mrs. Flora Drummond brought down some 130 delegates of the Women's Guild of Empire to Brooklands, and most of them were taken for flights. They were afterwards addressed by Capt, Macmillan. Four members joined the club last week, including the Hon. J. P. Bowes Lyon. Mr. J. W. F. Beach is renewing his " A " licence, and Miss Knight Bruce has gone solo. Miss Cunnison has completed her blind flying training, and Mr. Moorby is training for his " B " licence. The technical instructor, Mr. R. Ashdon, is now a first-class navigator, and he was, incidentally, the only candidate to pass the examination this year. Another extension of Brooklands Aviation, Ltd., takes the form of a club at the new Brighton municipal aerodrome at Shoreham. Mr. B. S. Smallman, at present the social secretary at Brooklands, will act as manager. RESERVISTS IN CLOVER : The buildings des;gned to accommodate the machines and pupils ol the Reserve school at Sywell are now complete and were opened last Tuesday.
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