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1935
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JUNE 27, 1935. FLIGHT. 707 FROM THE CLUBS Events and Activity at the Clubs and Schools "TOLLERTON -*- Eight new associate members joined the club last week, during a great part of which bad weather and strong winds made flying impossible. Flying time, in fact, amounted to 26 hr. 40 min. One cross-country flight was made to Thurso. CASTLE BROMWICH Members have made cross-country flights to Hanworth and Walsall, and a "Gull" and a "Hawk" have visited the aerodrome. Mr. E. Bradley and Mr. L. Yates have become members, the former in the flying class. Flying times were 17 hours dual and 7! hours solo. TDEDHILL *\ Mr. G. L. Gandy made a night flight from Croydon to Heston to view the floodlighting. A first solo has been made by Mr. S. F. Bissmarck and Mr. A. W. Saunders has com pleted his "A" licence tests. New members are Messrs. •G. H. Winn and D. H. Jorge and Miss Stone. Flying time amounted to 90 hr. 25 min. ABERDEEN A party of Civil dignitaries from Edinburgh visited the Airport to acquaint themselves with the new Aberdeen-Edin burgh service. They were flown over by Mr. E. L. Gandar Dower, managing-director of Aberdeen Airways, and inspected the Airport. The return trip was made in less than an hour. Mr. K. E. Walters has taken over instructional duties at the school. Flying times last week were 5 hr. solo, and 5 hr. 10 min. dual. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE The new municipal airport at Woolsington was used ior the first time last Thursday; a machine evidently mistook <t for Cramlington. Actually, the airport is not yet ready for traffic and will be opened officially on Friday, July 26. Tests for "A" licences have been made by Messrs. T. A. Glover, J. F. Langton and H. J. Talbot. Mr. E. L. Wardle has become a member. Of the 41 hr. 50 min. flying logged last week 31 hr. 5 min. were solo. CAMBRIDGE Sir Alan Cobham's display, which was at Cambridge last Thursday was unfortunate in having the worst day of a bad week. The "Puss Moth" has been away on charter work on several days, and the workshops, which have received another "Moth " for C. of A. are still working overtime. Three new members joined the Cambridge Aero Club during last week. On Sunday ten members ot the Civil Aviation Corps attended and all. of them flew, three for the first time. Flying time was 58 hr. 5 min. VTORFOLK AND NORWICH -L^ The weather since Whitsun has prohibited any great amount of flying, and not until this last week-end have condi tions been favourable. However, in spite of this, Messrs. A. S. Peter, A. Stuart, H. S. Whitworth, A. P. Shawcross, F. Hill. P. Gold and A. A. Rice have received dual from Mr. J. Collier. A number of photographic flights have been made, and several " cross countries," including one to Yeovil. Last Tues day a party of members of the insurance Institute, Norwich, visited the club and was shown how pupils are taught to fly. On Wednesday evening F/O. A. J. S. Morris took a club machine over to Gresham's School and landed it on the play ing fields, where he gave a short lecture on flying. Mr. M. King, a private owner, followed F/O. Morris over to the school and gave a demonstration of aerobatics. BROOKLANDS A very successful informal dinner and dance was held at the club on Saturday, 15th. The Sales Department has been extremely busy, visiting Blackpool, Liverpool, Leicester, Stoke and Northampton. It has disposed of five machines, including a "Moth" to Mr. I. Scott, of Aberdeen, and two to present club members—Mr. C. Frost having acquired a "Moth" and Mr. J. A. M. Hender son a '' Tiger.' Mr. Henderson is a director of Brooklands Air Taxis, Ltd., and the "Tiger" will be available for use by the company when necessary. captain H. D. Davis returned on Saturday after a busy week spent at Northampton, organising the running of the Reserve School. New members include Sir Harold Moore, Miss P. Duncan and Mr. G. H. Ford. Mr. Moorby has passed his "B" licence tests and Mr. Eric Alliott has returned to duty on the flying staff after sick leave. During the week two French gentlemen landed and asked for directions to Heston. Two members of the club offered to pilot them, and escorted the French machine as far as Heston Airport. The College of Aeronautical Engineering are now building another glider. Mr. Coveney, of G.Cj. Parachutes made a very fine parachute landing in front of the club. He dropped from one of the club machines, and the descent was aimed from another club machine. ....•:: - wmSSSm^mSKmmSKmmKSmSmmSm TOWARDS THE IDEAL : In Flight of December 6, last year, a new type of pusher for private owner use was described. This machine the Hammond Model Y, was designed to the order of the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce, and its various novel features ' can be gathered from this sketch.
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