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1935
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AUGUST 22, 1935. FLIGHT. SSII Private Flying NORTHAMPTONSHIRE A new challenge cup has been presented to the Club by LordWakerteld, but it has not yet been decided how it shall be won. There were two new flying members last week—Messrs. K. A.Merritt -and G. Civil—and during the week Lord Erskine visited the Club. On Sunday a party tlew over Sywell from Brooklands. DUBLIN ,;.; -The Dublin Air Ferries School has been formed into the DublinAferu Club, and at the moment is forming its rules and regulations. •' A number of interesting charter flights have been made, several<rf them in connection with the Galway races. Trips were also made to Brittas where the company has licensed a large field.Three new members have joined, and Mr. L. U. Smith passed his " A " licence tests.A very successful " At Home " was held at Baldonnell by the dub, the chief event being the seventy-five mile race for the IrishCup presented by Lady Nelson. The event was won by Mr. French, a Club member. Mr. Bell won the landing competition. CINQUE PORTS The most important event of the week at Lympne wasundoubtedly the arrival of M. Henri Mignet in his " Pou du Ciel "' after his flight across the Channel. Great interest was shown inthis little craft and on Tuesday large crowds assembled on the airport to watch M. Mignet jnve demonstration flights for the benefitol the Air Ministry and the Press. More than fifty acceptances have been received for the Inter-national Meeting, and among them ure thirty-one from Germany and twelve irom Belgium and France. Herr Kidde and Herr ErnstUdet have both promised to attend and the latter intends to take part in the display. France's representative in the display will beM. Michel Doret, flying a Potez. Many entries have been received for the Cinque Ports WakefieldCup Race and it seems probable that the handicappers will have a busy time. One of tile new Caudrons and a Praga " Baby " havebeen entered and Mr. Seth-Smith will fly the "Jubilee" Monospar. There will be a different programme on both days and recordattendances are expected. Flying hours reached a total of one hundred and forty-four for thetwo weeks ending last Thursday. Miss Margaret Cunnison lias passed her " B " licence tests and Mr. Jack Ingram and Mr. Constanthave made their first solos. Sir Phillip Sassoon, who has been staying at Port Lympne, generously loaned his " Leopard " andpilot for joy-riding purposes. NORFOLK AND NORWICH The llytng record ol a fortuutht asro was easily beaten Just weekwhen Club members and the boys ol the P.S.A.C. flew 104 hours, the major part of which was put in by the Ixiys themselves. Duringthe week Mr. Vaughan Fowler demonstrated the " Swallow." Of the twenty boys who are now in training at Norwich even' onehas been able to fly and three have gone solo. These were Mr. Patrick Ash ton, from Stowe, and Messrs.. J. Hirle and K. Davis,from Lancing College and King's College School, Wimbledon. BROOKLANDS The flying time last Sunday wns almost a record for Brooklands,more than forty-nine hours being flown on Club machines. The day started with a " dawn patrol," twelve machines being in theair and on the defensive to such good purpose that only one visit- ing machine came through unobserved. In all, thirty-four machinestook part and some seventy breakfasts were served in the clubhouse. Later a formation of six machines flew to Sywell and back andthen to Keading and back; at YVoodley Mr. Morris was successful in winning the landing competition. The day concluded with amass formation flight to the new Shoreham aerodrome. During the week Mr. Brooke-Smith nuide his first solo. Capt.and Mrs. Davis flew to Amsterdam last week-end toKether with several members of the Brooklands and Cinque Ports Clubs. Therethey were the guests of Mr. Van Marken. The Gliding Subsidy MATTERS connected with the Gliding Subsidy appear tohave sorted themselves out satisfactorily. An advisory committee of the B.G.A. has been appointed to deal with the eligible clubs and their recommendations arc then passed on to a board of trustees composed of five members appointed by the Royal Aero Club, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Air Ministry, the Meteorological Society, and the British Gliding Association. Apparently eight clubs have been approved for a grant, but the amounts which will be disimbursrd this year have not so far been published. These are likely to \HI based on a 70 per cent, value of land and buildings and 50 per cent, value of machines Clubs have, in order to be eligible, to prove that they have a five years' tenure of their gliding sites and also to satisfy the board on other points of a similar nature designed to show their stability. . ; ; ' j * , A 36-H.P. "BABY" MONOPLANE Side-by-Side Seating and a Top Speed of 94 tn.p.h. KNOWN as the " Air Baby," the Praga 114 is a two-seater high-wing cantilever monoplane constructedby Ceskomoravska-Kolben-Danck, of Prague. Its wing, fuselage, fin and rudder are entirely of wood, with plywood covering, and the engine mounting, under- carriage, tail plane and elevator are of welded steel tubing, the horizontal surfaces being fabric-covered. Two persons are carried in an enclosed cabin, seated side by side on seats of aluminium sheet arranged to accommo- date back-type parachutes. From a point situated at one- third of the wing chord the cabin roof is hinged to facili- tate entry and exit. Dual controls are fitted. A Praga flat-twin air-cooled engine of 113.5 cu. in. capacity, giving 36 h.p. at 2,400 r.p.m., is employed. The oil tank, of six pints capacity, is built integral with the bottom half of the crank case. Fuel, which is consumed at 2 gallons per hour at a cruising speed of 81 m.p.h., . is carried in a gravity tank holding 7J gallons placed in the wing behind the cabin, the carburetter being fed by a single Petroflex pipe. COMPACT : The Praga 114 cabin two-seater, with 36 h.p. a i r - cooled flat-twin engine, which was demon- strated by Mr Kostalek at Hes- ton last week. The machine sells in Czecho- slovakia for about £380. Some dimensions and performance figures are given in the accompanying table. PRAGA 114. (" AIR BABY.") I'RAI.A : (! H.r. FLAT-TWIN KROINE. LIGHT TWO-SEATER MONOPLANE. DIMENSIONS, Span **«.(// m) Wiiigarea 102 sq. ft. 15.25 m1) Track 5ft. (1,50 m) WmcitT-i. Weiffht empty r.HO Ih. (2*/i *s) Weight loaded 1 030 Ib. (#ff? *£) Maximum speed Landing speed Climb in 3 mini. Service ceiling Range (4 hour*) U4 m.p.h. 1AU kmihr) 37.5 m.p.h. (00 km:kr) 1,200 ft. (.W m) 11.000ft. (3 300 m\ 310 mil
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