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1936
1936 - 0416.PDF
FEBRUARY 13, 1936. FLIGHT. 183 Private Flying FROM the CLUBS Events and Activity at the Clubs and Schools j BRISTOL T HE Bristol and Wessex Club's Avro Cadet is being fitted for blind-flying in place of the Gipsy Moth and should be ready by now. Flying times last week totalled 25 hr. The aviation ball has been postponed from February 28 to either April 3 or April 24. LONDON Mrs. .Mabel G. Caldwell and Mr. O. B. Montgomery Munro became members last week. The flying time was 88 hr. 25 min. HANWORTH Flying times for the week totalled 31 hr. 20 min. Messrs. D. R. Martin, C. E. Heath and W. P. Bowles have gone solo and Mr. G. S. Wood?, ark became a member. Messrs. B. Ricketts and Hoppe passed their " A " licence tests. The big event of the week has been the take-off for the Cape of F/O. David Llewellyn. PORTSMOUTH An Aeronca flew over to Portsmouth last Sunday week and was tried out by a number of members of the Portsmouth Aero Club. The flying committee has decided to hold a forced landing competi tion on the first Sunday in each month and it is hoped that entries from other clubs will be received. New members are Messrs. Somer set, Taylor and Burridge. Flying times for the week amounted to 35 hr. 40 min. LEEMING Toe Yorkshire Aviation Services' sales department has been busy. Mr. Shand has bought a B.A. Swallow, and the newly formed Harro gate Aeroplane Club have placed an order for a similar machine. Mr. Shand made his first solo last week, during which 17 hr. 35 min. flying was done. Two of the school's pupils, Mr. Robinson and Mr. Weston Adamson, are touring India in a Leopard Moth. Visitors to the aerodrome last week included Mr. Roy Fox. COVENTRY The Coventry Aero Club and Coventry Aviation Group have amalgamated with effect from February 1 and will in future be known as the Coventry Aeroplane Club. It is hoped that, with the unification of effort and assets, greater facilities will become available. The use of Whitley aerodrome, by kind permission of Sir \V. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, will be retained. The jomt honorary secretaries are Mr. P. Haseloek (general), 25, Wain- body Avenue, Coventry, and Mr. H. T. Jackson (flying). WITNEY AND OXFORD I he Witney Aerodrome Dramatic Society are giving a perform ance of Tlie Late Christopher Bean on March 28 and will devote half the proceeds to the Sefton Brancker Memorial Fund. The play is being produced by the aerodrome's energetic manager, Mr. S- W. Saunders. Nineteen hours' flying were recorded last week, K- J. B. Pearse, H. W. Earle and H. W. Peake became members, and V\. I, Dalgliesh went solo. Messrs. Pearse, Cundy and Secretan ?« taking the W/T course. Mr. H. C. Russell, incidentally, has joined the staff of Universal Aircraft Services as W/T instructor. REDHILL Blind-flying certificates have been issued to Messrs. H. M. B. Collins, B. Walsh and P. Eves. Two new members have joined the Club. Flying time totalled 79 hr. 25 min. last week. C.A.S.C. Twelve members attended Fen Ditton aerodrome on Sunday, fly ing 4 hr. 40 min. dual and 2 hr. 55 min. solo. Mr. Kearney," who took his "A " licence recently at Shoreham, has joined the Corps. HULL Twenty-five hours 50 minutes flying was recorded by the Hull Aero Club during January. Messrs. G. D. Nutt and T. F. Hayzen took their "A" licences. Dances will be held on February 15 and 22. MIDLAND Messrs. P. R. Burton and A. F. Mitton have become members in the flying and ordinary categories respectively. Flying time; for the week ending February 6 amounted to 13 hr. dual and 6 hr. solo. WILTSHIRE The Wiltshire School of Flying flew 15 hr. during the week end ing February 5. On Sunday, February 2, a winter record for one day was created with a return of eight hours. The Aeronca has been demonstrated and Mr. C. G. Lumsden has given a lecture on My Experiences as an Imperial Airway's Pilot on their African Route. Another lecture will be given on Sunday, February 23, at 5 p.m. BORDER The committee of the Border Flying Club has decided, in view of the steadily increasing membership and the number of " A " licence pilots, to purchase a third machine. There was little to veport last week owing to bad weather and the absence of Fit. Lt. Potter at the Aerodrome Owner's Conference. Messrs. Routledge and Mackenzie have become members. Flying times for January, during which four " A " licences were obtained, totalled 30 hr. 35 niin. CINQUE PORTS First solos have been made by Mr. A. Willys and Mr. John Deedes. A number of club members flew to Brooklands on Saturday and in the evening went to see St. Helena at the Old Vic. This play was written by Mr. R. C. Sherriff and Miss Jeanne de Casalis. This lady has been a member of the Club for some time and is now engaged' in putting in the requisite number of hours for her " A " licence. " Tommy " Rose dropped in on his way to the Cape, and Mr. Llewellyn's Aeronca, likewise Africa-bound, was another visitor. According to reports Mr. Llewellyn was to do the journey on a £10 note, but, inasmuch as he left his shaving apparatus and hair brushes in a member's car, his budget might have been upset. Mr. Noel Coward brought down a party on Sunday which included Mr. and Mrs. Owen Nares and their son. Mr. and Mrs. Nares used the Club's Leopard to cruise round South-East England on Sunday afternoon. BEAUTY TREAT MENT. The new type of wing and general cleaning - up has vastly improved the appearance of the Stinson Reliant. This view is of the latest 1936 model which is briefly described on p. 184. With a cruising speed of 140 m.p.h. and four com fortable seats it is an attractive proposi tion. The engine is a nine-cylinder Ly coming of 225 h.p.
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