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1936
1936 - 0417.PDF
184 Private Flying FLIGHT. FEBRUARY 13, 1935 YORKSHIRE The aircraft of the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club flew 17 hr. 45 min. last week. Tests for " A " licences were passed by Messrs. H. Priestly (a Young Pilot's Fund pupil) and by B. A. Robinson and E. W, Hustler, both Aviation Group members. LEICESTERSHIRE The former monthly record for flying time in January has been beaten with last month's total of 48 hr. 40 min. On two days the former daily record for any day in January was also beaten in spite of bad -flying weather. CAMBRIDGE Full advantage has been taken of the improvement in the weather and 52hr. were flown during the week ending February 8. Four new members joined the school and Mr. Saint went solo. The sixth school Gipsy .Moth has been completely rebuilt and is now in service. HESTON The Improvement in the weather has brought Airwork school activities back to normal and the first three days of the month were very busy ones. Mr. T. C. Lewin, son of General Lewin (a well-known private aeroplane pilot on the England-East Africa route) is nearly ready for his " A " licence. He completed his preliminary training and first solo at the Ards Airport. Since Mr. Bryans erected a building of the dimensions and general appearance of a school chapel and placed in it two good squash courts and a professional, Heston morale has triumphed over climatic conditions. Two aeroplane owners, Mr. W. D. Macpherson and Mr. P. Q. Reiss, have set a standard of play to which Heston staff aspire with a perseverance more commendable because it is unmixed with hope. Of their gallant band, Mr. Alan Muntz is the only " class " player, but Mr. Wyatt, general manager, runs him close. Mr. Brian Davy, the chief instructor, has made the greatest strides since Heston squash began, and Mr. James Shaw and pilot Israel, of Jersey Airways, are useful members of the Heston team, which (only just) lost to Hatfield last month. A return match is provisionally fixed, for February 27, and Mr. Land, Heston profes sional, views the prospects with optimism. A.S.I. In face of adverse weather, 1,401 hr. were flown during January. Of these 104 hr. 20 min. were flown in one day—a Saturday—which constituted a school record. The new civilian term commenced on January 14, and six pupils from Britain and seven from the Dominions and Colonies joined for the commercial course on that date. In addition, Lt. Ghovanlou, of Persia, joined for his " A " licence, M. de la Hubaudiere, of France, for the blind-flying course, and four British students joined for various short courses. Two Instructors' Certificates and one Blind-Flying Instructors' Certificate were awarded. A batch of ah initio pupils proceeded to the Royal Air Force and were replaced by a larger batch of thirty-four, and three Imperial Airways pilots joined for the one month's flying-boat conversion course. Fit. Lts. Dickson, Bennett and Figgins and Messrs. Tom- kins. Morris, Godfray, Tribe and Hamlin joined the flying instruc tional staff at the beginning of the month. With the recent addi- 1ions to the fleet of aircraft the school have had to order a second hand hangar and the work on its construction has started. Five Turkish Government officials paid a visit to the school early in the month. BROOKLANDS Flying hours were kept low during the week ending February 2 because of the weather and the flooded aerodrome. Messrs. Bridge- man, Moseley, Bamber, Birk and Tan became members. Messrs. I-awson and Cheer passed their " A " licence tests, and instrument flying courses were taken by Messrs. Midgley and Ogilvie-Forbes. A number of members visited Heston on Saturday and were given a. very able lecture and demonstration on the control of an airport by Mr. J. Jeffs. The British Aircraft Manufacturing Co. sent over a Swallow for demonstration and members seemed to be very pleased with it. Last week's improved weather pushed up the flying hours to ninety. Messrs. Stonham and Marfatia have become members, Mr. Densham completed his " A " licence tests and Mr. Pratt has gone solo. A lady pupil who has not long qualified for her " A " licence went up solo the other day and, getting away from the aerodrome, could mil recognise the countryside in the thick ground mist which had blown up. Thinking that if she continued she might run out of petrol and be forced to land somewhere which might prove difficult, she spotted a field suitable for a landing and put her machine down. The only person around when she left her machine was another of the same sex who not only directed her back to Brooklands but offered to go with her. The offer was accepted and there was great consternation among the instructors when the missing machine re turned with two persons up where there had originally been only OIK'! A most instructive lecture on Fuel and Detonation was given on February 9 by Mr. F. R. Banks. The aerial treasure hunt was won by Capt. H. F. Walter with Mr. J. C. Campion in his Autogiro (from Hanworth) was second and Mr. J. S. Berget third. Next Sun day, February 16, Mr. Appleby will demonstrate his Carden-engined Pott. On the same date there will be a tea-dance in the clubhouse. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. Cambridge University has created a precedent in being the first university to claim a civil flying club. The Cambridge University Flying Club has its headquarters at 62, St. Andrew's Street m the centre of the town, and its chief object is the furtherance of interest in aviation among the undergraduates, both in a practical and theoretical way. Through the help of Marshall's Flying School, all flying activities are carried out at the Cambridge aerodrome; already several mem bers either have obtained or are about to obtain their " A " licences Lecture courses on air navigation, construction and maintenance of aircraft and engines, and so on, as well as lectures by distin guished figures in aviation on subjects of general interest have also been arranged by the Club. Preparations are being made to hold air navigation and other flying competitions. The Club is honoured in having as its President Captain the Rt. Hon. F. E. Guest, M.P., and as its Vice-Presidents Viscount Wake field of Hythe, Sir Johf^iddeley, Commander Sir Walter Windham Mr. W. Lindsay Everard, M.P., Mr. F. Handley Page, Mr. C. R! Fairey and Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith. It was largely through the generosity of Lord Wakefield that the Club was able to be formed on the present improved basis. Sir John Siddeley has given prac tical encouragement to the study of aero engines by presenting the Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar engine which Sir Alan Cobham used on his pioneer flights to Australia and Cape Town. This is now being dismantled by members. Since the Cambridge University Air Squadron is too limited in numbers to absorb all those who are keen to fly, there would seem to be plenty of scope for a civil flying club which can give under graduates an interest in increasing their skill after they have attained their " A " licences, as well as gaining useful theoretical and prac tical knowledge which is not covered by the ordinary flying school curriculum. Cambridge provides an exceptional opportunity for undergraduates to learn to fly as inexpensively as at any civil club in Great Britain before entering upon a career, while undoubtedly an increasing number will want to choose a career in aviation. The Club is, therefore, likely to become a rallying centre for all under graduates who are seriously interested in any branch of-, aviation. The Weather Broadcasts ON and after Saturday, February 15, the present Air Ministry meteorological broadcasts—from Borough Hill, Daventry, on 254 kc/s (1,181 m.)—will be replaced by a much more com prehensive and frequent service, details of which appear in Notice to Airmen No. 14 of this year. An August Camp at Sutton Bank IN Flight of January 2 brief details were given of the various meetings which had been arranged for this year by the Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank. Another interesting date has now been added to those already given. Between August 2 and 15 a fourteen-day instruction camp is being organised as a summer holiday, and B.G.A. observers will be in attendance to pass out pupils for the "A," " B' and "C" gliding certificates. Separate courses are to be arranged for those with and without previous experience as glider or power pilots. The fee for this course is ^12 12s., inclusive of instruction and flying fees, meals, complete camping accommodation and insurance against damage to machines or " third party." In addition, a seven-day course is obtainable for £y 7s. Those interested should write immediately to Mr. H. T. Blakeston, Aspen House, Driffield, Yorks. This Year's Reliant FOR 1936 the Stinson Aircraft Corporation is marketing a very much improved version of its Reliant cabin mono plane. The Reliant, of course, is by no means unknown in this country, since the distributors here are Brian Alien Aviation, Ltd., of Croydon Airport. The new Reliant differs very considerably from earlier types, notably in that its wings, which now taper both in plan form and thickness toward the tips and roots, have steel spars an drag tubes with duralumin ribs. Formerly, of course, the spars were of wood. Another striking exterior improvement is t e single bracing strut on each side of the fuselage. The engine fitted to the standard model ie the Lycoming R-680-4- nine-cylinder radial of 225 h.p. An adjustable p«cn airscrew is standard, but one model, the SR7-B, has an.a'-_ screw of the Lycoming controllable type. This machine, 1 dentally, has increased tankage and cruises at i4t rn.p-"• 180 h.p., whereas the model SR7-A, the somewhat cl^?f"B type, cruises at 138.5 m.p.h. The service ceiling of the ^*' is also somewhat better than the other model at 14,6°° • ^ compared with 12,800ft., and its range is 560 miles instea ^ 400 miles. Slotted flaps, which are vacuum operated, incorporated in both models.
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