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1936 - 0459.PDF
200 Private Fiymg FLIGHT. FEBRUARY 20, 1936. READING From Wednesday until the week-end there was no flying apart from the trip of Mr. Powis to Paris on Saturday and that of Wing Cdr. Stent to Bucharest to demonstrate the Hawk Trainer. Messrs. H. Blundell and A. B. Greenaway from New Zealand have become members and will learn to fly. Preparations are being made for the dance to be held on February 29. CINQUE FOR IS Lympne suffered from an attack of high winds in the early part of the week and from low cloud later on. On Sunday a K.L.M. Fokker and two Envoys of Commercial Air Hire came in, unable to get to Croydon. Among the passengers was Mr. George Eyston, who came from Paris by Commercial Air Hire as he was unable to fly his own machine back. Mr. Provost came from Ostend on Saturday in a Stinson but was compelled to land at Littlestone. Mr. Campbell and Mr. Garland have become members—the latter to do his night flight for the " B " licence. The Flying Committee, which was recently instituted, sat for the first time on Sunday to discuss matters relating to future landing competitions and the proposed rules for the Parslce Cup. NORFOLK AND NORWICH The Club's scheme of deferred payment for flying has brought enquiries from all parts of the district. Mr. Bradley-Watson and Mr. Manthorpe have become pupils. On Sunday Mr. G. Gregory showed a number of films of aeronautical interest to the members CARDIFF Mr. W. R. Bailey has been elected President of the Cardiff Aero plane Club to fill the position rendered vacant by the resignation of Sir John Cadman. Mr. Charles Keen has been elected chairman Flying time for January Was 15 hr., and new members were Miss E. N. Coward and Mr. B. Taylor. HERTS AND ESSEX Frying returns for January show a total of 146 hr. 57 min. During the fortnight ending February 12 the total was 132 hr. 6 min. First solos were made by Messrs. A. R. Saward, R. C. Sankey and A. J. V'eale. Mr. N. A. Blount .has successfully completed the cross country and night flights for his " B" licence. New members are Messrs. Y. D. Bhandakar, C. H. Walsham, S. R. Crook, D. T. Metadier, R. P. Beckman, J. C. Sleigh and Franz Mcrat. An Aeronautical Essay AT a recent meeting the Faculty of the North-western Univer sity School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, selected as a subject for the 1937 Linthicum Prize Contest an essay on "Carrier Liability in National and International Air Commerce (Includ ing Liability to Passengers, Shippers and to Others for Per sonal Injuries and Property Damaged)." The first prize is $1,000, and there are other cash prizes. Full details are obtain able from The Linthicum Foundation, North-western Univer sity Law School, McKinlock Campus, 357, East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Perth in Action THE Airwork civil flying training school at the Perth muni cipal aerodrome commenced operations on January 27. Fourteen Tiger Moths out of the full complement of twenty have now been delivered, and the remainder will be flown up north in the course of the next few days. The month preceding the opening has been a lace against time by the builders and contractors, who have successfully completed the work to schedule. Mr. P. J. B. Perkins is aerodrome manager on behalf of the Perth Corporation, and the chief instructor, Fit. Lt. C. Walter, will be assisted bv Flying Officers A. E. Dobell, G. A. Donaldson, M. T. M. "llyland, A. \V. Lawson, G. Mahony, R. Pierce, G. W. J. Jarreft and R. Rendle. Addi tional staff are Corpl. A. J. Streatfield (photographic instruc tor), A. Dyer (armament instructor), H. W. Simms-White (chief ground instructor) and J. R. Bayes (timekeeper). Somewhat Slower FLT. LT. R. L, R. Atcherley has qualified as a Flea-tamer by completing fifteen minutes on Mr. Appleby's insect. It says something for the docility of the Carden-Appleby Pou that seven orthodox pilots have now flown it without any form of breakage and without any " straights " to get accustomed to its action. Rumours that British Airways are officially interested in the Pou-du-Ciel are absolutely unfounded. Nevertheless, Mr. P. W. Lynch-Blosse, technical adviser to that company, seeing the Carden-Appleby Pou briskly refuelling its four-gallon tank at the Heston rate of twenty-five gallons a minute, decided he would fly it. He confesses to a tonnage of 205 lb., and seldom flies on less than three engines, but the Pou's keeper said that did not matter. He stayed up for ten minutes, put it down neatly, and expressed satisfaction. The Viceroy's Cup Race ELEVEN pilots entered for the 1.520-mile Viceroy's Cup race, which was won by Lt. Misri Chand, of the 14th Punjab Regiment, with a D.H. Puss Moth at 116.5 m.p.h. The second place was also taken by an Indian, Mr. G. V. Gadgil. of the Karachi Aero Club and flying a Moth. Of the eleven entrants, ten started and nine completed the two-day course, Mr. N. M. Guzdar, with a Miles Hawk, making a forced landing some 200 miles from Madras. Previously, Lord Willingdon. who had watched the finish and presented his own cup, opened the Willingdon aerodrome build ings at New Delhi. The European entrants in the race included Sir Alastair MacRobert and Messrs. N. Vintcent, C. Gardner, R. V. Fowler and A. Muir. G ropier Gets There SUBJECT to confirmation ij is understood that Mr. R. W Gropler—who cabled Airwork from Australia to order a three-seater Klemm, left for Adelaide with high hopes, about eighty hours of solo experience and extra tankage by Airvvork, and was lost sight of, arrested, sabotaged by hob-nailed conti nental policemen treading through wing and beset en route by other trials too numerous to mention—reached Darwin about a fortnight ago. Further reports say he has got to Sydney and beyond, so he should be home by now. Touring in Jugoslavia THE Automobile Association and Royal Aero Club announce that, as the result of representations made to the Jugo slavian Government, the formality for obtaining permits has now been abolished there for British touring aircraft. Jugoslavia has long been a party to the International Air Convention of 1919, but the Government has hitherto insisted that a permit should first be obtained by nationals of other Convention countries wishing to fly through their territory. This anomaly has now been removed, and British air tourists may enter Jugoslavia without previous formality, though valid passports and visas are, of course, still necessary. In Ireland Last Year THE number of privately owned aircraft in the Free State did not greatly increase last year, though the total num ber of registrations made with the Department of Industry and Commerce is now twenty-nine. The Irish Aero Club continued its operations at Baldonnel aerodrome and increased its membership. It has 120 mem bers, thirty of them pilot-members. Flying time during 1935 totalled approximately 575 hours. Financial difficulties con tinued to handicap this organisation, but new plans have been drafted to overcome the problem. Mr. Charles F. French, who was with the club for several years, resigned his position of chief instructor. He was replaced by Mr. E. J. Dease. instructor of the Cork Aero Club, who resigned at the end of year to take up duty under the Air Ministry. Mr. John St. John Kearney has now been appointed to the vacant position. One of the "expeditions" by the club was a flisht by six of the members to Carlisle for the Border Aero Club s dance. , The Cork Aero Club made some progress, and established a branch at Killarney. This club has an enthusiastic and growing membership. Pou-du-Ciel machines have attracted the attention of a number of enthusiasts in the Free State and about a dozen are under construction. A Flying Flea Club is being formec^, and regulations regarding the flying of these aircraft are bern,, drafted by the Government. , In January, 1935, Everson Flvins Services dispel™ Kildonan aerodrome, Finglas. to Dublin Air Ferries. Lta-. an organisation operated by Mr. G. A. R. Williams and m wife (formerlv Ladv Heath). The company was 1 ausjurated in March bv the Lord Mayor of Dublin and SII fh-it time ten pilots trained at Kildonan have obtained 1 ^ " A " licences. The company's machines carried out a -^ amount of charter flying, and the total time flown on work was over Goo hours. "A." The latest official fieures FIIOW that, fifty-seven licences and fifteen " B " licences have been issued.
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