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^34 FLIGHT. JUNE II, 1936. Private Flying CAMBRIDGE Flying times at. Marshall's Flying School, The Cambridge Aero Club and the University Aero Club for the week ending June 6 totalled J41 hr. 15 min. Mr. Ewiug passed his " A " licence tests, and Messrs. Smedley, Maas and Gerard joined the School. LONDON The flying times for the past two weeks were, respectively, 137 hr. 45 min. and 119 hr. 20 min. New members were Miss C. butler, Messrs. F. Adams, C. J. K. Browne, E. A. Dymond, B. Kerr, K. H. Salusbury Hughes, and R. J. Courtney. Mr. H. J. Seeker went solo. WITNEY AND OXFORD Ol the 28 hours flying recorded last week, n represented solo fly ing. New members include Lord Allerton, Messrs. W. Westaby and J. E. Mansfield. Mr. R. G. Secretan has gone solo. Lord Allerton's B.A. Swallow and Mr. Duke Worilley's Cirrus-Moth are being housed with the Club. Mr. Appleby's Pou attracted large crowds over Wbitsun. Mr. H. C. Russell, the wireless instructor, has taken his second-das^ navigator's licence. LEICESTERSHIRE The flying time logged by the Leicestershire Aero Club during May was 124 hr. 30 min. Mr. F. C. Campling has gone solo, and Mr. A. D. Phillips has qualified for his " A " licence. There was a " dawn patrol " to Grimsby on May 3, and another to Tollerton on May 31. The month's events included the visit of C. W. A. Scott's Air Display on the 2nd. Messrs. G. A. R. Muschamp and A. B. Crankshaw have become pilot members. BRISTOL AND WESSEX A shortage of machines and poor weather were responsible for the drop in flying time last week. The figure was actually 22 hr. 5 min. The fleet is now again at full strength. Miss Ferris and Messrs. N. A. Taylor, A. L. Mortimer and R. Walker have become members and Mr. D. Aslin has gone solo. In face of bad weather, over 30 hours' flying was done during the week ending June 7. W. L. Cornelius passed the tests for his " A " licence. YORKSHIRE Club flying totalled 56 hr. 15 min. last week. The total for May was 253 hr. 25 min., and the corresponding figure last year was 230 hr. 45 min. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Paine and Mr. D. Persse-Joynt have become members. Two German machines and a Monospar con taining several Spanish visitors arrived on June 6 for the Inter national meeting. A number of other machines were expected, but bad weather and French strikes delayed most of them. Low clouds and a gusty wind rendered Mr. Clem Sohn's display on June 3 impossible. HERTS AND ESSEX Adverse weather was responsible for a considerable decrease in the flying time for the fortnight ending June 4. Actually the figure was 136 hr. 32 min. First solos were made by Messrs. Phillips, Koch and Wherry. Messrs. Cather and Short completed the tests for the " A " licence. A Jubilee Monospar flown by Mr. Roger Frogley, with Messrs. Tyler, Ellis and Ercolani to complete the party, took off on May 25 for the " Whitsun in Austria " flight. New members are Miss P. J. Maffey, Messrs. R. F. Parkinson, A. Edwards, G. W. Foley, R. S. Walker, P. H. Whitney, H. Carson, J. E. Y. Le Moine, and R. C. Williams. SOUTH COAST Visitors next Saturday and Sunday to the International Meeting are reminded that the aerodrome will be closed from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The arrival competition, for which there is a /50 prize, is between 11.30 a.m. and 12.30 a.m. on Saturday. Those wishing to enter are requested to notify the secretary or Captain H. Duncan Davis, Brooklands Aviation, Ltd., Byfleet, Surrey. The dinner dance next Saturday at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, is open to the public. Visitors by air will be welcome to the dance at the club on Sunday night. New members include Mrs. Ward-Glenville and Messrs. Rostance, Gardner, Wright, Kohler, Price, Sawer and Spiller. BROOKLANDS Mr. Ken Waller gave an exhibition flight on his old Caudron at the B.A.R.C. meeting on Whit Monday. Sqn. Ldr. Hilton called in with his Envoy on Friday and dropped his engineer, Mr. Freddie Le Croy, after his recent trip from the Cape. Mr. W. Massey has returned from a nursing home where he underwent a successful operation. Three Club machines with pupils and instructors flew over to the ripening of Gatwick Airport, where they joined in a formation flight with other clubs. Four machines took part in the " dawn patrol " to Reading on Sunday morning, although the weather was extremely bad. Capt. Max Findlay managed to win his usual free breakfast. A large party from the A.C. Sphinx Sparking Plug Co., of Dunstable, was shown over the school and workshops. Capt. Duncan Davis and several members flew up to Sywell for the opening of the new clubhouse. New members last week were Messrs. List, Andrews, Chesney and Bowater. Messrs. Boverie, Hunt and Heber-Percy went solo. PORTSMOUTH New members include Mrs. P. Morrison, Messrs. A. Hughes, H R Llowarch, R. B. Priest, J. F. Carroll, F/O. B. R. Kerr, Fit. Lt. R Crosthwaite, Lt. J. A. Ivers, R.N., and Lt. G. C. Newcombe, R.\'. Flying times for the week ending June 5 totalled 23 hours. Bad weather on three days accounted for this low figure. YAPTON Messrs. Holland, Clark, Corke and Jones took two club machines to Reading for the last " dawn patrol," and all were successful in ob taining free breakfasts. Flying times for May totalled 80 hr. 50 min. Miss Helen Crutchley and Mr. and Mrs. " Tommy " Rose, Mr. Boh Walker, Mr. John Croon, Mr. G. C. Matheson, and Fit. Lt. Frank Jones became members. ABERDEEN Hundreds of Aberdonians attended the aerodrome on Empire Air Day. A speech was given by Sir James Burnett of Leys on introduc tion by Mr. E. L. Gandar Dower. Flying times last week showed a marked increase over those for the previous week. Lord Pentland, and Messrs. J. Stott, J. Harrington and J. Bruce have become members. The new offices adjoining the clubhouse are now occu pied and the additions to the aerodrome are complete. The Navigation Examinations BETWEEN June 19 and July 2, inclusive, an examination for First Class Navigators' Licences will be held, provided that a sufficient number of applications are received. That for the Second Class will be held on June 29 and 30. Minor modi fications have been made to the syllabus for the First Class examinations and applicants, who must write to the Secretary, Air Ministry (C.A.2), Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, will receive a revised version. Sywell Again AFTER a considerable period of quiescence the Northamp tonshire Aero Club came firmly into being again las; Sunday. An impromptu garden party preceded and followed the official opening of the new and pleasing clubhouse bv Fit. Lt. " Tommy " Rose, who was for some time an instructor at Sywell. A surprisingly large number of private and demonstration machines put in an appearance before and after the ceremony —which was made as pleasantly unceremonious as possible— and the number of guests and spectators suggested that the new '' Northamptonshire'' will be even more popular than the old. As before, the club is associated with those at Brooklands and Lympne, and brothers Duncan and W. E. Davis were there to give the show the proper Brooklands- Cinque Ports atmosphere. The new clubhouse actually forms a wing of the Reserve building, but is entirely separate and possesses all the usuai amenities. For the moment the club has its own Gipsy Moth and a Tiger which has been temporarily loaned by the Brook- lands Club. The rates are £2 an hour, dual and solo, and the instructor is Fit. Lt. H. P Wilson Ancient and Modern CONSIDERABLE extensions are being made to the hangar and workshops of the Warden Aviation Company, Old Warden aerodrome, near Biggleswade, in order to cope with the satisfactory amount of repair and experimental work which is being carried out there. At the moment the flying fleet con sists of three Desoutters, a Moth and a Comper Swift One of the Mark I Desoutters (actually that flown in two King's Cup races) is being rebuilt by Mr. Shuttleworth to take a Gipsy Major engine in such a way that the thrust line is as low as it originally was with the upright engine, and the effect, of course, will be to give the pilot an unusually good forward view For some unexplained reason, the Mark II machines. with the higher thrust line, never had the performance which might have been expected. Curiously enough, Mr. Shuttle worth's long-range Desoutter with a thick centre section tank is some five to ten miles an hour faster than its standard counterpart. The third machine is being used for some inter esting experiments of which we may hear more in due course. Meanwhile, the cross-channel Bleriot, described in Flight oi November 7, 1935, is ready and may have been flown by now It will be seen at the Hendon show and will probablv bi flown there by Mr. Shuttleworth, who has almost ''entirely recovered from the effects of his South African motor racing crash. This Bleriot, which is identical with that which Bleriot himself used, is the most beautiful piece o; work, and, in fact, has one of the original fan type Anzani engines. A i"i- Deperdussin will be the next problem for Mr. Shuttlew :rtn and his chief engineer, Mr. Jackson
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