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1936
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JULY 2, 1936. 'FLIGHT. 39 Private Flying SAILPLANE CENTRE : The new hangar and " offices " at Dunstable which are now being used by the London Gliding Club. This modern hangar was designed by a member, Mr. Christopher Nicholson, and houses the fifteen machines owned by the Club—apart from personal property. KENT During the past month a total of 105 hr. has been flown by two machines. " A " licence tests were passed by Messrs. C. Randrup, M. Randrup and E. Robas. New members are Messrs. M. M. Fricker and D. Simpson. SOUTHEND Five new pupils joined the Club during the week ending June 21, in which more than 35 hours' flying was carried out. Messrs. Sutton and Prentice passed their " A " licence tests and both Dr. Austin and Mr. Be van made first solos. BORDER The Border Flying Club has recently been without any serviceable training machines and the opportunity has been taken to close the Club for a staff holiday. It will be opened again next Sunday, when three machines are expected to be available. During the last week of flying Mr. Porter completed his " A " licence tests. BRISTOL AND WESSEX Flying time for the week totalled 67 hr. New members were Mr. C. J. Hansford, Cdr. W. M. Joy, and Miss O. M. Miles. First solos were made by Miss B. Gardner, Mr. E. W. Butler and Mr. J. H. Lewis. Two " B " licence pupils have finished 100 hr. solo and blind-flying courses. During the previous week Mr. D. J. Aslin passed his " A " licence tests and Mr. E. F. Priest joined the Club. The flving time totalled 57 hr. READING New pupils were Messrs. Howard, Ward, Stoneham, Dalrymple, and Miss Polykoff. A first solo was made by Mr. Norton Lewis. Mr. McArthur's Sparrow Hawk for the King's Cup has been out on test. Visitors during the week included Mr. Ted Walter from Brooklands, Lady Dalrymple-Hamilton and Miss Jean Adams, an American pilot of 200 hours' experience, including seaplane work. Flying time during the week totalled 78 hr. 40 min. It is with the greatest regret that the Club announces the death in a motor accident of Mr. Ian Robson. NORFOLK AND NORWICH Members who passed their tests for their " B " licences were Messrs. D. G. Movniham, G. E. Greig and R. H. Mottram. A new member is Mr. G. W. Allen. Visitors last week included Messrs. J. Scholes and J. Cantrill in a Puss Moth from London, Mr. R. A. (>unton in an Avro Avian from Ely, Mr. A. Hopkinson in a Miles Major from Manchester, and Mr. C. J. Maclaren in a Gipsy Moth from Hatfield. A party of thirty members of the Insurance Insti tute of Norwich visited the aerodrome on the Tuesday and a further party was entertained at the week-end. LANCASHIRE During the month of June the somewhat depleted Club fleet has been doing sterling work and Messrs. Birkett, Birley and Picton nave passed their "A" licence tests. An "At Home" has been arranged for July n and the programme includes senior and junior andinfj competitions, an arrival competition and a cross-country lal - The latter will be run in a very interesting manner. Each onipetitor is given a blank sheet of paper with various small i'eces °f m^P pasted thereon in correct relation to one another and knifi FIy'nS> therefore, must be done to the watch and the namarks picked up from a study of the small map sections. SOUTH COAST Mes°me "\57^r' ^y'nS was done during the week ending June 21, and and^ht • a^eneW an(I Cornelius respectively made a first solo tried T ,an " A " licence. On Sunday of last week members for h WPne'S new " *orced landing dawn patrol," but had to pay l)0a J ast- Much interest was caused by the arrival of a French twerrt ampnihian- As a direct result of the international meeting y-seven new members have joined. Last week the Club flew 50 hr. First solos were made by Mr. Campbell-Bruce and Dr. Selby, and Mr. S. A. Wakefield obtained his " A " licence. The Club expects to send two machines to Le Touquet on Saturday. HANWORTH Although one machine is being overhauled, flying time for the week totalled 79 hr. 45 min. First solos were made by K. Ram and F. Robertson, while Mr. P. B. Payal passed his " A " licence test. New members were Messrs. A. Zweigbergk (who is training for his " B " licence), E. Fish and A. B. Scaife, and the Misses D. Smith, F. L. Planel, J. MacLaren. A considerable number of applications have been received for the general flying competi tion, which is to be held at Hanworth on July 5, for the A.E.M. Challenge Cup. This competition is for " A " licence pilots only and the entrance fee is £2 2S. for club machines, and £1 is. for members' machines, the former fee including the hire of the machine. During the week ending June 20, 78 hr. 10 min. were flown and Mr. G. Golden made his first solo and passed his licence tests. New members were Mr. E. Stanbury, Lady Tweedale and Mr. W. Moody. CINQUE PORTS The Club was delighted recently to see M. Hansez again after his all but disastrous forced landing in the Libyan desert. He came in with Mme. Hansez in an old open Belgian machine—a contrast to his beautiful Caudron Simoun which is still en route to civilisa tion. On Sunday, June 21, a special "dawn patrol" was staged. Pilots had to land between two marks on the aerodrome 150 yards apart. Owing to the visitors' skill and the length of the grass many obtained free breakfasts. The week ending on the 17th proved to be a record one for the Club. Over 100 hr. were flown, and in one day there were four first soloists and one " A " licence. The soloists were M. S. Balmain, D. B. Rooke, G. F. Dickson and C. P. Igglesden, while Mr. E. H. Symonds passed his " A " tests. Since then Messrs. Balmain, Iggl'esden and Dickson have also passed their tests. The fine weather helped a lot during last week and the Club managed to get in just over 99 hr. Mrs. Morris-Da vis passed all her " A " licence tests in very good style in the B.A. Swallow, as did Mr. C. P. Igglesden in a Moth. Mr. J. C. Bridger has gone solo and Mr. T. Hackne_v has accomplished the really astounding feat of going solo in the Swallow after only 2 hr. 35 min. dual in struction ab initio. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davis have just taken delivery of their new twin-rudder Monospar, which is finished in the Club colours. Speech Is Silver . . . SPEECH DAY will be held at Mill Hill School, ten miles north of London and about two miles north-east of the Hendon aerodrome, to-morrow, July 3. The proceedings arc held out of doors and last from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. An earnest appeal is made by the school authorities that, as far as pos sible, flying over the building and grounds during these hours should be avoided. Australian Record? WHETHER or not a record is to be attempted, there is no doubt that the Monospar S.T.iS will shortly leave • for Australia with Lord Sempill and Mr. Wood as co-pilots and with both a radio operator and an engineer on board. A large number of interesting stories—mostly untrue—have been circulating during the past week. Major C. R. Anson has purchased this machine and Mr. Harold Wood, bis personal pilot, will be bringing it to Heston in about a week.
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