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JULY 9. I936. FLIGHT. 59 Trivate Flying FROM the CLUBS Events and Activity at the Clubs and Schools LONDON N KW members last week were Miss LongstafTe, Mrs. R. Gurdon, Messrs. W. P. Bowles, P. W. Fell, A. W. Hay, J. W. Isaac, ,. ,\1. B. Lucas, G. Pallin, and R. Rattray. Mr. F. E. Tasker has rone solo. Last week's flying time was 101 hr. 30 min. MIDLAND Flying times for the week ending July 3 were 18 hr. 10 min. dual ami u hr. 25 min. solo and passenger. DONCASTER Mr. C. Atkinson has become a member. Flying time for the week ending July 3 was 14 hr. 25 min. The K.L.M. service to Liverpool and Amsterdam was opened on Wednesday. REDHILL Messrs Kirby and Creagh have gone solo and there are four new members. Flying time for the week ending Friday, July 3, was 72 hr. 16 min. The Puss Moth is back from its Continental trip. PORTSMOUTH Poor weather accounted for the comparatively low flying total of 2(1 hr. 50 min. during the week ending June 3. Mrs. G. D. M. Skinner became a member and Mr. J. F. Carroll went solo. WITNEY AND OXFORD Mr. K. J. B. Pearse has obtained his "B" licence. Flying time for the week ending Jrly 4 totalled 27 hr., of which fifteen repre sented solo flying. Eighty-eight hours were recorded during June. BRISTOL AND WESSEX All Club machines will visit the Gloucester and Cheltenham Air port on the dav of its opening, July 16. The Club's Swallow has been entered for the Cotswold Handicap Air Race and will be flown by Mr. E. M. H. Slade. NORTH BRITISH Last week's flying times were slightly below the average due to bad weather, fog and rain. Mr. Grice and Mr. Hobson have re turned from an aerial tour of the Orkneys and Shetlands in their B.A. monoplane. CAMBRIDGE During the week ending June 25, 130 hr. 15 min. flying was logged. Messrs. Pittie, Kirkgv and Adie qualified for their "A" licences ami Mr. Shinner went solo. New members were Messrs. Jennings, Gordon-Fraser and Crawley. C.A.S.C, five hours' flying was recorded during the week-end, and cross- rountry flights were made to Southend. Owing to the filtration of members to the R.A.F. and the Reserve, there are a few vacancies. Applications should be made to the Secretary, 19, Berkeley Street, London, W.i. LIVERPOOL AND DISTRICT Although the weather during the first half of June was bad, there was a considerable increase in flying times compared with the corresponding period last year. The annual meeting was held in the clubhouse at Hooton on June 25 and was attended by about' thirty members. Flying times for June totalled 343 hr. 35 mm., bringing the total for this year up to 1,383 hr. 50 min. NEWCASTLE Several hours' co-operative flying has been done in conjunction with the local Anti-Aircraft Defence Unit. An order has been placed for a new B.A. Swallow and it is expected to arrive about the middle uf July. Messrs. S. G. Fairbajrn, M. S. Roberts, L. Sample, R. Brown, S. Smith and C. Duffy have completed their " A " licence tests. The total flying time for June was 271 hr. 35 min. SOUTH COAST In spite of very poor weather about 25 hr. flying was done by Club members last week. Two machines went on the Belgian tour, one piloted by Miss Broad and the other by Mr. B. S. Smallman, 'he Club's secretary. Two machines also went to the opening of Le Touquet aerodrome, one flown by Mr. A. G. Head and the other !>y Mr. D. A. Cracknell. WEST MALLING Hying time at Mailing aerodrome during June amounted to 107 |]r I he month was noteworthy in that six members obtained their A " licences. These were Messrs. N. Greenslade, E. W. Proctor, L ' <!• V. Bottomley. L. Pinion, R. S. K. Hickmott, and I. Black- burnt- \ flight of Moths attended the opening of Gatwick airport. "'e I uding competition on the 14th was won by Mr. Goodhew. LEICESTERSHIRE The total flying time for June was 132 hr. 45 min. Mr. F. C. t-atnphng took his " A " licence. Club machines and a Miles Falcon re Pre^''nted the Leicestershire Aero Club at the opening of Gatwick airport on June 6. The Club's entire fleet of four machines flew die opening of the Sywell Clubhouse on June 7. A night flying wspLiy for Qyh memberg at Ratcliffe aerodrome on June 27 was '' by the President, Mr. W. Lindsay Everard. READING New pupils are Mr. Fawcett, Mrs. Brodrick, Mr. Rose-Roberts and Mr. von Bleichreder. Capt. Spiridou has taken delivery of a new Hawk Trainer and has ilown it to Bucharest. Everybody is happy to see Mrs. Battye back in the world again after her illness. She was flying on Wednesday and is buydng a Whitney Straight. There was a very cheery cocktail party at the Club when Mrs. Powis presented a silver cigar and cigarette box to Fit. Lt. Tommy Rose on behalf of the Directors of Phillips and Powis. HANWORTH The newly formed London Air Park Flying Club has averaged over 80 hr. flying per week for the last six weeks. The actual flying time last week was 67 hr. 5 min. New mem bers are Mr. A. Courtney (R.N.F.C), and Mr. R. Ridgeway (A.L.B.E.). Mr. Kesho Ram has passed his " A " licence tests. The flying competition for the Challenge Cup presented by Aircraft Ex change and Mart, Ltd., was held on Sunday, July 5. Numerous entries we/e received and competitors were handicapped according to the number of solo flydng hours in their log book. The Cup was won by Mr. G. Toth and was presented by Mrs. D. Llewellyn. BROOKLANDS A fortnight ago an influx of foreign visitors kept people on the tarmac interested in new types of aeroplanes ranging from large American touring machines down to the Cub. New members during the .past two weeks include Mrs. L. M. Colby, Miss Cornwall and Messrs. R. M. Wilson, E. W. Evans, P. J. Urlwin-Smith, Taylor, Tata, Naralkar, S. R. Cook, W. K. Watkins, R. D. S. Carpendale and Minto-Wilson. Messrs. Gunn, Symondson, Chesney and Heber- Percy have completed their "A" licence tests, and Messrs. List and Marwick have passed their height tests. Several members from Brooklands and the South Coast Flying Club went over on the lour Aerien Belgique and others to Le Touquet. CINQUE PORTS Bad weather brought down the flying time last week to 55! hr. Fortunately the Club is training several " B " licence candidates so that when conditions were not good enough for " ab initios," the Tiger could still be employed for instrument flying. All the cabin machines went to Le Touquet during the week-end for the opening of the new airport. Lympne had an " International Meeting " appearance on Saturday morning, when dozens of machines came in to clear customs. One Leopard forced-landed in a tiny field sur rounded by the usual high tension cables and trees, some miles from Lympne. Mr. K. K. Brown, after one or two trial efforts, took it off again and brought it home safely. Mr. Bridger passed ali the tests for his " A " licence. HERTS AND ESSEX The total flying time at Broxbourne for the past fortnight was 236 hr. The'competition for the " Margaret Blackshaw " challenge cup presented by J. Leslie Williams was flown on Sunday, June 28, and took the form of an observer's competition. The observers were associate (non-pilot) members or members with less than twenty hours' solo experitr.ee. The winners were Messrs. V. A. Ercolani (pilot) with J. Dutoict (observer), and the runners-up were D. C. Mason (pilot) with J. Perrin as observer. Night flights for the " B " licence tests were made by Messrs. B. O. Prowse and W. Westerby. The " A " licence tests have been passed by Messrs. CVDonnell and Phillips. Messrs. Hamilton and Parkinson have gone solo. The next competition for the " Yager " Challenge Cup will be held on Sunday, July 19. PLYMOUTH It will be recalled that Plymouth Airport (Roborough) has been taken over on lease from the City Corporation for fifteen years by Plymouth Airport, Ltd. (a subsidiary company of the Straight Cor poration). The old Plymouth and District Aero Club has ceased to exist so far as activities are concerned and the necessary formali ties for opening a new club are not yet entirely completed. Three of the old Club members have been flying regularly in the instructional Moth G-ABUB and two other " A " licence pilots have been frequent visitors. Everyone is hoping for the early arrival of the new Miles Whitney Straight trainers with which the Club is to be equipped. Twelve pupils are undergoing dual instruc tion, and three of these have gone solo. The Club Lias been ap proved by the R.N. Flying Club. Another Gliding Record ON Sunday Mr. Philip Wills, flying Fit. Lt. Buxton's machine, flew from Dunstable to Pakefield cliffs on the Suffolk Coast—a matter of no miles. He left at about mid day-on a short flight and found that conditions were good. The previous record for a British-built sailplane was made by Mr. Slater, who flew 75 miles from the Derbyshire site. We are still a long way from the world's record of more than 300 miles.
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