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Aviation History
1936
1936 - 2006.PDF
JULY 16, 1936. FLIGHT. 99 Private Flying FROM the CLUBS Events and Activity at the Clubs and Schools CASTLE BROMWICH M K. J. H. WARREN and Miss N. B. Hall have become members in the flying and ordinary categories respectively. For the reek ending July 10 flying times were, dual, 18 hr. 20 min.; solo and passenger, 14 hr. 50 min. REDHILL Despite adverse weather the flying time for the week ending Friday, July 10, was 47 hr. 25 min. The Fox Moth and Puss Moth have been busy co-operating with the Army. There are five new members. DONCASTER Club machines put in 34 hr. 55 min. flying during the week ending July 8- Mr. H. L. Ingham went solo and Messrs. C. Sar- geantson, V. W. Hudson and Col. A. Smith became members. A B.A. Swallow with one of the new Cirrus Minor engines has been added to the Club fleet. HANWORTH A challenge from the Brooklands Aero Club has been received to a Dawn Patrol between 8 and 8.30 a.m. on Sunday, July 26. In face of unkind weather last week, 69 hr. 5 min. flying was recorded. Mr. P. Hollingshead and Mr. Moore (Air League of the British Empire) became members, Mr. Moore (National League of Airmen) went solo and Mr. G. Delauney passed the " A " licence tests. YORKSHIRE Flying times for the weeks ending July 3 and July 10 respectively were 76 hr. 40 min. and 70 hr. 40 min. On Sunday, June 28, the record total of 26 hr. 40 min. was.logged. Flying times for June also constituted a record, amounting to 292 hr. 50 min. Mr. W. D. Ingham, of Leeds (Aviation Group) has taken his "A" licence tests and new members of the Aviation Group are: Messrs. J. E. Owen, J. W.- Ramsden, J. A. Smith, G. Simpson and G. A. Tarns. The Group now numbers fifty, of whom twenty-nine have started their flying training. New Club members are: Messrs. W. H. Robson, F. Belmont, H. Hey and L. S. Jackson. Mr. Jackson has passed his " A " licence tests. HULL The regularity with which records for the Club are being set up is becoming monotonous and if this trend continues no doubt the question of a new aeroplane will become urgent. Last month's flying total was 170 hr. 5 min. During Mr. Jackson's absence for Reserve training (with which he is taking an instructor's course), the Club has secured the services of Mr. G. W. Phillips. Mr. Hoi- ford has flown 4I hr. under the hood, and Messrs. L. Cheer and Sant- angelo have started taking instruction. First solos have been achieved by Messrs. H. W. Franklin, R. H. Walker and E. D. C.isschalk, and Messrs. Franklin, Wilkinson, Mackman and Taylor have passed their "A" licence tests. BRISTOL AND WESSEX On Sunday, July 5, the Zeppelin Hindenburg was sighted to the south of the Airport. The chief instructor, the chairman of the flying committee and the secretary, immediately took off in Club machines to get a closer view, but the speed and climbing power of the dirigible proved too great and after 35 min. flying without helmets or maps the machines had to return, having got within two miles of their objective. The control of the King's Cup at Bristol on July )o went off without hitch and all members who helped voted it a good day's fun. On Thursday, July 16, all the uub machines will go to Gloucester for the opening of the Gloucester /virport. A Club Swallow has been entered for the Cotswold Handi cap Air Kace and will be flown by Mr. Slade. the pre CINQUE PORTS 1st week s flying total of 72 hr. is certainly an improvement over in if +iV1UUS week's but represents nothing like what the Club could eight '• R -'e,ather l3errnittecl. However, the Club has no less than acarl • "cence candidates in training so wet days can be spent land t4 r r' Febo Shetty, who has come over from Switzer- the CI,V !uan English " B," has bought a Cirrus Moth through a Oin'.V , lch t0 Put in his 100 hours. Mr. A. I. Richardson, to (!,,']. n Pllot o£ considerable experience, has come to Lympne joining"j '"Sht "ight preparatory to taking a-n English " B " and on the VT H °* a ^'e""known au" line. Hay-making has begun the \, ronr° rome. This is fortunate because on several occasions I nearly been lost in the long grass. New members Richard<LWeIe M^rs. Cg. C. W. Cyrson, F. G. Whitnall, A. I. Patrick. ' Staveley, M. S. C. Hymans and I. R. D. Fitz- NORTH OF IRELAND The North of Ireland Aero Club, Ltd., opened on June 22 and operates from Ards Airport, Newton Ards, County Down. It is equipped with an Avro Cadet and a Hornet Moth, the latter machine being loaned to the Club by Lord Londonderry. The membership already exceeds forty, and, up to July 10, 36 hr. flying have been recorded. ABERDEEN Both School machines have been used to carry passengers on the Aberdeen Airways route owing to pressure of bookings. Mr. Christian made his first solo in the early part of the week. For the information of pilots, the posts surrounding the Croft on the North side of the aerodrome are now painted white and can be seen clearly from the air. CAMBRIDGE Flying times by Marshall's Flying School, The Cambridge Aero Club and the University Aero Club, for the week ending July 13, totalled 70 hr. Mr. F'uller and Mr. Morris went solo. The Monospar made a trip to North Wales with a party of four and a member of the School went to Bristol for a flying week-end in a Moth. Three members are expected to take their " A " licences next week. BROOKLANDS Weather at Brooklands last week was anything but good and kept flying times down to 95 hr. 35 min. Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Castlerosse visited the aerodrome with a new' Dragonfly. Lord Forbes, an ex-pupil of the Club, made several visits with his Rapide. On Thursday Mr. Rea and Mr. Lovell flew to Rotterdam. Mr. D. J. Rasmussen went solo. Messrs. List, Evans and Heber-Percy com pleted their " A " licence tests. New members include Messrs. P. K. Bamber, E. W. Evans, R. G. Hanson, F. Naralkar, M. H. Taylor and M. K. Tha. Mr. Waller has been doing a considerable amount of survey work for local builders round Surrey. On Sunday, July 19, Mr. A. Woods is entertaining a number of well-known theatrical and film people at the aerodrome. On the following Sun day, July 26, will be the first Brooklands " Dawn Patrol " this season. The repairs department has completed Mr. Elton's Heinkel after many arduous days work. This machine is the only one of its kind and was originally intended for a round-Europe race so that the manufacturers have no spares for it whatsoever. The repairs department was obliged to construct the machine from broken pieces more-or-less by hand. On completion it was flight-tested by Capt. Findlay and the owner was so pleased with the machine's perform ance that he left for East Africa the next day. A GERMAN SINGLE-SEAT TRAINER, the Bucker Jung- meister. Built on rather similar lines to the Bucker Jungman described in Flight of May 28, it is fitted with a more powerful engine—the 140 h.p. six-cylinder Hirth—and has a top speed of 143 m.p.h. The cruising speed is 124 m.p.h. and its landing speed 50 m.p.h. The makers are Biicker- Flugzeugbau G.m.b.H., Rangsdorf bei Berlin.
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