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1937
1937 - 0106.PDF
42 FLIGHT. JANUARY 14, 1937. Private Flying FROM the CLUBS LONDON T IME in the air for the week amounted to 31 hr. 40 min., and Messrs. J. A. Glabbeck, D. X. Kendall and G. S. Pine joined the Club as new members. HANWORTH Machines of the London Air Park Flying Club spent 30 hr. 20 mm. in the air last week. Cross-country flights by members were made to Leicester and Colchester, while new members are Messrs. Gush, Yilen and Maitland. REDHILL Hours for the week ended Januarv 8 amounted to 47 hr. 5 mm. Messrs. Rathbooe and Maxwell have successfully completed the night flying tests for their "B" licences. 1 he Club Puss Moth has gone to Germany. LEEMING Last week's flying totalled 15 hr. 20 min., new members being Messrs. Greenshields, Mortimer and Brownstone. The Hillson Praga on show at Darlington during the week was inspected by many thousands of people. YAPTON Flving times for Januarv to the nth totalled 11 hr. 35 min. Mr. A. G. Stuart has passed his " A " licence test, while Mr. B. C. Ling has gone solo. Xew members are Mr. G. W . Milson and Mr. John Pierce, both taking " A " courses. CAMBRIDGE Marshalls' Flying School put in 27 hr. 30 min. flying last week, flying being impossible on three days owing to bad weather. Mem bers qualifying for their "B" licences have been doing a good deal of blind flying, cross-country trips and advanced instruction. SOUTHEND With better weather flying was considerably increased during the week. On Sunday there was a landing competition which was very well attended and was won by Mr. A. W. Deavin. All the Club aircraft were flying to capacity throughout the day. A Carnival Dance will be held at the Club on Saturday, January 16, at 7.30 p.m. PORTSMOUTH For the week ended January S flying times totalled 18 hr. 35 min. Mr J. C. Ackerman has qualified for his " A " licence, while new members are Mrs. N. S. A. Morrison and Mr. L. D. G. Bishop. The fourth monthly dance was held in the clubhouse lounge on January 6 and was attended by over a hundred and thirty mem bers and their guests. WITNEY AND OXFORD Flying times for December aggregated, twenty-five hours, bad weather and holidays decreasing the activities of the Club. New members are Messrs. T. E. Worth, P. W. M. Mallorie, H. M. Beyers, J. Brain and A. D. Morton. The Club dance will be held at the end of February. G-AAKO, a Gipsy Moth, has been added to the school aircraft. NORFOLK AND NORWICH Pilots and pupils made the best of the exceptionally fine weather during the week-end, and many hours were recorded by the Club's three machines. As a number of the original pupils have com pleted their training, there are now vacancies in the Club's special deferred payment training scheme. The number of pupils accepted under this scheme is limited and during the past week a few of the vacancies were filled np. The scheme is only open to recom mended pupils, and was promoted in order to assist young persons who are eager to learn to fly, but who cannot afford to pay at once the whole sum necessary. The pupil is required to pay £5 deposit and to pay 10s. a week for forty weeks. During the past year eight pilots were trained under this scheme and six are being given instruction at the moment. BROOKLANDS With the return of more settled weather flying hours have steadily increased—20 hr. being logged on Sunday—and Mr. V. K. Wigram and Mr. V. A. Rosewarne were among the new members. The Hon. Fermer-Hesketh and Mr. Peter Clowes have returned from abroad and have resumed flying at the Club again. Several mem bers ar3 taking blind-flying courses, and others, when the weather does not suit solo work, are taking advantage of cross-country in struction. Amongst the visitors to the aerodrome during the week end was Major " Taffy " Jones. The Shoreham Flying Club held its annual general meeting and dance on Saturday, January 9, and all the Brooklands instructors attended. The Brooklands annual general meeting will be held on Saturday, January 24, at 4 p m and will be followed by tea and a buffet supper MIDLAND 1 lying times for the month ended January 3 were: dual 24 hr. 35 min., and solo 24 hr. 35 min. Messrs. C. Apperson and A. C. Edwards have" made successful first solo flights during the month, while Mr. D. Lister has joined the Club as a flying member. Cross country flights have been carried out to Tollerton, Braunstone, Hatfield, Reading, Catfoss, Croydon and Walsall. CROYDON The total time spent in the air for the week ended January 9 was 35 hr. 40 min. The Puss Moth, which was chartered by Mr. Hood and piloted by Mr. Noordink to fly to Amsterdam, returned on January 3, and the Dragonfly belonging to the Club set off for Stuttgart on the 6th, but has been held up owing to bad weather on the Continent. Mr. R. Hanson has made a night flight to Lympne for his " B " licence test. HESTON The work of the Airwork School of Flying has been badlv ham pered by the exceptionally unfavourable weather experienced dur ing 1936, but 2,615 hours were flown in the 173 days when con ditions were suitable. This, an average of fifteen hours a day, seems very creditable in the circumstances, and shows that the machines were used to full advantage when the weather permitted. Work is proceeding on the gradual modification of the school Avro Cadets to take the Gipsy Major engine. CINQUE PORTS Mr. R. B. Drew, who has just completed twelve years with the Chartered Bank in the East, has joined the staff of the Club as finan cial secretary, and Mr. G. B. Fellows relinquishes that post to form a sales department. The flying hours for 1936 were 2,360, which is well up on the Club's record for 1935. Mr. J. A. M. Reid has completed both his long " B " licence cross-country flights, and Mr. J. C. Bridger is polishing up his general flying preparatory to the "Beecher's Brook" of Hendon next week. Mrs. E. Drake has joined the Club as a full flying member. LEICESTERSHIRE The total flying time for December amounted to 18 hr. 30 min., ten cross-country flights being made to five different aerodromes. Social events of the month have included the annual general meet ing and luncheon held on December 16 at the Oriental Cafe, Leices ter. Miss F. P. Tollemache was present at the meeting after having completed many hours' fixing in various parts of Europe, Asia and Africa since obtaining her licence with the Club last April. There was also the Club's Christmas fancy dress dance held on December 18 in the clubhouse. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE In spite of bad weather and the Christmas holidays the Club has managed to maintain a fair average of flying. " A " licence tests have been carried out by Mr. L. H. Wood, and given a reason able day Miss B. E. Benson and Mr. E. C. Booth should make their first solo flights. New members enrolled during the month are Miss V. Woodman and Messrs. J. E. Beeby and J. L. Wilson. One charter trip was carried out to Brough during December, but others unfortunately had to be cancelled on account of the weather. Future events include a Club dance early in February. C A. 3. C Last week-end fifteen members attended and flew n hr. 30 min., of which 3 hr. 30 min. were solo. The annual election of officers and committee took place last week and for 1937 all enquiries should be sent to Mr. R. T. Dew, 27, Gubyon Avenue, London, S.E. During 1936 members flew 403 hr. 15 min., an encouraging increase over the 1935 and 1934 figures, which were 279 hr. 50 min. and 100 hr. respectively. Eight " A " licences were obtained by mem bers, bringing ths total of Corps Members with their " A " certifi cates to seventeen. Interesting Figures IN the year 1936 exactly one hundred aeroplanes have been sold and delivered to their owners by the Airwork sales department. The trend of purchases is interesting. About 25 per cent. were new machines and the remainder second-hand. Three cabin machines were sold for every two open ones. The latter mainly went to clubs and schools, the private owners showing an increasing preference for cabin types. About 50 per cent. of sales were to private owners and about 15 per cent, to clubs and schools; the remainder were commercial. The most popular private owner aircraft was the D.H. Hornet Moth, the first light cabin two-seater to popularise the side-by- side arrangement.
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