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1937
1937 - 0166.PDF
-62 FLIGHT. JANUARY 21, 1937. FROM the CLUBS CAMBRIDGE M AR3HAIXS' Flying School put in 27 hr. 30 min. flying last week, but fog and high winds curtailed activities on two days. Cross-country flights were made to Heston and Norwich. During the week-end members flew S hr. 20 min. Mr. J. G. French has taken his initial flight with the Corps. LIVERPOOL Flying times for January to the 16th amount to 69 hr. 40 min., weather conditions having improved considerably during the past week. A very successful night landing competition was held on Saturday, January 16, and was won by Mr. W. Greenhalgh. MIDLAND Members of the Midland Aero Club flew 10 hr. 45 rmn. dual and 13 hr. 50 min. solo and passenger during the week ended January 15. Miss D. Henderson has joined the Club as an ordinary member and Mr. N. Forbes as a flying member. SOUTHEND Flying activities, owing to better weather, were exceptionally good last week. The Club has a new " B " licence pupil, namely, Mr. D. C. Howell. The Carnival Dance held recently was a great success, being very well attended, and the monthly club supper is fixed for to-morrow (January* 22). PORTSMOUTH The total flviug times for the week ended January 15 amounted to 21 hr. 45 min., bad weather preventing flying instruction on four days of the week New members; are Messrs. R. S. Wanhill and F. J. Rump, while Mr. P. R. Homidge is now undergoing instruction for his " B " licence. YORKSHIRE Club machines flew eleven hours last week, and the total for the month of December was 30 hr. 35 min., bad weather prevailing generally throughout the month. Mr. G. H. Michell, of Australia, has joined the Club as an overseas member, and Mr. 0. A. Bird has joined the Aviation Group. SOUTH COAST Owing to adverse weather conditions only twenty hours' flying was logged last week, but Mr. F. C. White managed to go solo. The annual general meeting and dinner dance held last Saturday was very successful, ninety people being present at the dinner, and over a hundred at the dance, including a large number from Brooklands. CROYDON Machines of the Croydon Flying Club spent 20 hr. 10 min. in the air last week. Two new members have joined the Club, Mr. VV. E. Noordink and Mr. H. Hood, both being under instruction for " B " licences. The Club's Dragonfly is proving very popular as a means of obtaining dual instruction in twin-engined machines, and several members are taking the opportunity of gaining experience on this machine as a stepping stone to others. BRISTOL AND WESSEX Flying time for the fortnight ended January 16 totalled 29 hr. 30 min. Mr. A. D. Brodie has completed the tests for his " A " licence. The Club has ordered a new Cirrus Minor Swallow, the registration of which is G-AESL. The Cadet has gone to Heston for complete engine overhaul and will be out of commission for the next fortnight. The Club dance this year will be held at the Berke ley, Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol, on February 4, from 9 p.m. to 2.30 a.m. HANWORTH Unfavourable weather kept flying time down to 35 hr. 20 min. during the week ended January 16. New members were Miss Rogers, Messrs. Edmonds (National League of Airmen), F. W. Broughton, V. R. Dickson, Poole, and R. Austin. Cross-country flights were made to Shoreham, to Leicester and return. The Leopard was hired for a flight to Leicester, and the Heck was hired by Mr. Bramson. One of the school machines is out of commission for a time owing to C. of A. overhaul. More Aeroncas will shortly be available for hire and instruction. NORFOLK AND NORWICH During the week the Club increased its fleet of aircraft by the purchase of a Gipsy II metal Moth, G-ABRF. It has been thought necessary to make this purchase in view of the rapidly increasing flying hours and pupils. The members of the Round Table have been invited by the Club to debate with the members a motion of their own choice. They will move " that aviation in this country will not become of practical value to commerce during the next decade," and they have the advantage in that they have been allowed to frame the motion in words of their own. LONDON Last week s flying totalled 24 hr. 20 min., Mrs. E. Rowley and Mr. F. C. Rowley joining as new members. YAPTON The total flying time at the Yapton Aero Club for January to the 16th was 26 hr. 30 min., first soloists being Messrs. R. A. Hubbard, B. C. Ling and Nigel Hill. REDHILL Hours for the week ended January 15 amounted to 30 hr. 55 min. Messrs. Davis and Clayton have passed their "A" licence tests, whde Mr. Grant has gone solo. The Club Puss Moth is back from Germany and there are four new flying members. LEEMING Flying time for the week amounted to 15 hr. 25 min. Sixty members attended the monthly dance in the clubhouse, this small attendance being due to the influenza epidemic and the exceed ingly foggy weather. Visitors to the Club during the week were Mr. Randolph in his Vega Gull, after a night landing on Scarborough Race Course in very bad weather, and Mr. G. R. Armstrong in his B.A. Swallow. The plans for the erection of a large new hangar have been passed by the Corporation and work is expected to begin almost immediately. New members are Mrs. Cameron, Messrs. Stan-nard, Soutar and Wailes, while Mr. Fairbank has gone solo. CINQUE PORTS For the week ended January 13 flying times totalled thirty-two hours. The annual general meeting of the Club will be heid on January 24 to receive the managing director's statement on the year's working and to elect a committee for the forthcoming year. The Club recently had a visit from No. 601 Auxiliary Squadron from Hendon. A flight came over to do some aerial gunnery on the Lydd ranges, and the officers had lunch at Lympne. The Club's Aeronca, which has been in the workshops for some time, is now in service again. It has been repainted in the silver, blue and red of the Club colours. BROOKLANDS New members last week were Mr. J. E. Lydall, Mr. Glossop, Mr. P. H. Allen and Lt Carver, who is a member of the Royal Engi neers' Flying Club, and who is renewing his " A " licence at Brook-lands. The Hon. Fermor-Hesketh, who has been stationed abroad for some time, has now returned to England and is at the moment waiting delivery of his new Miles Whitney Straight. Forthcoming events at Brooklands include the annual general meeting on January 23, a lecture on navigation on Sunday, January 24, a height judging competition on Sunday, January 31, and on Friday, February 26, the second annual dinner and dance of the Brooklands Associated Clubs, which will be held at the Mayfair Hotel. BORDER During the week ended January 10 the improvement in the weather resulted in a corresponding increase in flying hours, viz., 18 hr. 50 min., quite a considerable amount of this being solo. Six members of the committee, in three machines, recently paid a semi-official call on the Newcastle Aero Club. It is hoped to pay similar visits to other clubs each month. The Dawn Patrol scheduled for January 31, is not receiving much support. With the exception of eight machines from Newcastle, no others have been promised. The unpleasantness of crossing the hills in winter seems to be the main reason. Border Flying Club members are forced to cross these on every cross-country flight and have acquired a special technique. Verboten NO machines, other than those of the German Air Force, will in future be permitted to enter a stretch of territory lying between the Rivers Oder and Warth on the German- Polish frontier. Civil machines will need to pass either to the north or the south of this fifty-mile stretch. Fly Yourself LAST year's record of Air Hire, Ltd., tends to confirm the increase in private flying which has been notice able in all quarters; 1,750 hours, representing approxi mately 160,000 miles and an 8£ per cent, increase on last year's figures, were flown during the year; 495 'fly- yourself " contracts were completed, and no serious accidents occurred to any of the company's aircraft during the year. It would be interesting to know how many " drive-yourself car hire firms have passed through 1936 with as clean a copy book. Outstanding flights included that of Mr. Ralph Dundas to Vienna, Athens, the Dalmatian coast, Paris, Scotland ana back to Heston in the course oi a month's holiday in a Leopard Moth.
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