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1937
1937 - 0265.PDF
JANUARY 28, 1937. FLIGHT. 99 Private Flyin FROM the CLUBS and SCHOOLS CLUB machines flew 55 hr. 10 min. at Hatfield last week. New members are Messrs. A. T. Thomas and D. Tollemache. REDHILL Last week's flying totalled 39 hr. 40 min., there being only five flying days. BENGAL The Bengal Flying Club put in 10 hr. 30 min. dual and 44 hr. 5 min.' solo'during the month of December. Mr. R. C. Reynolds has requalified. for his Indian "A" licence, while six cross-country flights have been carried out. SOUTH COAST In spite of bad weather 20 hours' flying was done on the Club machines last week. It has been very quiet at Shoreham owing to the fact that a large number of the staff and members were down with 'flu. MIDLAND For the week ended January 21 the flying times at the Midland Aero Club totalled 9 hours dual and 14 hours solo and passenger, high winds and rain preventing flying on three days. Mr. H. B. Poole has joined as a flying member. YAPTON Flying times for January to the 23rd were 39 hr. 20 min.; the month has been a succession of gales and rain. Is'ew members are Messrs. H. R. Lasar and A. J. Goldsmith, the latter taking the £15 " A " licence course. HANWORTH Extremely bad weather conditions kept flying hours down to a minimum last week, only 19 hr. 40 min. being logged and ven.- little actual instruction done. Mr. C. M. D. Chambers has become an instructor at the Club, and Mr. J. J. H. Hill has now returned alter an absence of two weeks. The Club has one new member -Mr. Gilford. BORDER Owing to adverse weather conditions recently, flights at the Border Club have been few and far between. Several members, however, have been flying over the lakes and in the vicinity of the Scottish hills. These are snow-clad just now above J,ooo ft. and look very impressive. New members are Mrs. Chambers as a pilot member, and Miss M. Arckless as an associate member. PORTSMOUTH The Club flying at Portsmouth for the year 1936 amounted to '333 hr. 50 min. Flying time for the week ended January 21 totalled 20 hr. 35 min., instruction being impossible on three days owing to bad weather conditions. A bridge drive held in the club house on January 20 was a great success, the prizes being presented by the directors of the Portsmouth Aero Club. CINQUE PORTS Mr. R. P. Peyton obtained the Club's first " A " licence for 1937. Mr. J. A. M. Reid has successfully undergone his general flying tests at Hendon and now has only his night flight to do before qualifving for his " B." Mr P. M. Bristow has joined the Club to undergo a " B " licence course. The Club has heard that Mr. Alec Drake, one of the founder members and one-time secretary, has accepted the captaincy of the Penang Flying Club. Members are featuring largely in the Monte Carlo Car Rally this year. BROOKLANDS The annual general meeting of the Brooklands Aero Club was held at the clubhouse recently. Mr. Percy Bradley was in the chair and conducted the proceedings with his usual good-humoured efficiency. In reviewing the year's work he mentioned that the membership had, In . 193'), increased by sixty-five to a total of 790. The general com mittee, under the chairmanship of .Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, was re elected en bloc. Bad weather has again brought down the flying time for the past week, this amounting to only fifty hours, of which thirty were dual 'nstruction, fourteen were solo flying, and six were taxi work. New members for the week include -Mr. B. Astley, Mr. N. Pope, Mr. W. James; and Mr. F. J. Ireland. Mr. Bentley and Mr. Schmidt have gone solo, while Dr Leon Jona has started flying again. Another Pupil is Master V. K. YVigram, aged 16J, who, under the instruction ™.Mr. I'remridge, reached solo efficiency after a week and a half's tuition. Large quantities of steelwork bare arrived at the aerodrome and new hangars are beginning to emerge from the ashes of the old. Iney should be ready by the end of March, at which time the five new Tiger Moths, which are now on order, should be flying. Capt. Duncan Davis is organising a party from Brooklands and fc associate clubs for a month's cruise on the s.s. Laconia, which sails on March 17. If any members of other chilis would like to in?-til1' parry tnev wi" De verv welcome. There will be a height j uagin;. competition next Sunday. C.A.S.C. Last week-end members flew 9 hr. 45 min. Mr. J. C. Wade success fully passed his " A " licence tests and Mr. B. D. Partridge has taken his initial flight with the Corps. SOUTHEND During the past week flying activities at the Southend Flying Club were brisk and " B " licence pupils have been out on cross-country work. Mr. Tunnicliffe has joined as a new member. CAMBRIDGE The flying times at Marshalls' School for the week ending on January 24 totalled 40 hours. Mr. Janes qualified for his Cambridge Air Pilot's Certificate. He completed the blind flying and cross country tests in gusty weather. Flying was impossible on two days owing to bad weather. LEEMING Hours for the week ended January 23 amount to 9 hr. 45 min. The York Corporation are extending their bus service to link up with the aerodrome. This will be a twenty-minute service and will start on January 31. The annual dance is to be held at the Grand Hotel, Harrogate, on February 10, at 8 p.m. Mr. Sherrv has joined the Club. NORFOLK AND NORWICH During the past year no fewer than twenty-eight " A " licences were secured by members of the Norfolk and Norwich Club, a ground engineer's licence was obtaind by one of the staff, and two instructors' licences granted. Nearly four thousand flights were made and the total number of hours reached 1,463, which represents an increase of nearly three hundred hours over the previous year. NEWCASTLE During the week ending January 16 a total of 33 hr. 35 min. was logged in spite of very poor weather.- Mr. H. Trobe has gone solo, while Mrs M. King-Farlow and Mr. T. James have completed their " A " licence tests. The night lighting equipment is now in opera tion, and recently several members availed themselves of the oppor tunity of trying it out, when a total of seven hours instructional night flying was carried out. HESTON Five first solos in twelve days is good going for January—a month when depressions come from Iceland and pupils go to Switzerland with alarming frequency. The five who have stayed at home (or at Heston) and made good in the air are Miss R. E. Berger, Mr. L. Graham-Wigan, Mr. D. de C. Smiley, Mr. D. Banmeyer and Major H. Sherwood. Mr. Graham-Wigan, who made a quick job of it with only 4 hr. 35 min. dual on the Old Etonian Flying Club Moth, is the secretary of this Club. HERTS AND ESSEX During December the Club flew 210 hr. 23 min., the total for the fortnight ended January 14 being 78 hr. 48 min. New members are Messrs. S. J. Bryer and J. G. Martin, while Mr. S. G. Powell has completed his " A " licence tests. After overhaul and C. of A. "—EX" has emerged from the shops and is again in service. Three more members have recently become private owners and, with the housing of their machines, there are now no available iock-ups, so a further six are to be erected. The Cinque Ports Party ORIGINALLY planned for February 5, the Cinque Ports Flying Club dinner and dance is, after all, to be held on March 12. Ipswich Renaissance FOR the past six months or more the new Ipswich Aero Club has been progressing with due modesty, and an idea of the local potentialities may be obtained from the fact that some two hundred guests attended its first big social function last Friday. This consisted of a supper-dance, organised with the help of, Mr. Cotton's very excellent band and held at the Felix Hotel, Felixstowe. Mr. Whitney Straight, whose company sponsors the club and manages the Ipswich airport, flew over in Miles Straight Special Number One from the demonstration at Heston On the following morning those few members who were able to force themselves into action had a chance of look ing at this new type—one of which will eventually be used by the clut)—before Mr. Straight took it across to Fen Ditton, Cambridge. For the moment the Ipswich Club is carrying on quite happily in a small way, but in due course new buildings will be erected and the club facilities will expand to cope with the increasing interest evinced by the average person.
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