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1937
1937 - 0309.PDF
FEBRUARY 4, 1937. FLIGHT. 119 Private FROM the CLUBS and SCHOOLS Flying YORKSHIRE D URING the past fortnight members of the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club have put in 13 hr. 50 min. Flying was impossible on the majority of days owing to snow and sleet. LONDON Last week's flying time totalled 15 hr. 15 min. Messrs. R. Wilson and J. Westmacott made their first solo flights. YAPTON Flying times for January, to the 30th, were 42 hr. 5 min. Mr. D. Holland has passed the technical examinations for his " B " licence in meteorology and engines and rigging. C. A. S. C. .Members flew 9 hr. 10 min. dual and 4 hr. 30 min. solo last Sunday. Mr. Parsons has been posted to No. 4 (Kent) Squadron. The annual dance will be held on February 18 at the First Avenue Hotel, Holborn. KENT Sixty hours were flown in January, gales and fog permitting only fourteen flying days. Messrs. Harvie and Klein are busy taking respectively " B " and instructor's licences, while Messrs. Gaylard, Truscott and Underwood have gone solo. New members include Miss Gordon and Messrs. Daniel, Nobbs, Sayers and Weaver. Mr. Kundle has passed his " A " licence tests. CAMBRIDGE Marshalls' Flying School put in 60 hr. 10 min. flying for the week ended January 31. Mr. Parsons has joined the School, while Messrs. Wade and Smedley have passed their " A " licence tests. A good deal of blind flying has been done by members who are taking their " B " licences, and several members have been taking map-reading instruction in the Puss Moth. Cross-country flights have been made to Reading and Northolt. No flying was possible on the 29th owing to the prevalence of fog and snow. BROOKLANDS The moderately good weather of Sunday enabled the Club and School machines to put in some twenty hours' flying, which, inci dentally, equalled the total flown during the rest of a bad-weather week. Mr. F. J. Austin has gone solo, while Mr. Schmidt, having completed his course, has.left for his native Holland. Miss Duncan has returned to renew her "A" licence and new members taking instruction are Messrs. Lydall, Ireland and Wood. The following students of the College of Aeronautical Engineering obtained passes in the December examinations of the Royal Aeronautical Society: Associate Fellowship—Messrs. Hetzel and Hush. Associate Member ship—Messrs. French and C. M. Jones, Gawade, Hogarth and Mass. CINQUE PORTS The recent gale of snow and the consequent low visibility, caused two machines to be delayed, one at Croydon and the other at Hanworth. As soon as the weather improved, the Monospar took a load of pilots to collect the strays. Meanwhile, very little flying could be done and " B " licence pupils were concentrating on indoor work. It has been found necessary to add another Tiger Moth to the Club's fleet to cope with the increase in " B " licence training. This machine is to be collected from Croydon and painted in the Club's colours. The Club has secured contracts with the Air Ministry for both day and night co-operation with Royal Engineer units. The annual general meeting took place on January 24. The chair man, Mr. W. E. Davis, gave an account of the general increase in the Club's activities during 1936, and spoke of the healthy state of the balance sheet. The 1936 committee were returned en bloc. SOUTHEND Owing to the snowy weather, flying was curtailed during last week. On Sunday Lord Sempill flew in on his way from Brussels. The Club is holding a dance on Saturday. February 13. REDHILL Flying time for the week ended January 29 amounted to 23 hr. 15 min. The total number of hours flown during 1936 were 3,274— an increase of 22 per cent, over those of the previous year. LEEMING Fog and bad weather conditions were responsible for the fact that only 7 h. 15 min. were flown during the week. Mrs. Rowntree is a new pupil, while Mr. " Bill " Humble has now joined the permanent staff of the York and Leeming Club. Mr. " Stainless Stephen " paid a \'isit to York aerodrome last Friday. WITNEY AND OXFORD Members of the Witney and Oxford Aero Club flew 690 hours during 1936. Recent members are Messrs. K. J. Wood, B. T. O'Reilly and R. L. Beaumont. One of the members, Major Eric Crossley, has purchased a Drone. A Club dance will be held at the Bear Hotel, Woodstock, Oxon, on February 26. BRISTOL AND WESSEX The new Club Cirrus Swallow (G-AESL) was recently fetched torn Hanworth under gale conditions. The total flying time for the week ended January 23 amounted to n hr. 25 min. Miss Barbara Brown has passed her " A " licence tests, while Mr. John Keedwell is a new pilot member. SOUTH COAS1 In spite of the very wet weather Shoreham aerodrome has remained in good condition save for a small area at the north end. Members conveyed their congratulations to their president, His Orace the Duke of Norfolk, on his wedding, and presented him with a model of one of the Club Moths' New members are Mr. Munzing and Mr. Thoday, the former, particularly, doing as much flying as the weather will permit. A.ST. The past year has proved a record one for Air Service Training. In addition to the 6,906 hours flown at the Ansty school, no less than 16,267 hours were flown at Hamble. At Ansty vthe entire efforts have, up to the present, been devoted to. the. training of R.A.F. ab initios and Reserve annual trainees. This training has! of course, continued at Hamble as well, but here there has been a great increase in civilian training, in which 6,239 hours have been flown, compared with 3,416 hours during the preceding year. During the year forty-nine Imperial Airways' pilots passed the special marine training course, for which the school holds a three- years' contract, and another contract of interest is that for the training of the personnel of H.M.S. Excellent in height-finding and air-speed judgment, Hamble aircraft affording the practice required. During the year the following certificates were obtained: 31 " A " pilots' licences, 21 " B " pilots' licences, 6 2nd-class navigators' licences, 4 ground engineers' licences, 9 wireless licences and 5 R/T licences. No fewer than 164 ch-ilians from twenty-three different countries underwent training during the year; two of them could speak no English when they arrived, and it is interesting to note that there has been a considerable influx of Egyptian students. At the end of last year forty-eight students were taking the three- years' commercial pilots' course, as compared with thirty-nine in December, 1935. Twenty-eight were taking the two-years' ground engineering course The Hamble fleet continues to increase, the number of aircraft now being thirty-nine. IN CRUISING TRIM : At 2,100 r.p.m. the Miles Whitney Stra:ght (a test report of which appears on pages 112-114) cruises at 130 m.p.h. The degree of vertical movement in the undercarriage can be gathered from the amount of the unpainted portion visible in the fairing on the port leg. (Flight photograph.)
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