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1937
1937 - 2077.PDF
JULY 22, 1937- FLIGHT. 107 Private Flying FROM the CLUBS and SCHOOLS REDHILL A TOTAL of 70 hr. 10 min. flying was recorded for the week ended July 16, Messrs. O'Brien and A. Cudden-Fletcher completed their " A " licence tests and Mr. Hipperson made his first solo. NOTTINGHAM . A very successful Dawn Patrol was held on Sunday, July 4, when nine machines visited Tollerton from the Leicester, York County, Sheffield and Lincolnshire clubs. Numerous cross-country flights were made, establishing a total of twenty-nine hours flying. YAPTON The unsuitable weather has been responsible for the low flying times—34 hours—recorded by the Yapton Aero Club, although there has been a steady increase in the membership. Mr. L. G. Hamlet made his first solo and Mrs. E. Scott was successful in .her " A " licence tests. SOUTHEND In spite of unsettled weather flying times for last week were up to average. The club .was very busy giving joy-rides to members of the puMif who called to see. the members of the camp of the Auxiliary Air Force from Abbotsinch. Mr. F. F. Gosford made his first solo. NORTHAMPTON Future events at the Northamptonshire Aero Club include a demonstration of the Kronfeld ground trainer on July 24 and 25, and a dance of July 30. Flying hours are well above the average and many cross-country flights have been carried out—including several to the Continent. C. A. S. C. On Saturday last members were on duty at Portsmouth aerodrome on the occasion of the Garden Party. On the following day flying times at Cambridge totalled 10 hours, and eight members flew to Witney for the Garden Party there. Mr. H. Guest upheld the status of the club by winning the first prize in the arrival competition. BORDER The cyclists attending the Glasgow Fair Week discarded their bicycles and took to the air, causing quite a rush for joy-rides. The aerodrome buildings have been repainted and flower beds are beginning to bloom, making the airport quite a pleasant rendezvous, and the members have taken to sunning themselves between flying and deck tennis. HANWORTH Excellent weather conditions made possible several cross-country flights, including two to Cambridge. Demonstrations of the Aeronca were carried out at the Portsmouth and Witney parties. The club was also represented at Deauville by the Leopard. A flying total of nearly 116 hours was recorded for the week. Mr. Rees completed his " A " licence tests. HERTS AND ESSEX 1 Hiring the month of June flying times were 379 hours, a slightly lower figure than that for the corresponding month of last year, due to the' fact that two Moths were out of service for C. of A. An air display on Sunday, July 11, organised by the Club Pilots' Committee, drew an enormous crowd of spectators and was very successful. Messrs. Torra, Goodwin, Dalby and Andrews completed " A " licence tests, a first solo being made by Mr. Brymer. NORFOLK AND NORWICH A demonstration by the Norfolk Gliding Club was given one day last week when a number of flights were made. During week ended July 18 nearly 50 hours were flown. The chief instructor is making steady - progress after his operation and he has left the nursing home; Mr. Kirkby, in the meantime, is being kept busy with instructional duties. A number of cross-country flights were made with landings at Gravesend, Cambridge, Redhill and Heston. A notable visitor to the Club was Sir Samuel Hoare, the Home Secretary, in a D.H. 89, having flown from Portsmouth after inspecting the co-ordination exercises. CINQUE PORTS Mr. and Mrs. Davis flew in the Leopard Moth to the Deauville party last week-end; the Puss Moth was also flown over by Mr. E. Symmons. Members are reminded that the Folkestone Aero Trophy Race will be held on July 31. Of the new members, Mr. A. M. Dunlop, who is taking his " B," made his night flight from Lympne to Croydon on Saturday. (Is this, then, the mystery flyer?) Mrs. Drake and Messrs. Proudlock, Sharwood-Smith and Rahb made their first solo flights,' while Messrs. Proudlock and Sharwood-Smith an d Capt Lethbridge were also successful in their " A " licence tests. Flying hours for the week were well over the average, 85 hours being recorded despite the fact that the Moth had been sold to the Eastbourne Club. This machine has been replaced by a Swallow. YORKSHIRE A total flying time of 67 hr. 20 min. for last week was helped by cross-country trips to Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, and so on. Mr. H. Reid joined the Aviation Group. An interesting visitor of the week was Mr. Bertram Mills, Jnr., in his Hornet Moth. CAMBRIDGE Flying times at Marshall's School for the week ending on July 18 totalled 78 hr. 25 min. Cross-countries were flown at Hatfield, Wit ney, Gatwick and Leicester. Members who are taking their "B" licences have been doing a good deal of blind flying and cross country work. The Puss Moth was flown to Cannes. LONDON Last week, at the London Aeroplane Club, Mr. J. de Havilland completed the tests for his " A " licence and Mr. G. E. Floniian made a first solo. The flying times for the week ended July 18 amounted to 133 hours. New members were Messrs. P. K. Crowther, P. Michelson, N. J. Matthews, G. T. Hopkinson, and R. D. Wilson. BROOKLANDS A number of members have expressed the desire to fly to Paris to see the Exhibition, and the management has decided that, pn> vided sufficient support for the flight is forthcoming, the Flying School will be closed from midday on Sunday, August i, until the following Tuesday. Full particulars of the plan may be obtained from Capt. Duncan Davis. Eight machines took part in the Leicester patrol, the high spot of the proceedings being the action of the formation leader, who successfully led his charges to Desford instead of Braunstone! Messrs. McLeod, Wiggins and Archell made their first solo flights, and successful " A " licence candidates were Messrs. Archell, Hopkins and Barhett. Weather Broadcasts T HE weather broadcasts from Borough Hill are now, and until further notice, being transmitted on 245 k/cs (1,225m.). Previously the wavelength was 1,170m. Listeners are asked to send reports on the effect of this change to The Secretary, Air Ministry (Signals 2), Ariel House, Strand, London, W.C.2. Devon's Day AT the time of going to press fourteen entries had been received for next Saturday's Devon air race, which is to be flown over a seventy-five mile course starting and finishing at Plymouth Airport and taking in the two other aerodromes in the Whitney Straight West-Country chain, Haldon (Teign- mouth) and Exeter. At each of these aerodromes a flying display—one item of which will be a fly-past by R.A.F. boats from Mountbatten— will fake place, beginning at 2 p.m. in each case. The race starts at 3.30 p.m. A dance (evening dress) takes place at Teignmouth afterwards Extraordinarily complete plans for running this " three- coinered " meeting have been drawn up, and the organisers feel that all that is required to ensure success is the co-operation of competitors and visiting pilots in observing the rules. The Lancashire Party UNQUESTIONABLY the feature of the Lancashire Aero Club's garden party at Woodford on July 10 was the aerobatic display by Fit. Lt. Geoffrey Tyson, former inverted flying exponent for Cobham's, and now following the com paratively respectable job of test pilot for A. V. Roe. As this was a special occasion—a very special occasion judging by the size of the party—Tyson produced something new to startle the onlookers. His manceuvre was an inverted loop, per formed at no feet to speak of, so spectacular that even hardened people like Alan Goodfellow, back at the old club for the gliding, exclaimed that he had never seen anything quite like it. Inverted stalls and an inverted spin rounded off Tyson's show. He used an Avro 626. The principal competitive event was a cross-country trial over Lancashire and Cheshire, in which three club members took places. They were C. C. McCracken, A. L. Ward and Dr. Merrin, all flying Cadets. Mr. Elwell, in charge of the Taylor Cub, proved the most successful visiting pilot. He won both the balloon-bursting and the bombing competitions, hovering about as he could in the strong wind. No. 611 Auxiliary Squadron from Speke paid a visit in charge of Fit. Lt. Salter, and appropriately won the arrival competition. The Hawker Harts gave a grand show of formating. Several glider flights were made by members of the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club, with Basil Meads and Alan Goodfellow in charge.
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