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1938
1938 - 0259.PDF
JANUARY 27, 1938. FLIGHT. 93 Private Flying FROM the CLUBS and SCHOOLS LONDONF LYING for the week ended January 22 totalled 45 hr 10 min.,and new members included Messrs. C. B. G. McClure and G. Wong BEDFORD Although only recently formed, this club is making good headway.Two new flying members were Messrs. E. Clark and A. C. Kelway. NORTHAMPTON There are still a few tickets available for the annual dance inNorthampton on Friday, January 28. Flying time has been well up to average. READING The dance held by the club recently was well supported by bothmembers and visitors. The steadily increasing membership is very- heartening. MIDLAND Several cross-country flights were carried out to Hatfield, Heston,Pershore and Filton and flying times totalled 29 hr. 45 min. Two new members were welcomed. C.A.S.C. Members of the Civil Aviation Service Corps flew a matter of 10 hours at Cambridge Aerodrome last week-end. A number of new members have started their preliminary ground instruction course. NEWCASTLEApproximately 160 guests attended the annual dinner-dance held at the Koyal Station Hotel on Friday last. Flying was well up toaverage, 17 hours being spent in the air. Mr. J. Whittaker is a new flying member. HAMPSHIRE Flying for two days was completely held up owing to gales, but43 hr. 55 min. was flown during the week. The twelfth annual dinner and dance will be held on Friday, February 25, at the SouthWestern Hotel, Southampton Mr. E. P. Swallow has qualified for an " A " licence and Mr. C. Bay ley has joined the club. YORKSHIRE In spite of the unpropitious weather members spent 36 hours inthe air. A number of trips were undertaken for the Press in order to take pictures of the extensive flooding. The Auxiliary Air Forceis now firmly rooted and is replacing its temporary quarters and hangars with permanent buildings. NORFOLK AND NORWICH The development of the gliding section is going ahead rapidly anda Ford V8 towing-car has been purchased. In the power section nearly 30 hours' flying was put in and the testing for the scholar-ship scheme has nearly been completed. The members of the Strangers' Club have been invited over for an informal evening. HANWORTH A landing competition at Aldenham aerodrome will be held onSunday, February 20 The dance has been postponed to Friday, February 18. New member* include Messrs. 13. C. Middleton andWise, and Mr. Moore, of the Air League of the British Empire, made a first solo. A total of 43 hr. 5 min. represented the week's flying. STRATHTAY High winds, snow and rainstorms have rather cramped flying forthe last two weeks, and up till January 15 only 17I hours were spent in the air during the month. However, the membership still con-tinues to increase. MARSHALL'S A total of 50 hr. 25 min. was put in at Marshall's flying schoolduring the week ended January 22. On Friday a party of flying visitors from the Cinque Ports Club were entertained. While theywere at Cambridge they were taken joun<L tiM^cLty:T Three new- members have been enrolled. PORTSMOUTH The scheme for providing an "A " licence at an inclusive fee of£25 is attracting a great deal of attention; there are 28 prospective pupils, several of whom are starting instruction. The monthly danceheld on January 5 was quite a success, and the bridge drive held on January 19 was another .feather in the entertainment committee'scap. SOUTH COAST The Gorringe Trophy Competition was due to start last Sundayand takes the form of a cross-country handicap. Each competitor will be accompanied by Mr. Pashley and points will be awardedon the competitors' decision as to weather conditions, taxying into position, take-off, course-keeping and turning on to new course, andlanding. Unlicensed competitors will be excused the first two items and will be awarded full points for them. The experience of thecompetitors will also be taken into account. The first meeting of the new committee will be held next week. Flying has been con-siderably handicapped by the weather. BROOKLANDS A very active report comes from Brooklands Flying Club, thisshowing a total of 70 hr. 20 min. flying for last Sunday alone, and an increase of eighteen new members. The annual general meetingwas held at the clubhouse on Saturday last, when Major F. C. Atkinson took the chair. Suggestions for improvements in thevariety of items of interest over the week-ends took the form of a dramatic committee. Previous tu the meeting a club dinner hadbeen held and the evening concluded with dancing in the clubhouse. Five machines from the Cinque Ports Flying Club landed at theaerodrome and their pilots stayed the night A novel handicap for the new series of competitions is that members who have flownover ten hours' solo will be " discredited " with half a mark for every hour above that total, with a maximum handicap of 40 marks. CINQUE PORTS Four club machines accompanied by four privately ownedmachines started on Friday, January' 21, on a short cruise of the South of England, including stops at Cambridge, Oxford, Bir-mingham, Cardiff, Eastleigh and Brooklands. Everything went to schedule as far as Oxford, but the weather compelled them to stayan extra night there. They went straight on to Eastleigh the next day, cutting out Birmingham and Cardiff, but Sunday night foundthem at Brooklands as arranged. The annual dinner and dance will be held on March 11 at the Grand Hotel, Folkestone. Special facili-ties are being made for those wishing to stay the night. Mr. and Mrs. Davis will be away until February on a well-earned holiday inMadeira. Mr Halford made a first solo "and Messrs. R. A. K. Roberts, A. L. Bagshawe and I). Currey have successfully passed their " A "licence tests. Flying totalled 41 hours during the week ended January 23. Johannesburg Return '"THOSE club members and others who met the South African •*• crew of the Junkers Junior in England last summer will be pleased to learn that Mr. Philip Hasselson has safely returned to Baragwanath aerodrome. Apparently the Junkers gave no trouble and the journey was, in fact, uneventful. A Hanworth Engagement THSITORS and residents at the Hanworth Park Hotel, and " particularly those who have been connected with Han- worth aerodrome during its vicissitudes of the last few years, will be both glad and .sorry to learn of the engagement of Miss Madeleine Cournede and Mr. Gerald Farquharson. As one «ho has so well looked after the hc-te.l and its resident?, .Miss Cournede will certainly be missed. Mr. Farquharpon is Mr. Malcolm's partner in the aircraft agenrv of that combined name. A Year of A.S.T. APART from a fleet increase which brings up Air Service Training's Hamble equipment to 53 basic trainers. 4 multi- engined machines for specialised training, and 5 living boats', tnere has been considerable development in the accommodation arrangements during the past year. A new administrative mock has been built, a meteorological office has been installed, CfC] re"ro?m accommodation has been augmented, and the size 01 the main hangar has been doubled. In addition a new mess will be opened early in February, and a considerable amount of land has been purchased for aerodrorne enlargements. During 1937, 151 students, including 44 Imperial Airways pilots, passed through the school, and at the end of the year 42 pupils were going through the three-year commercial pilots' course. Extensive instructional tours—a new feature—have been made on the Continent. In order that transport training might be more complete, Adcock short-wave D/F equipment is now being installed, and Lorenz blind-approach transmitters should be in operation quite shortly. The machine to be used, for such advanced training is being fitted with two-way -radio and D/F equip- ment, and, of course, with blind-approach receivers. Needless to say, Air Ministry contracts in the matter of reserve training have kept the school busy. Going Abroad YET another Foreign Air Regulations Handbook has beenadded to the nine which have already been issued by the Air Ministry. This particular one covers Jugoslavia and gives as usual, all the necessary information concerning cus- toms and similar formalities, corridors, prohibited areas (with maps), and general regulations. Incidentally, a new handbook will shortly be issued for Austria, since the original one has, during the past few months, been very severely modified on practically every page. No more amendments will be published for the latter.
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