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1939
1939 - 0713.PDF
MARCH 9, 1939 FLIGHT. 252 FROM the CLUBS and SCHOOLS LONDON. L AST week 99 hr. 35 min. was logged by the London Aeroplane Club. Messrs. J. W. Boote, P. Anderson, D. Masson, L). J. fticholls and R. A. Richardson completed the tests for their " A " licences, while Mrs. Reynolds, Miss J. Miller and Messrs. P. R. Fensom and P. Lavender made their first solo flights. REDHILL. At the Redhill Flying Club 94 hr. 10 rain, flying was done during the week ended March 4 and Mr. E. Salzman made his first solo. MARSHALL'S. The total flying recorded by Marshall's Flying School for the week ended March 4 amounted to 105 hours. YORK AND LEEMING. Several cross-country flights were made by Civil Air Guard mem bers, and 30 hours flying was put in during last week. PLYMOUTH. Fifty-six hours were flown in the four days available in the week ended February 28. Mr. F. Selby made his first solo flight. SOUTH COAST. A lurther batch of Civil Air Guard applicants were enrolled during the week and another selection board will be held next week. Thirty- three hours were flown for the week ended March 4. NEWCASTLE. Club and Civil Air Guard flying totalled 53J hours last week, of which the C.A.G.s contributed 39 hours. Mr. A. Coulson completed K.Ae.C. tests. READING. During the week ended March 4 a total of 48 hours were flown and Messrs. Uphill, Chambers, McConnell and Lacey completed their " A " licence tests, while four other members went solo. LANCASHIRE. As the weather was fairly good between February 23 and March 1, the Lancashire Aero Club's hours for the week totalled about 40. During the period Mr. A. Barker took his " A " tests. BARTON (BEDS). Mr. F. A. Armstrong, the youngest member of the Civil Air Guard at Barton, has passed his " A " licence tests. A dance will be held in the clubhouse on March 22. Two new series of lectures are start ing on Tuesday and Thursday. YAPTON. Four Civil Air Guard members have now qualified for their " A " licences and several others are well on the way. During the first four days of March 12 hr. 55 min. was logged as flying time. In the club section 6 hr. 10 miti. was flown over the same period. STRATHTAY. Although the Strathtay Aero Club has suffered badly from the very poor weather, a total of 79 hours was recorded for February. Mr. D. B. Lindsay carried out his " A " licence tests and Mr. Menzies flew his first solo. WITNEY AND OXFORD. During February a total of 117 hours was logged by the Witney and Oxford Aero Club. This, considering the bad weather con ditions, was very satisfactory. Messrs. A. W. Baker and T. Worth obtained their " A " licences. PORTSMOUTH. During the first four days of March club flying totalled 35 hr. 5 min. and C.A.G. flying was logged at 12 hr. 20 min. for the same period. Sixteen members of the Civil Air Guard have qualified for their " A " licences and forty-three members are flying solo. WESTON. This club continues to turn out many " A " licencees in spite of lad luck with the weather, which only permitted ij days' instruc tional flying in the week ended February 28. Messrs. J. S. Meaker, N. Rogers, E. Turner and E. Jenkins have passed their " A " licence tests, and Mr W. O. Thompson went solo. Flying time was 35 hours. ROMFORD. The twelve machines of the Romford Flying Club were working almost to full capacity at Chigwell last week, ninety-four hours being registered. Mr. Everett qualified for his " A " licence, and Mr. Forsyth accomplished his first solo. Both are C.A.G. members BORDER. A good spell of weather in February lasting about six days enabled some progress to be made at Carlisle. The total flying for last month was 82 hr. 55 min., and five " A " licences and a further four first solo flights were made. The airport surface is again soft and is responsible for bringing flying to a standstill again. DONCASTER. High winds prevented several members from carrying out their " A " licence tests last week, and on two days' instruction was altogether ruled out. Flying for the week ended March 3 amounted to 25 hours, and Mr. H. G. Evans went solo on February 26. EASTBOURNE. A total of 45 hours was logged for the two weeks ended March 2. Flying has again been held up by bad weather. Mr. C. A. Wilson presented a silver tankard as the prize for a landing competition, held on February 26 and won by Mr. H. E. Chambers. IPSWICH. High winds rendered flying impossible on four days out of the seven in the week before February 28, but the good total of 67 hours' flying was achieved in the time available. Messrs. S. Rhodes and H. Thorogood made their first solo flights, while Messrs. T. Phillips and A. W. Mitchell qualified for their " A " licences. NORFOLK AND NORWICH. Somewhat high winds limited instructional flying, but licensed pilots were very active last week. Mr. Courtney Prentice flew from Leicester in a Taydorcraft, which he demonstrated to the club. The gliding section had a very good week. In the Civil Air Guard sec tion the flying total was slightly below the average, but one member managed to complete his " A " licence tests. The lectures arranged for class II members have been well attended. BROOKLANDS. Messrs. R. S. C. Le Mesurier, H. R. Philpot and B. Jackson made their first solo flights last week, while Mr. C. D. Brown passed his height tests and Mr. D. Holdsworth obtained his " B " licence. Mr. R. M. Pepper has taken up a p^gsitioifciit JVIaidstone airport and Miss Mona Friedlander, who holds ^T'&B- licence and 2nd Class Air Navigators' certificate, has joined the staff of Air Taxis. A luncheon flight to Shoreham is due to take place on Sunday next. THANET. Sixty-seven hours were flown in the three and a half days which were suitable for instruction in the week ended February 28. Seven " B " licence pupils are doing their flying at Ramsgate. These are drawn from the 15 " B " pupils who have already started flying under the recently opened Straight Corporation school of commer cial aviation. The remainder are distributed among the other Straight-operated clubs. HAMPSHIRE. During February 229 hours' flying was put in by the Hampshire School of Flying and the following pupils qualified for their " A " licences: Mrs. D. V. Ranald and Messrs. D. de la Cour, B. J. Collins, D. R. Weir. D Falconer, R. Sobey, G. P. Wills and J. B. Moore; while the Misses M. Stirling and A. Smith-Rewse, Mrs. D. Simmons and Messrs. F. Lister, A. Hallock, R. J. Sranger and A. W. Wood ford made their first solos. Twenty-nine C.A.G.s have qualified to date. Mr. M. R. Ahmad has obtained his •" B " licence. EXETER. Owing to wind and rain, only 2i davs were suitable for instruction in the week ended February 28. 'The 'flying time was 27J hours. The Shapley Kittiwake—an interesting gull-wing monoplane side- by-side cabin two-seater, designed to the specification o£ a club member—is being test-flown by the chief instructor. It is reported to be manoeuvrable, easily handled and to have an excellent per formance with its Pobjoy Niagara. Mr. J. H. Bolt made his first 3 Forthcoming Events MARCH. Thurs., 9th. R.Ae.S.Portsmoutb Branch Lecture: "Plastics," By G. Drlng, M.A., B.Sc., F.I.C. Tues., 14th. R.Ae.S. Belfast Branch : Film on Steel Making, with commentary by J. G. Hopcraft, M.C., A.M.I.Ae.E. Wed., 15th. R.U.S.I. Lecture : " Work of the R.A.F. on the N.W. Frontier," by Group Capt.N.H. Bottomley, CLE., D.S.O., A.F.C. Thurs., 16th. R.Ae.S. Lecture* : " Relative Merits of Car buretters and Direct Petrol Injection," by J. E. EHor.F.R.Ae.S.,and F.M.Owner.F.R.Ae.A. rhurs., 30th. R.Ae.S. Lecture : " The Problem of Ancillary Power Services on Aircraft," by R. H. Chaplin, B.Sc., A.F.R.Ae.S., and F. Nixon, B.Sc., R.Ae.S. APRIL. Sat., 15th. Opening of West Hartlepool Airport by the Secretary of State for Air. » Thurs., 20th. R.Ae.S. Lecture* : " Possible Steel Develop ments," by Dr. T. Swinden, F.R.Ae.S. MAY. Thurs., 4th. R.Ae.S. Lecture* : " Strength of Thin Metal Construction," by H. L. Cox. Sun.. 14th. R.Ae.S. Garden Party, Fairey's Great West Aerodrome. Sat., 30th. Empire Air Day. Thurs., 25th. R.Ae.S. : Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture by Dr. G. W. Lewis. Sat., 27th. London-I.O.M. Race. Mon., 29th. Manx Air Derby and Tynwald Race. * All these lectures take place at 6.30 p.m. at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, London, S.W.I.
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