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268 FLIGHT. MARCH 16, 1939 THE ROYAL AERO CLUB News and Official Notices for Race Rush W IDESPREAD interest has been aroused by the announce ment in last week's Royal Aero Club Notes of the decision of the Club to organise, this year, a new race for light aeroplanes of the class built specially for training C.A.G. pilots. The present indications are that this race will draw a record number of entries for its class. Those thinking of taking part in the contest are reminded that a resume of the requirements will be published in these Notes as soon as the rules are finally settled. It may be said now, however, that the race will be open to aircraft with engines not exceeding 150 h.p., and that, as mentioned last week, foreign engines will be allowed this year, though the airframes must be of British manufacture. Certificates Soar STATISTICS covering the whole of. 1938 show that the total number of Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates issued exceeded the number for the previous year by nearly 200. The figure for 1938 was 1,172, and it included the record of 196 in one month. Increases have been mainly concentrated at the latter months of the year and reflect the effects of the introduction of the C.A.G. For the present year the indica tions are that a total of between 3,000 and 4,000 new certifi cates may be obtained. Air Defence Cadets and Gliding R EPORTS which reached the British Gliding Association this week confirm that the gliding clubs will easily be able to undertake the training of the 700 Air Defence Corps Cadets provided for under the new Government gliding subsidy scheme. Individual clubs calculate that they will be able to train up to as many as 240—to quote one instance—and the average figure is above 50. It will be recalled that the Cadets are to be trained by the gliding clubs at 14-day camps in various parts of the country. This is substantially the scheme originally put up to the Air Ministry by the B.G.A. and reported at the time in these Notes. A preliminary meeting between the representatives of the B.G.A. and of the Air Defence Cadet Corps was held at the Royal Aero Club on P'riday, March 10. In view of the present state of development and location of the Air Defence Cadet Squadrons and in order to keep down travelling expenses, a provisional agreement was reached that the clubs undertaking Air Defence Cadet camps during the summer of 1939 would be Southdown,' Surrey, London, Cam bridge, Oxford, Midland, Derbyshire and Lancashire, York shire, Scottish and Newcastle. The approximate number of cadets to be trained by each club has also been provisionally agreed. No Brollies for C.A:G.s? R EPRESENTATIVES of the General Council of Associated Light Aeroplane Clubs and of the Air Ministry have dis cussed whether parachutes should be supplied for advanced training of C.A.G. members. The views expressed on behalf of the clubs were against the introduction of parachutes for this training, which differs very little from ordinary club flying and would not warrant the necessary modifications to the air craft and the expense of obtaining and maintaining parachutes. Record Passed M R. ALEX HENSHAW'S Capital-to-Capital record flights from London to Cape Town, and return, between Feb ruary 5 and February 9, have been officially recognised by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale as follows : — London-Cape Town: Duration: 39 hours 25 minutes. Average speed: 244.876 km./hr. (152.1 m.p.h.). Cape Town-London: Duration: 39 hours 36 minutes. Average speed: 243.745 km./hr. (151.4 m.p.h,). On the Air Routes FRANCE.—Parachute dropping exercises are being carried out at Avignon-Pujaut aerodrome. Right-hand circuits will be made over the aerodrome by the aircraft employed for this purpose, and a red panel is displayed on the aerodrome. Other aircraft using the aerodrome are requested to make left-hand the Week Ended March u circuits at a distance of 2 km. and not to land until the parachute-dropping aeroplane has landed. DENMA'RK.—Danger Area: Gunnery practice will take place in Edge Bay (15 miles S.W. of Copenhagen) on March 22 and 23. Airmen are requested during the period in question not to fly above the bay at a height of less than 4,000 metres (13,124ft.). KENYA.—In a recent Notice to Airmen pilots are requested to avoid unnecessary flying in the vicinity of hospitals and nursing homes in Nairobi. NYASALAND.—It is notified for general information that Salima landing ground is closed until further notice. No. 17,231 17,232 17,233 17,234 17,235 17,236 17,237 17,238 lt,«9 17,240 17,241 17,242 17,243 17,244 17,245 17,246 17,247 17,248 17,249 17,250 17,251 17,252 17,253 17,254 17,255 17,256 17,257 17,258 17,259 17,260 17,261 17,262 17,263 17,264 17,265 17,266 17,267 17,268 17,269 17,270 17,271 17,272 17,273 17,274 17,275 17,276 17,277 17,278 17,279 17,280 17,281 17,282 17,283 Aviators' Certificates Name Fred Downs Charles William Walker Derek Bert Thrower Vernoii John Thornton ... Henry Leslie Bennett ... Mervyn Horatio Clive (Viscount) Frank Conway ... Douglas John Nicholls Thomas William Phillips Cyril Leonard Chappell ... Norman Clifford Everett Norman Rogers t ... Muriel Constance Mitchell ... J ames Wollaston Boote JohnWyberghChance ... Leslie Howard Tandy Capel Benjamin Ramsden Walton James Muncaster Ronald Sykes Douglas Green Eric Noel Capell Alan Geoffrey Freakes ... Edward Dyson Iredale ... John Bovingdon Cockin... Yvonne Mary Medlicott. Rupert Alan Richardson Peter Lavender Francis William Hack ... Gordon Maitland Thompson ... Arthur John Howard Geoffrey Derek Addinsell Henry Samuel Conder ... Robert Ramsay Campbell Walker Philip Allen Eric Mitchell Crook Veronica Innes ... Harold Ernest TriUwood Arthur Waller Freydis Mary Leaf Donald Irving Powell Albert Barker John Simmons Hood William John Lambie ... Donald John MacLeod ... Stanley Albert Jackson Frank Gordon Percy Shaw Alan Francis Thomas ... ... Bernard Grant Jackson John Caister Cooke Maurice Jonas Hiller Frederick Hugh Bennet Albert Neil Jacob Lionel Charles William Daisley Club or School Yorkshire Aeroplane Club. London Air Park Flying Club. Southend Flying Club Southend Flying Club Southend Flying Club Brooklands Flying Club .. Brooklands Flying Club ... London Aeroplane Club .. - Ipswich Aero Club Mailing Aero Club Romford Flying Club Weston Aero Club. Portsmouth Aero Club London Aeroplane Club ... London Aeroplane Club ... Herts and Essex Aero Club Portsmouth Aero Club Portsmouth Aero Club ... Lancashire Aero Club London Air Park F.C. London Air Park f.C. London Air Park F.C. London Air Park F.C. London Air Park F.C. London Aeroplane Club ... London Aeroplane Club ... London Aeroplane Club .. Kent Flying Club Tollertou Aero Club Cinque Ports Flying Club... University Aero Club University Aero Club University Aero Club University Aero Club Cambridge Aero Club Cambridge Aero Club Cambridge Aero Club Cambridge Aero Club Cambridge Aero Club Cambridge Aero Club Lancashire Aero Club Scottish Flying Club Scottish Flying Club Scottish Flying Club Cotswold Aero Club Redhill Flying Club Redhill Flying Club Airwork Flving Club Marshalls Flying School ... London Transport (C.B.) Sports Assn. Thanet Aero Club Cambridge Aeio Club Cambridge Aero Club Date 19.2.39 25.2.3!) 21.2.3!) 25.2.39 24.2.39 27.2.3!) 27.2.39 1.3.3!) 20.2.3!) 3.3.39 2.3.39 25.2.30 28.2.3!) 3.3.39 4.3.39 4.2.3!) 5.3.39 27.2.39 16.2.39 3.3.3!) 18.2.39 3.3.39 3.3.39 6.3.39 6.3.39 6.3.39 22.2.39 5.2.39 21.2.3!) 20.2.39 11.2.3!! 4.3.39 12.2.39 24.2.39 16.2.39 20.2.39 15.2.3!) 15.2.39 4.3.39 7.3.39 3.3.39 6.3.39 5.3.3!) 7.3.39 26.2*59 26.2.39 3.3.39 3.2,39 7.3.3!) 9.3.3!) 4.3.3!) 8.1.39 To-night's R.AeS. Lecture T O-NIGHT, March 16, Messrs. J. E. Ellor, F.R.Ae.S., and F. M. Owner, M.Sc., F.R.Ae.S., will read their R.Ae.S. paper entitled '' A Review of the Relative Merits of Petrol Injection and Carburettors for Aero Engines." The authors consider the merits of the two systems from the points of view of improvement in performance, simplifica tion of operation and servicing, facilities and cheapness of production, and reliability. They conclude that such evidence as is available in connection with multi-cylinder engines indi cates' no improvement in either power or consumption of the petrol injection engine as compared with the carburettor system. They admit, however, that the same experience has not been obtained on petrol injection as on carburettors and the undoubted possibilities of fuel injection have yet to be deve loped fully. The lecture will be given in the Lecture Hall of the Institu tion of Mechanical Engineers at 6.30 p.m.
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