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1939
1939 - 0943.PDF
•3i8 FLIGHT. MARCH 30, 1939 FROM the CLUBS and SCHOOLS NORTH BRITISH. C IVIL Air Guard members logged 23 hr. 15 min. last week. Owing to high winds and poor visibility no flying was possible during one day in the week. WESTON. For the week ended March 21, 47 hr. were recorded. Mr. P. Stab- bins has passed his " A " licence tests. YORKSHIRE. * Close on 71 hr. were recorded last week. In the C.A.G. section Messrs. R. Chapman and R. Wark went solo and H. Gledhill obtained his " A ' licence. BURY ST. EDMUNDS. Strong winds brought the club's flying time down to under 20 hr. last week. Six new members have joined the club and three have joined the C.A.G. The clubhouse will be officially opened on April 1. STRATHTAY. For the first three weeks of March, 109 hr. were recorded, of which the C.A.G. accounted for 49 hr. Mr. Munro has gone solo, and Mr. D. Rose has carried out his " A " licence tests. PORTSMOUTH. Members of the C.A.G. were able to record 73 hr. during the first 25 davs of March. In the same period club members flew 99 hr. High winds restricted flying last week. YAPTON. During the first 25 days of March, C.A.G. members have flown 75 hr., while Club members have recorded 21 hr. Bad weather con ditions considerably restricted flying last week. LONDON. During last week the flying time amounted to 60 hr. 45 min. Captain P. Triefus completed his " A " licence tests, while Messrs. R. A. Bradner and S. C. Bentley made their first solo flights. WITNEY. The flying time for the first 24 days of March amounted to 104 hr. Mr. J. Kirtland has made his first solo flight. The club has pur chased another B.A. Swallow. REDHILL. Although high winds considerably affected flying times for last- week the club was able to record 74 hr. Messrs. J. Monk and F. C. Hill have passed their " A " licence tests. IPSWICH. Bad weather reduced flying time to 19 hr. for the week ended March 21. Two ground lectures per week are given for C.A.G. members. PLYMOUTH. In spite of two days being unsuitable for instruction 70 hr. were flown by the club during thfe week ended March 21. Messrs. E. V. Dunn and W. E. Wroughton have made their first solo flights. BENGAL. Over Si hr. were flown during the month of February. In the annual flying gymkhana Messrs. K. R. Das, D. A. Bruce, H. H. Marshall and L. Mills were winners of the various competitions held. Mr. K. C. Sarker went solo. DONCASTER. Although high winds prevented instruction on one day, 53 hr. 58 min. were flown last week. Mr. J. Sprague went solo, while Miss Bowe, Messrs. R. Harper and A. Wigglesworth have carried out their " A " licence tests. BRISTOL. Mr. D. Kerr Robertson has been appointed an instructor to the club. Work on the new clubhouse extension has been started. Last week club machines flew 27 hr. 25 min. Mr. T. R. Jenkins has gone solo. LANCASHIRE. Owing to rough and squally winds only 25 hr. were flown last week. Eight new members joined the club. Mr. A. Millward, of the C.A.G., has passed his " A " licence tests. The monthly C.A.G. supper will be held in the club lounge on April 1 at 7.30 p.m. EXETER. During the week ended March 2r, 34 hr. were flown. Mr. J. F. Davies made his first solo flight. On Saturday the club lost to the Seaton Golf Club at squash racquets, but won the following day against the Cranford Ladies' Club of Exmouth. THANET. During the week ended March 21 high winds restricted flying to i£ days, but in spite of this setback 27I- hr. were flown. Messrs. K. L. Collinson and J. H. Ballard have passed their " A " licence" tests. HORTON KIRBY. Rough weather somewhat reduced the club's flying time for last week, but over io hr. were logged. Over 70 C.A.G. members have been enrolled while six new members have joined the club. Vacan cies stiil exist for new C.A.G. members living in or near South London. SOUTH COAST. Mrs. Hillier and Mr. R. A. Bailey, of the C.A.G., have qualified for their " A " licences. Messrs. Newton and O'Rourke have made their first solo flights. During last week 36 hr. were flown in club aircraft. ROMFORD. Gusty weather last week reduced the flying time at Chigwell to 15 hr. The Romford C.A.G. have elected their air leaders. The No. 6 (Romford) Sqn. of the A.D.C.C. will hold a camp at Easter in a field adjoining Maylands aerodrome. NORWICH. Two C.A.G. members went solo last week in spite of the high winds which made instruction impossible during three days. Mr. Alex Henshaw has accepted an invitation to be the club's guest at the dance to be held on April 21. NEWCASTLE. The club flying time for the fortnight ended March 23 amounted to 47 hr., while C.A.G. members logged 119 hi. Messrs. C. B. Charlton, W. E. Walker, R. R. Croker and K. S. Thomson have gone solo, while Messrs. A. Coulson and J. P. Eskdale have passed their " A " licence tests. BEDFORD. Over 100 members and friends attended the club dance last week. The Misses Y. Newman and M.. Grimmer were presented with trophies for being respectively the first girl soloist and the first girl to obtain an " A " licence at Barton. Messrs. W. H. C. Davies and A. Gregory have passed their " A " licence tests, while H. M. Kendall has gone solo. MARSHALL'S. The total flying time for last week amounted to 9S hr. 20 min. Messrs. J. K. Moss and S. J. Pearmain went solo and Mr. K. Tom- kinson has passed his " A " licence tests. A total of r35 hr. 40 min. was flown by Marshall's Flying School during the week ended March 18. In the C.A.G. section Miss Vernon and Mr. Hiscock carried out their first solos, and Mr. Anderson completed his " A " licence tests. PENANG. A great improvement was shown in the flying hours during January, in spite of the fact that bad weather prevented flying on several evenings, and 128 hr. 45 min. were logged. Mr. R. T. G. Arthur made his first solo during the month, and both he and Mr. Harvey have now completed their Straits Settlements " A " licence tests. Ten Vickers Vildebeests of No. 36 Squadron, R.A.F., from Singapore passed through Penang on their way to Akyab under the command of Sqn. Ldr. Wallace. They returned later in the month, spending the night at the club. COUNTY. Although the County Flying Club of Leicester lost rather more than £600 during the year which ended on September 30, rg38, the club's position is not as bad as it appears. Nearly £400 of the deficit was due to the business of leaving the Leicester clubhouse and to some trouble over the sale of ground training machines. Since the C.A.G. scheme was started, 28 licences have been obtained by members and 140 are now in training. On September 30 there were only 6* Bying members of the club, while at the end of February there were 147 Sir Lindsay Everard, M.P., inspected the newly uniformed members of No. 1 Squadron of the Air Defence Cadet Corps at Leicester last Sunday, and another squadron. No. 51, will shortly be established. The A.D.D.C. Fund THE Air League of the British Empire has now received the whote of the ^25,000 for the Air Defence Cadet Corps Central Fund. This was the sum asked for by Air Marshal Sir John Salmond in the Mansion House last October. The figure has been completed by a substantial cheque from Mr. S. Marks, who is hon. treasurer of the A.D.C.C. Committee and vice-president of the Air League. More than ninety squadrons have now been formed, with an establishment of more than 9,000 cadets. Of these squadrons 14 have been formed in the London boroughs and 40 in the Greater London area. A Hampshire Change THE chief instructor of the Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Mr. K. C. Winton, who has held this position for the past three years, is leaving the Club at the end of the month to join the instructional staff of Air Service Training, at Hamble. Mr Winton joined the staff of the Hampshire Aeroplane Club seven years ago, when the Club's headquarters were at Hamble. after varied Service experience, during which he was posted to the C.F.S. in 1931 as an "A.i" instructor. He will be succeeded by Fit. Lt. Normand B. Littlejohn, who has been with the Club since last August. Born at Sydney, Fit. Lt. Littlejohn has had extensive R.A.F. and R.X.A.F. flying experience; before returning to England last year he was instructor to the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales. /
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