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452 FLIGHT. MAY 4, 1939 Topics of the Day come from ?) commercial pilots to do the various jobs which require real experience and real skill. Of course, the immediate and obvious difficulty would be that concerning machine insurance. The rates might be fairly high for a start, but this cost would be very much more than balanced by the fact that little or no payment would be offered to the blackleg amateurs. All would be done, needless to say, with the support of the G.A.P.A.N. and the B.A.L.P.A. Perhaps such support could, by fair means or foul, be levered out of these earnest organisations. Where Are They ? TO change the subject entirely, I met someone the other day who has spent the greater part of the last year in Germany, and claims to have seen, in all that time, only about three military formations, and these of out-of-date types. Obviously, a tremendous lot of flying must be done over there, but, unless all of it is carried out over un- LONDON. T HE flying time for last week amounted to log hr. Mrs. L. W. Ball and Mr. C. W. W. Cooper went solo Mr. K. Johnson and Col. Medlicott have joined as club members IPSWICH. High winds reduced flying time during the week ended April 25 to 60 hr NEWCASTLE. Club flying time for the last fortnight amounted to 98 hr. C.A.G. members recorded 103 hr. Mr. N. Atkinson has gone solo. HERTS AND ESSEX. Last week club flying was somewhat hampered by the April showers. Over 195 hr. were recorded in the past fortnight. Messrs. Miller Faint. Hyatt, Worton and Burns have gone solo. HANWORTH. Last week the club's aircraft flew 130 hr.. of which 98 hr. were recorded by the C.A.G. section. Messrs. A J. Macdonald, C. M. McClure arid L D Wilder have gone solo STRATHTAY. A total of 36 hr. was recorded last week in spite of unsatisfac tory weather. Messrs. Thorburn, Grant and Russell have gone solo. Mr. C. J D. Rennie has joined as a flying member. WITNEY. Flying time for last week amounted to 72 hr., which brings the total for the month up to 224 hr. Messrs. C. Bateman and R. M. Abraham have gone solo LINCOLNSHIRE. Although on several days during the past month the weather con ditions were unfavourable, 190- hr. were recorded. Seven members of the C.A.G. section have been placed on the starred list. BEDFORD. Poor weather conditions somewhat curtailed the flying time for last week. Messrs. O. Cramer, F. Dutson and C. W. Stubberfield went solo. Three new members have joined the club. JOHANNESBURG. During the month of March, 768 hr. flying time was recorded. Six new members have recently joined the club, while four old members have obtained their " A " licences. YAPTON. There are now eighteen members of the C.A.G. section who have reached the solo stage. The total flying time for last month amounted to 164 hr. PLYMOUTH. Although there were only three suitable flying days during the week ended April 25, 91 hr. were recorded. Mr. M. H. Tribe has gone solo. A successful house-warming cocktail party for the new building extension was held on April 22. SOUTH COAST. Over 78 hr. were recorded last week in spite of bad weather con ditions. A large number of members and friends attended a dance held at the club last Saturday, when several members provided a most entertaining cabaret show. Mr. A G. Head has been engaged as assistant instructor. BROOKLANDS Twelve machines took part in the "dawn patrol" last Sunday at Hanworth Seven of them got in undetected. Club members will take part ir. a similar event next Sunday at Portsmouth. Over 108 hr. were recorded last week Mr. F. Shirley-Fox has passed his assistant-instructor's tests. populated areas in East Prussia and elsewhere, it is hard to resist the silly conclusion that this German Air Force might business is partly bluff. For my own part I have spent perhaps a total of two months in Germany during the last three years, and I have certainly never seen anything more exciting than a single Junkers Ju.86 or Ju.52 with an incongruous-looking gun sticking out of it. I have seen two Messerschmitt 109s and one Heinkel at a flying display, but none in formation and none looking as though they were really going any where or doing anything. In this backward country we see formations of up-to- the-minute machines all day and every day. Some of the Auxiliary pilots are murmuring round in flocks of Blen heims, and even the Reserve people have done rather more than just look at Battles. Now that we're going ahead I hope we don't get obnoxious and wave the big.stick. It is the strong who can best afford to be generous. INDICATOR. WESTON. Flying time for the week ended April 25 amounted to 70 hr. Mr. C. B. Payne has gone solo. DONCASTER. A total of 60 hr. was recorded last week. Messrs. Berman, Varley and Pugh have gone solo. MARSHALL'S. The flying time for the week ended April 28 amounted to in hr. 45 min. PORTSMOUTH. Last month C.A.G. members logged 152 hr. flying time. During the same period club flying amounted to 150 hr. WEST SUFFOLK. During last week club aircraft flew 22 hr. Miss A. Barber-Starkey and Mr. A. C Walker have gone solo. THANET. Club aircraft totalled n7| hr. during the week ended April 25. Messrs. R. Morcom, W. F, Stone and N. E. Canton have gone solo. EXETER. Lt. Col Gedge has been appointed the club's C.A.G. organiser. Over 74 hr. were recorded during the week ending April 25. Messrs. R. E. Henson and R C. Spiller have gone solo. BORDER. Bad weather conditions and increased R.A.F. activity somewhat handicapped flying last week. However, on two days two members went solo, while one passed his "A " licence tests. REDHILL. Flying time for last week amounted to 109 hr. The Misses E. N. Pittar and T. W. Whittall have gone solo. Mr. A. G. Douglas, one of the directors of the club, was married last Friday to Miss Ann C. Edmonds, secretary of the Surrey Gliding Club. EASTBOURNE. High winds and rain reduced the club's flying time last week to 60 hr. Mr T. C. Boulton has gone solo. Levelling operations are taking place in the field extending to the north of the aerodrome, and the telephone wires on the road running alongside have been removed. Out of Retirement T HERE are many who maintain that the modern monoplane fighters, spectacular as they are when flown fast-arid low over the heads of a crowd, cannot compete with some earlier biplane types where aerobatic entertainment is concerned. Noise, of course, has some bearing on the matter, and the thunder of the Merlin is comparatively subdued as compared with the scream of the Kestrel. There will be an excellent opportunity for making com parisons at the Royal Aeronautical Society's Garden Party at Heathrow on Sunday, May 14, for it is now announced that a Fairey Firefly is to be demonstrated, presumably by Fit. Lt. Staniland. Modem Fairey types to be flown will be the Battle and the P4/34, and there are additions to the list of demonstrations of other aircraft given last week. Instead of a squadron of Hurricanes, twelve Spitfires will give a display—the spectacle should be impressive, for, as yet, we are accustomed to seeing these formidable fighters only in ones and twos. The new Reid and Sigrist trainer monoplane will be on view. Four more firms have notified their intention of participating in the "static " show, making 37 in all. FROM the CLUBS and SCHOOLS
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