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JUNE 8, 1939 ffl0n? 5S7 THE ROYAL AERO CLUB News and Official Notices for the Week Ended June 3 Record Month of May AN increase of more than 1,200 per cent, in the number of Aviators' Certificates granted during the month of May is recorded this year, as compared with 1938, and the total of 584 is the largest ever obtained in the history of British aviation. The comparable figure for 1938 was 48. Not only is the total number increasing, but the rate of increase is also being gradually accentuated. The total figure for 1938, 1,172. has already been exceeded during the five months of 1939, with the figure of 1,681. If the weather remains favourable, club officials predict a still further increase in the number of certificates granted during the month of June. New aircraft are daily coming into service and the instructing staffs are being steadily augmented. This remarkable expansion has been achieved without check ing the amount of flying done by those who already hold certificates, and the month of May may be looked upon as having set the seal upon the success of the Civil Air Guard scheme Magyar Pilota Picnic INFORMATION has been received from the Hungarian Touring Club that the Magyar Pilota Picnic will be held from June 24 to 29 next. An attractive programme embrac ing an air tour of Hungary, with the two final days in Budapest, has been arranged. Particulars may be obtained on application from the Automobile Association or the Royal Aero Club. First=class Return THE first out-and-retum British gliding record to be officially recognised is that secured by Sqn. Ldr. W. B. Murray on April 7. Sqn. Ldr. Murray was launched at Ratcliffe Aerodrome in his sailplane and flew to Castle Bromwich, where he was officially observed, then returned to Ratcliffe. This gives a distance of 68 miles. It was not, however, the entire distance flown, for after he had passed over Castle Bromwich he went on to Birmingham, over which city he circled for an hour. Castle Bromwich was revisited on the way back, and then " cloud streets " began to form. These facilitated the return journey, and Sqn. Ldr. Murray landed at his starting point at 3.42, after having been 4J hours in the air and reaching a maximum height of 4,700ft. Conference Contretemps UNCERTAINTIES of the political situation have caused the Royal Aero Club of Greece to withdraw its offer to hold the annual conference of the Federation A^ronautique Inter nationale at Athens in September. Negotiations are in pro gress to discover another suitable place for the conference. On the Air Routes DENMARK : Danger Area.—During the periods June 6-8 and 27-30, firing practice will take place in the whole of Koge Bay, which is immediately S.W. of Copenhagen Aerodrome. Pilots are warned to exercise caution. FRANCE : Danger Area.—Until June 10 a balloon will be flown from Chavannes (5 km. N.W. of Chartres Aerodrome). Cable unmarked. Pilots are warned to exercise caution. Saumur St. Florent Aerodrome.—The aerodrome has been abandoned and is no longer available for use. Nice La Californie Aerodrome.—Work on the aerodrome is now completed. SWITZERLAND : Lausanne Blecherette Aerodrome.—The aero drome is again fit for use by all aircraft with the exception of the area between the landing circle and La Blecherette Farm, which must be avoided. Aviators' Certificates No. 18.2G2 18,263 18,264 18,265 18,266 18,267 18,268 18,260 18.270 18,271 18,272 18,273 18,274 18,275 18,276 18,277 18,278 18,279 18,280 18,281 18,282 18,283 18,284 18,285 18,286 18.287 18,288 18,289 18,290 18,291 18,292 18,293 18,294 18,295 i8,aw 18,297 18,298 18,299 18,300 18,301 18,302 18,303 18,304 18,305 18,306 18.307 18,308 Nam* Bernard Blake Wirksteed Douglas Herbert Hall Elizabeth Ann Sale Edward Deardcn Carter ... Herbert George How Alfred GUI Reed William Gav Wilfred Palmer Alexander Edward Belton Andrew McTurk Cook James Alexander Kerr Reginald Stuart Hobhs ... Thomas Elliott Smyth ... Thomas Foreman Dougall Norman Atkinson James Gracie Millar Thomas Reginald Young... Charles Bernard Wimbury Olive Muriel Tremayne Miles Gerald, Marquess of Kildare William Frederick Stone... Sidney Bert Harrison John Frederick Barlow ... Alma Radford Harris Isabel Frances Stone James Henry Heaneay ... David Winks James Guthrie Leslie Victor Biske Alliston Temple Clough Hazledine Leonard John Endicott ... Vera Madeleine Waldron Axford William Eric Bond Bernard Walter Underwood Eric Perry William Boosck Kenneth Bernard Fuller ... Henry Hunter Smith Reginald Evans Bernard Jackson Thomas Alastair Sutherland Ogil- vie Mathieson. Frank Bright Robinson ... George Eliot Moore Guy I-ovcll Ifrkering Ronald Godbold lval Khys Webb Warwick Clarence Jewry... Erie Alexander Hillman Prich.-ird Club or School Horton Kirby Flying Club Horton Kirby Flying Club Witney and Oxford Ae. C Witney and Oxford Ae. C. Southend Flying Club Romford Flying Club Romford Flying Club Cardiff Aeroplane Club Doncaster Aero Club Doneaster Aero Club Southend Flying Club Bedford Aero Club Bedford Aero Club Newcastle Aero Club Newcastle Aero Club Border Flying Club Bristol and Wessex Ae. G Bristol and Wessex Ae. C Bristol and Wessex Ae. C, Cinque Ports Flying Club Thanet Aero Club Lincolnshire Aero Club .. London Aeroplane Club .. London Aeroplane Club .. Tollcrton Aero Club Tollcrton Aero Club Scottish Flying Club Scottish Flying Club Liverpool and District Aero Club Plymouth and District Aero Club Plymouth and District Aero Club Plymouth and District Aero Club Barnstaple and N. Devon Flving Club. West Suffolk Aero Club... West Suffolk Aero Club ... Isle of Wight Flying Club Nor'olk and Norwich Aero Club. Airwork Flying Club Brooklands Flying Club. Brookland* Flying Club Brooklands Flying Club. London Air Park F.C . London Air Park F'.C. . Insurance Flying Club . Insurance Flying Club . Romford Flying Club . Redhill Flying Club Date 9.5.39 21.5.39 22.5.39 19.5.39 23.5.39 22.5.39 21.5.39 22.5.39 23.5.39 23.5.39 21.5.39 23.5.39 23.5.39 21.5.39 21.5.89 2.5.39 22.5.30 23.5.39 23.5.39 12.5.39 22.5.39 20.5.39 15.5.39 23.5.39 10.5.30 7.5.39 19.5.39 14.5.39 19.4.39 12.5.39 23.5.39 22.5.89 17.5.39 23.5.39 22.5.39 24.5.39 24.5.39 23.5.39 15.5.39 19.5.39 21.5.39 8.5.39 14.5.39 19.5.39 18.5.39 23.5.39 18.5.39 No. 18,309 18,310 18,311 18,312 18,313 18,314 18,315 18,316 18,317 18,318 18,319 18,320 18,321 18,322 18,323 18,324 18,325 18,326 18,327 18,328 18,329 18,330 18,331 18,332 18,333 18,334 18,335 18,336 18,337 18,338 18,339 18,340 18,341 18,342 18,343 18,344 18,345 18,346 18,347 18,348 18,349 18,350 18,351 18,352 18.353 18,354 18,355 18,356 18,357 18,358 18,359 18,300 18,361 Nam* Fred Hartley Edgar Lavington Roland Lionel Pike Stanley Arthur Boorman... James Anderson McHaffie John Mi ne Greaves John Ivor Hyde Lionel Alexander Cecil Harman Baker Thomas William George Beveridge Bertram Edwin James Hawkins... Ronald Ernest Ward Diana Gabriel Moran Denis John Adams Brown Leslie John Parker Terence Norman Alderdice Frank James Sharp Eric Caliwell Ferguson Frederick Ernest Baker ... Gilbert Baldwin Arthur Henry Taylor Antony Michael Hale Lewin Cyril Anderson Booty Sidney John Jones Alfred Kenneth Sherwood . . Robert William Sandel Moreom . Mary Alicia Macfarlane Geoff rev Berrington Warnes Roland Wallingford Geoffrey Charles Stanley Sidney John Harris Man'Maud Rolfe Denis Aubrey Staple Stephen Harold Todd Frederic Alan Pearce Sydney James Henderson Frederick George Forshaw Kathleen Diana Erskine Roy Christopher Barnard Joseph Henry Warner William John Corbet Humphrey Edwards Jones Terence Marne O'Neill Cyril Horace Smith Harold Wigley Henry Maltas Spencer Frank William May Peter Alexander Annan ... Rhoda Elinor Heppell Pamela Mary Dorothy Tiarks ... Kenneth Wyndham Dickens John Lipton Ann Josephine Barber-Starkey ... Club or School Northern Aviation Club... Redhill Flying Club Mailing Aero Club Mailing Aero Club Lancashire Aero Club Lancashire Aero Club ... Cotswold Aero Club RedhUI Flying Clnb Southend Flying Club ... Wiltshire Flying Club Wiltshire Flving Club ... Redhill Flving Club Redhill Flying Club Plymouth and District Aero Club. County Flying Club County Flying Club County Flying Club . . Brooklands Flying Club... N. Devon Flying Club ... South Staffs Aero Club ... Portsmouth Aero Club ... Portsmouth Aero Club ... Portsmouth Aero Club ... Yapton Aero Club Yapton Aero Club Thanet Aero Club York and Leeming F.C.... Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Yorkshire Aeroplane Club London Air Park F.C. ... London Air Park F.C. Yapton Aero Club Yapton Aero Club Hull Aero Club Midland Bank Flying Club Southend Flying Club ... Lancashire Aero Club ... Sheffield Aero Club Wiltshire Flying Club ... Wiltshire Flying Club ... London Aeroplane Club... London Aeroplane Club... London Aeroplane Club ... London Aeroplane Club ... Midland Aero Club Midland Aero Club Midland Aero Club Midland Aero Club Newcastle-ou-Tyne Ae. C. Airwork Flying Club Airwork Flying Club Southend Flying Club ... West Suffolk Aero Club... Date 23.5.39 23.5.39 21.5.39 24.3.39 23.5.30 23.5.39 21.5.39 16.5.39 25.5.39 24.5.39 24.5.39 24.5.39 23.5.39 20.5.39 24.5.39 24.5.39 21.5.39 18.5.39 21.5.39 4.4.39 23.5.39 25.5.39 23.5 30 25.5.39 25.5.39 25.5.39 25.5.39 18.5.39 21.5.39 24.5.39 24.5.39 23.5.39 23.5.39 23.5.39 23.5.39 24.5.39 20.5.39 22.5.39 24.5.39 20.5.39 23.5.39 24.5.39 25.5.39 24.5.39 25.5.39 22.5.39 24.5.39 23.5.39 23.5.39 22.5.39 25.5.39 20.5.39 26.5.89
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