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FLIGHT, 13 July 195 WEST AFRICAN WAYFARINGS . . . good cold lunch with cheerful service worthy of the stewards of B.O.A.C. Capt. Campbell sent Theo with a message to invite me to the flight-deck, so I sat in the first officer's seat while he went to the cabin for lunch. The noise on the Wayfarer's flight deck is very great, for the motors are only a few feet away, and we had to shout to make ourselves heard. We flew inland 100 miles from the coast over very dense forest, with hills of about 800 feet; from 5,500 feet there was no possible landing place within sight. Campbell assured me that if one engine failed we could reach a landing strip without pushing the other one too hard. As we passed into the Gold Coast I noted that in many villages the main streets resembled landing strips. I was told that many strips had in fact been built during the war and since abandoned, but villages had been built round them; other new villages had been built to the same pattern, so that a new fashion in town-planning has begun! We landed at Accra in humid heat, and I was most in- trigued to see dozens of lizards, about fifteen inches long, with orange heads, blue bodies, and red tails; and on their four legs they galloped like horses. Be it noted that I saw these before Mr. Almy of W.A.A.C. took me to the bar 13 the rest-house for one or two highballs, much appreciated after 9! hours of Wayfarer wanderings. The next day, as I was having breakfast at 0700 hr pre- paratory to making a broadcast, I heard on the B.B.C. news from London of the resignation of Aneurin Be van. At 1000 hr I took off in a Hermes, on the service to London, going as far as Lagos in ij hours. The skipper was Dicky Needham, and the excellent first steward "Danny Kaye" Taylorson, aptly nicknamed! A day or so later I flew on what is- called the "round the houses" first-class Dove service from Lagos to the Hausa country in the north. I reached Kano (after landing at Port Harcourt, Enugu, Makurdi, Jos, and Kaduna en route) and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. "Knocker" White; he was with the Instone Air Line in 1922. I had, incidentally, stayed in Lagos with Tom Munro of W.A.A.C., and I noted that the staff houses built for the Corporation are all of the same pleasant, roomy, cool design. After two days in Kano I came home by Hermes—from the heat of Kano to cold rain at London Airport in 14 hours. R.Ae.C. AVIATORS' CERTIFICATES BELOW is another of the periodical lists of those who havequalified for Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, cover-ing the period from May 10th to June 25th, 1951. The previous list (April 12th to May 9th, 1951) was published in Flight of June 22nd last. No. 27,169 27,170 27,171 27,172 27,173 27,17-4 27,175 27,176 27,177 27,178 27,179 27,180 27,181 27,182 27,183 27,184 27,185 27,186 27,187 27,188 27,189 27,190 27,191 27,192 27,193 27,194 27,195 27,196 27,197 27.198 27.199 27,200 27,201 27,202 27,203 27,204 27.205 27,206 27,207 27,208 27.209 27,210 27,211 27,212 27,213 27,214 27,215 27,216 27,217 27,21827,219 27,22027,221 27,22227,223 27,22427,225 27,22627,227 27,22827,229 27,230 Name John Cameron Allan Henry Leslie Victor Leeves Rex Harold Nicholls Sirouss Nakhdjavan Desmond Robinson William Frederick Harris Norman James Fraser Hugh Williams Jack Thomas Fuller Horace Robert Coxhead James Vincent Martin Henry James Jenkins Eric Phillips Ian Lamond Love ... James Chalmers Henderson John Lionel Redgate James Richard Graham Gordon William Kenneth Bunyan David Sandison Taylor David Campbell Gordon Hugo Alperstein John Herbert Bolton Richard Thompson Williamson ... Ronald Knight David Michael Chambers Jack Payne Harrison Robin Lovell Holmes Bashir Ahmad Malik Barry Marriott Terence Colin Langley Bernard Arthur Sedgwick ... Harold Norman Marsden Leslie Grancham Lunn Brian Widdup Slater Keith Robert Bartholomew William Arthur Eley Donald Archibald Rankin... Nigel Willoughby Moore Eric James Omundsen Derek Le Roy Bird ' William Harold Dainty Nicholas Longden Wood head Evani George Rolf Richardson James Ernest Hainsworth... Satish Chandra Sharma Thomas Fflorance Barrow Young Frank Albert Sturgess Gerald William Nelson Cobley ... Richard Crossley Laurie ... Laxmidas Bhagwandas Bhatia Roland De'Ath Stanley Edward Fawson Peter Horace John Butler Douglas Harold William Hykin Adrian Francis Flower Webb Harold Edward Walmsley Michael Leonard Hayes Leslie Arthur Coe Desmond John Watkins Bryan William Geyton Alan Goodson ... Joseph Harrington... Club or School Christchurch Aero Club Wiltshire S. of F. U.L.A.A. Experimental Gp. Air Service Training Cambridge Aero Club Southend Municipal F.S. * Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Cambridge Aero Club West London Aero Club Cheltenham Aero Club Denham Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Strathtay Aero Club Strathtay Aero Club Boston Aero Club South Coast F.C. and Southern Aero Club Airways Aero Club Strathtay Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Yorkshire Aero Club Newcastle-on-Tyne Aero Club Yorkshire Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Redhill Flying Club Wiltshire School of Flying Spalding Aero Club Cambridge Aero Club Pair Oaks Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service ,pilot Qualified Service pilot Denham Aero Club Fair Oaks Aero Ciub Cheltenham Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Cowes Aero Club Cowes Aero Club Hampshire Aero Club Hampshire Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Air Service Training R.A.F. Syerston R.A.F. Syerston Northamptonshire Aero Club Herts, and Essex Aero Club Air Service Training Qualified Service pilot Portsmouth Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Rochester Flying Club Rochester Flying Club Qualified Service pilot R.A.F. Syerston Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Fair Oaks Aero Club Liverpool Flying Club Qualified Service pilot Date 10.5.51 10.5.51 10.5.51 15.5.51 15.5.51 15.5.51 15.5.51 15.5.51 15.5.51 15.5.51 15.5.51 16.5.51 17.5.51 17.5.51 17.5.51 17.5.51 17.5.51 17.5.51 21.5.51 21.5.51 21.5.51 21.5.51 21.5.51 21.5.51 21.5.51 21.5.51 21.5.51 24.5.51 24.5.51 24.5.51 24.5.51 24.5.51 24.5.51 24.5.51 24.5.51 25.5.51 25.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 28.5.51 30.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 31.5.51 4.6.51 4.6.51 4.6.51 No. 27,231 27,232 27,233 27,234 27,235 27,236 27,237 27,238 27,239 27,240 27,241 27,242 27,24327,244 27,245 27,246 27,247 27,248 27,249 27,250 27,251 27,252 27,253 27,254 27,255 27,256 27,257 27,258 27,25927,260 27,261 27,262 27,263 27,264 27,265 27,266 27,267 27.268 27.269 27,270 27,271 27,272 27,273 27,274 27.275 27,276 27,277 27.278 27,279 27,280 27,281 27,282 27,283 27,284 27,285 27,286 27,287 27,288 27,289 27,290 27,291 27,292 27,293 27,294 27,295 27,296 27,297 27,298 27,299 Name Henry Rayner Mackintosh Harries John Curd Leonard Frederick Philpot Peter Edward Hills Robert Waugh Trevor Harding Howell Thomas John Neville SmithHarry Arnold Line- Richard Wilsford Gudgeon Anthony Pooley Noon Jawad Janabi Ronald Percy Mayes Robert Noel SidebothamJohn Barrie Nicholls Edward Howard Marsh Kenneth Cavendish Fitzroy Anthony Jack Walters Phillip Arthur Hardy Wood Harold Richard Robert Blank ... John Bates Clements Pamela Martha Elizabeth Whittome Archibald Campbell Carswell Margaret Dykes Thomson Morrow Edward Walter Carr Frank Gordon Wood David Alexander Roberts Murraj Sidney Thomas Cooper ... Alan Sproxton Kenneth BownBarry Kneath James Alfred Jackson Douglas Arthur William Lee Ronald Lathom Bartley ... Daniel Joy Ludlow James Douglas Edwards ... Alan Edward Wood Denis Frederick Little Dennis Gamble David Francis Dando Michael John Cheeseman David John Ivor Garstin ... David Rhys Edward Morris George Young John Francis Milner Arthur Fredrick Johnson Brian Campbell Letchford Arthur Owen Miles Ronald Charles Norris ... Leslie Edwin Hugh Schotchmer . Basil William Henry Foote Ronald Charles Sharpe John Dalzell Norman Leslie Tutt .Edgar Evans George Reginald Holmes Sefton Brian Riley Anthony William Blackmore Robert Fergus Dunlop Wladyslaw Kwasny Stanley John Tucker Maurice Pope Andrew Alexander Henderson . David Bates Geoffrey de Looze Michael John Horton John Vivian Walton Edward William Gosling ... r John Dennis Geary ... ... Bernard David Batty Club or School R.A.F. Syerston Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Redhill Flying ClubQualified Service Pilot Cowes Aero Club Airways Aero ClubLancashire Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Herts, and Essex Aero f"luhI^IUD Air Service Training Wycombe Flying ClubLancashire Aero Club London Aero Club Qualified Service pilot U.L.A.A. Experimental Group Denham Flying Club Airways Aero Club Blackpool and Fylde Aero (~ InkUUu Northants Aero ClubBlackpool and Fylde Aero flnhwlUD Strathtay Aero ClubPortsmouth Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilotQualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Midland Aero Club Midland Aero Club Current Licence West London Aero Club Rochester Flying Club Rochester Flying Club Royal Naval Flying Club Rochester Flying Club Midland Aero Club Portsmouth Aero Club Spalding Aero Club Portsmouth Aero Club Rochester Flying Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Fair Oaks Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Yorkshire Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Cambridge Aero Club Blackpool and Fylde Aero f"lnhl~.IUP Exeter Aero ClubWest London Aero Club Strathtay Aero Club West London Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Plymouth Aero Club Plymouth and District Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Date 4.6.51 4.6.51 4.6.51 4.6.514.6.51 4.6.51 4.6.518.6.51 8.6.51 8.6.51 8.6.51 11.6.51 11.6.5111.6.51 11.6.51 11.6.51 12.6.51 13.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.51 14.6.5114.6.51 14.6.51 16.6.51 18.6.51 18.6.51 18.6.51 18.6.51 19.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 2t6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 21.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.5125.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51 25.6.51
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