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(Left) Only British participants in last month's aerial tour of France were Geoffrey Pearce and A.T.C. F/Sgt. Patrick Langdown, two 19-year-old members of the Surrey Flying Club, who flew the club's Hornet Moth. Right, Raymond Baxter of the B.B.C. and Bill Ison, C.F.I, of the Cambridge Private Flying Group, seen recently before taking off in the group's Tiger for an aerobatic flight during which a broadcast was made. CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS NATIONAL Air Rally of the Popular Flying Association is totake place at SyweU Airport on the week-end of September 14-15. The rally is limited to members of the P.F.A. and of theFrench Reseau du Sport de l'Air. Observation of ground markers between Cambridge and Sywell, and accuracy in time-keeping,will count towards the points totals on which the winner will be selected. Efficiency in rally organization is indicated by Regula-tion 17: "After handing in their route sheets, competitors will go to the club-house for the BEER-TASTING COMPETITION." A NAVIGATION competition for a new trophy to be awarded*"*• in memory of Jean Bird is to be held by the Experimental Flying Group, based at Croydon. The intention is for this com-petition to become an annual event, and that it should be confined to members of the group in possession of P.P.L.s. The group'ssummer camp, the first of its kind, was based at Ipswich Airport and the Suffolk village of Waldringfield, and was highly successful.During the one week the club's Hawk Major flew a total of 54 hours. London Aero Club are holding a Competition Day at*•* Panshanger on Sunday, September 15. Interested pilots are invited to apply for entry forms; the competitions will includethose for short take-offs, short landings, emergency landings and bombing. P.P.L. tests have recently been completed by membersJ. Hercus, A. S. Frutin, M. Griffiths, D. Barrett and A. Sneyd. WINNERS of the flying competitions organized at the recentAt Home of the Fair Oaks Aero Club were: Navigation and Climb Scramble, P. E. Francis; Parachute Drop, M.Reilly ;BaJ/oori-bursting, J. C. Lake; Bombing, D. P. Trice, D. A. Trice; Instruc- tors' Race, R. E. Thomas; Fair Oaks Cup Contest, G. St Q.Crockett. A club flight to Ostend, in which ten aircraft partici- pated, formed part of last month's programme. The club has notyet been able to improve on its June total of 785 flying hours;—a record for any month during the club's existence. Flying timeduring July amounted to 658 hr. CEVERAL long-distance cross-country flights have been made^ recently by members of the Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club from Squires Gate, in addition to inter-club visits to Exeter,Sherburn, Yeadon, Fair Oaks, Croydon, Brough and Derby. Two aircraft, Moth Minor G-AFOZ and Autocrat G-AHCG, have beenadded to the club's fleet. Two schoolmasters who are also quali- fied instructors, H. H. Edwards (previously of Fair Oaks), andC. Mullard, are spending their summer vacation giving tuition to club members. Flying hours continue to increase. TWO new instructors, V. Bernard and E. Wild, have broughtthe instructional staff at Elstree Flying Club up to five full- time and three part-time pilots. The club's annual flying com-petitions are now being held, and an end-of-season party is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 14. Special full-timecourses for cadets are now in progress. FLYING hours logged by Plymouth Aero Club members atRoborough during July amounted to 400, and three new Private Pilots' Licences were gained. The club has recently beenlisted by the Air Ministry as an official air centre in connection with the air-experience scheme for A.T.C. and C.C.F. cadets. AUTUMN dance of the Kent Gliding Club will be held on• Saturday, September 14, at the Tudor House, Bearsted, from 7.30 p.m. until midnight. The club's current newsletter, recordingtwo of Edward Day's recent achievements, mentions (a) his award of the Furlong Trophy for his performance at Lasham, and (b) hisproposal of marriage, made by radio from his Sky over Detling just before the championships. An affirmative reply on thisoccasion produced an impromptu aerobatic display. HALIFAX Gliding Club are to operate a Slingsby T.31 TandemTudor and a Kirby Cadet. An ex-A.T.C. instructor, Mr. S. McHale, has been appointed C.F.I., and a search for a good localsoaring site is being made with the assistance of Mr. S. Whiteley and his Gemini. 423 FLIGHT,6 September 1957 Summer flying camps were held recently by the Experimental Flying Group, some of whose members are seen (left) with C.F.I. Rex Nicholls and Hawk Trainer G-AITN at Ipswich; and by the Women's Junior Air Corps at Hum. Right, W.J.A.C. instructor Hazel Prosper checks the oil level on a Tiger Moth at the Hum camp, which was attended by over 80 cadets and officers.
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