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28 March 1958 437 CLUB AND GLIDING NEWS THIS week-end is expected to be the last during which membersA of the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club will be flying from their base at Sherburn-in-Elmet. The club, due to close down on Sunday,March 30, gives the following reasons in a circular to members. Firstly, the falling-off in membership to the uneconomic figureof approximately 130, which is only one-half of the total for 1954. Secondly, the difficulty in rinding skilled staff and attracting themto Sherburn. Thirdly, repeated trading losses in each of the past twelve years. PILOTS from all flying clubs are invited to attend this year'sSwansea air display on June ?. Organized in aid of the British Empire Games appeal, this event will be supported by the TigerClub and the British Parachute Club. Flying demonstrations by Rollason's Arrow Active (if ready in time), the Druine Turbulent,and the Thruxton Jackaroo are planned. Ground attractions such as a barbecue, car race, gym display and dancing on the greenare also included on the programme. AT the 30th annual general meeting of the Northamptonshire- Aero Club recently, the chairman, Alderman C. M. Newton, reported that well over 1,000 hours had been flown during thelast year. No fewer than 70 club members had achieved their first solo flights, and 14 P.P.L.s had been obtained. The Cham-pionship Cup, awarded to the most outstanding flying member, had been won by Charles Boddington, who had also won theDe Havilland Trophy at the Tiger Club Aerobatic Contest, Sywell. Among the other competition winners were A. C. Edmonds (beststudent pilot); J. Beaty (circuit contest); K. E. Corbett (navigation) and D. W. N. Carter (general flying). TWO Tiger Moths, an Auster 5, Proctor, Aiglet and Monarch* form the current fleet of the Cambridge Private Flying Group. At the Group's fourth annual general meeting recently the C.F.I.,Mr. W. F. A. Ison, reported that 1957 had been a generally suc- cessful year. The two Tigers had logged over 600 hours, and thefleet total was 833 hours. Thirteen members had flown solo for the first time and three private licences had been obtained. In theMasefield Trophy competition organized by the Popular Flying Association, the group had achieved second place, and at the1957 P.F.A. rally had gained third place. The committee for the coming year consists of Capt. A. C. Taylor, president;J. T. R. Taylor, chairman; D. Hancock, secretary; D. Jackson, treasurer; A. Jarman; P. Firman and A. Moseling. The C.F.I,and the two other instructors, D. Cash and N. F, Whisler, continue as ex officio members of the committee. THE TIGER CLUB combined aerobatic practice with a social-*- call on the Oxford Aeroplane Club during a brief visit to Kidlington on Sunday last, March 23. The Oxford Club hasdecided to hold a spot-landing competition during April and to present a tankard to the winner. THE Long Mynd site of the Midland Gliding Club will be the * scene of a task-flying rally during the Easter week-end,April 4-8. Competing pilots must have a C Certificate and have completed at least two legs of the Silver C, and the daily taskswill be based on those set at last year's national championships. A handicapping system will be employed in which strutted aircraftwill receive a 30-per-cent bonus. Good Friday and the following Tuesday will be optional contest days, and the results determiningthe winner of the Mynd Cup will be calculated on a daily average. designed and built by the Polish Gliding Research Institute, this tail- first glider is known as Kaczka (The Duck). Auster 3 G-AHLI, newly acquired by the Vickers Flying School (see news item below), seen with the only other Auster 3 on the British Register, now owned by Supermarine test pilot J. W. C. Judge. /"\NE of the two Auster 3s on the British Civil Register, both^-^ of which have been used by the Vickers group of companies for communications work since the end of the war, has beentransferred to the Vickers Flying School. This machine, G-AHLI, has a two-seater layout at present, but it is planned to convertit into a three-seater next autumn. Total flying time logged by the school's 20 members up to the end of last month amounted to441 hours. Fifteen first solos have been achieved and seven Private Pilots Licences obtained. A tea patrol is planned for Saturday,April 12, when the school will defend White Waltham against aircraft from the other three Vickers clubs. "CAIR OAKS Aero Club have inaugurated a course for the-•- Commercial Pilots Licence, ground training being given in accordance with the approved C.P.L. syllabus by the club's owninstructors. A total of 150 hours' flying is provided, consisting of 70 hours in Tiger Moths, 30 hours in Austers and 50 hours inChipmunks. Ten hours' night flying is included, together with 531 hours of lectures. The first C.P.L. course at Fair Oaks beganlast month and is to be of 36 weeks' duration. A special club flight to Antwerp is being organized for the Whitsun week-end,May 24-26. FOR the benefit of pilots attending the International Rallyorganized by the Channel Islands Aero Club on May 9, arrange- ments have been made for an escorted flight from Eastleigh Air-port, Southampton, direct to Jersey. Escort aircraft will be provided by the R.A.F., and the flight is being organized by theHampshire Aeroplane Club. The estimated time of departure from Eastleigh is 2 p.m.; those interested in participating shouldcontact Mr. V. H. Bellamy, secretary of the Hampshire club, at Eastleigh Airport. TWIN-ENGINE conversion training is again being providedby Elstree Flying Club who, in co-operation with the North Middlesex Flying Group, are to operate Gemini G-AIIF. Flyingrates for the Gemini will be £8 and £9 (night) per hour. Other aircraft at present available for Elstree members are three Chip-munks, three Hawks and two Autocrats. THE first issue of Camphill News, newsletter of the Derbyshireand Lancashire Gliding Club, was recently produced by an editorial committee of the club headed by Walter Neumark. Itsreport of club activities for 1957 includes the following statistics: total launches, 4,610; flying time, 1,242 hours; and cross-countrydistance, 2,065 miles. The club fleet during the year has included one Skylark 2, one Olympia, two Prefects, two Eons, two Tutors,one T.31 and one T.21. Summer gliding camps at Camphill will be held on the following dates: June 30-July 5, July 7-12,July 14-19, July 21-26, August 18-23 and August 25-30. A BRIEF history of the Bristol Gliding Club is included in theclub's recently published official handbook. Flying from the club site at Nympsfield, Peter Scott used his T.42B Sea Eagleto take him to Shrivenham, 30 miles away, for a lecture engage- ment on March 6—arriving at his destination with 4,500ft inhand. Recent flying at Nympsfield has included 70 hours' soaring by members of the R.A.F. Gliding and Soaring Association whobrought three sailplanes to the site for a one-week camp.
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