Immersed in frost and fog, it is painful to remember that day when Fred Butcher soared the new Swallow (Vario not then fitted) for 45 minutes to gain his C. However, there are many jobs to help the dark evenings by-a mobile control office I canteen I instructor’s hideout based on a disused milk-float has been started and a Jensen interceptor (disc brakes under new management) is being given a new bonnet, etc., to compensate for a brief engagement with an army lorry. Future tow-car drivers may be required to take the advanced driving test. Recently members of the Club were guests at a meeting of the Swindon Aeronautical Society, when Mr. Yates, Principal of Bath Technical College, gave a most interesting talk on Gliding, ending with the film “Whispering Wings,” Even being a vulture has its compensations.
