Mexborough & Swinton Times – Friday July 1st, 1932
More Free Flights For Readers
Under the personal direction of Sir Alan Cobham, Britain’s most famous aviator and protagonist of Empire air routes. National Aviation Day will be held at Wombwell Aerodrome, Broomhill, on Sunday. July 10th, and marked by great flying displays during, the afternoon and evening.
This is a part of a campaign throughout the British Isles which Sir Alan is conducting with the support of the Air Ministry, the Air League of the British Empire, and other leading aeronautical societies and organisations, and which is to arouse a stronger and wider interest in air development. The displays will be the finest object lesson in airmanship and aircraft development that it is possible to give. Examples of all the newest types of civil aircraft and, many well-known pilots will be engaged in programme of twenty events. Two entirely new British three-engined biplanes are among the most interesting aircraft in the display. They are constructed to carry ten passengers, have many new devices, and, have been built at York. It is in these ‘planes that Sir Alan will give personally, piloted flights to public representatives of Wombwell and Barnsley. and the public will be able to secure flights in them at very low charges.
Among the novelties will be gliding by an ordinary sailplane, and which will be demonstrated by Mr. Lowe Wylde: an air race round pylons by the fastest machines in the demonstration; inverted flying—a demonstration rarely seen outside the R.A.F. pageant at Hendon; aerial acrobatics by a machine controlled by wireless; and spectacular parachute descents.
Behind all this aerial pageantry is the chief aim of Sir Alan to try and secure a million signatures from the public to a mandate for British aviation. This mandate has seen compiled by the leading aeronautical. organisations. each of which has contributed a clause dealing with some particular and urgent need in the world of aviation. As whole, it is a complete and authoritative declaration on the action needed for the future success of British flying. Before, and during, the display, members of the Air League of the British Empire and of the other societies will solicit signatures for the mandate. Sir Alan expresses the hope that the public will register their interest in aviation by signing one of the forms which will be available. At the end of the campaign, Sir Alan’s intention is to place the mandate, supported by all the signatures, which he expects to number over a million, before the proper authorities.
ln connection with the display, the “Times” is offering 15 free flights to readers. Full particulars will be found in an advertisement on this page, and in brief they are that readers wishing to take advantage of our offer, fill in a coupon and send it to the head office, Mexboro’, not later than 9 a.m. next Wednesday. The free flights will then be drawn for. and the winners announced in our next issue. There is only one condition to the flights: that the successful applicants absolve the proprietors of the “Times” from all liability in the event of any accident. A similar offer was made recently at Mexboro’ and was fully enjoyed by those who successfully applied. But on this occasion, there is the added inducement in that Sir Alan Cobham will personally pilot our fifteen readers.