Summer & Winter Holiday Scheme

1936 - 1937

There are Officers of HM Navy and Army, Members of the Civil Service, Tea and Rubber Planters, District Commissioners, Colonial Police, Traders and other professional men who, after several years abroad , find themselves confronted with from three months to a years leave in the Old Country. Many such men arrive in England finding that old associations, friends and interests have disappeared, and finish up by spending their leave rather at a loose end and return to duty feeling that they have not derived from this time of relaxation that mental and physical tonic to which they looked forward. Are you one of these?

To all these men the Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club can offer an original holiday all the year whether they have a month or six months to spend. The scheme centres around flying, either as the main or subsidiary feature of the holiday. You may live on the aerodrome with all facilities of a good residential club at your disposal for £2 10s. 0d. per week. Or we can find you a suitable hotel, boarding house, or farm in a locality to suit you.
Whether you can fly or want to learn to fly, we can offer every opportunity at very reasonable rates.

If you want a quiet holiday, you can get it. If you want genial companionship you can find it amongst people who will welcome you. We have already provided fine holidays of the type we mention for men from China, Peru, India, Kenya, Australia and New Zealand.

Write to the Secretary
Norfolk & Norwich Aero Club
Mousehold Aerodrome
Norwich

The Club House is one of the finest in England. It includes a large lounge, Mess, Billiards Room, Photographic Dark Room, Table Tennis Room, Bar, Bathroom, a number of Bedrooms, a covered Lawn Tennis Court, etc, etc. There is ample garage space for cars.

The aerodrome is 350 acres in extent and is roughly 3/4 mile by 1/2 mile in the form of a rectangle. It is one of the largest and safest in England. The surrounding country is very flat, and large fields for emergency landings and forced landings practice abound.

The Club owns aircraft of the following types:- Hornet Moth (cabin type), Gypsy Moths (open). These two-seater aircraft have excellent performance (speeds from 85 mph to 115 mph), are well maintained and ideal for club work

What it costs to learn to fly

Would the ability to fly help you in your Career?

• Police work. Tribe supervision.
• Photography.
• Prospecting and exploration.
• Medical services in undeveloped territories.
• Sheep and cattle observation on large ranches.
• Timber surveys and forest fire patrolling.
• Traffic control.
• Crop-spraying to combat disease and parasites.
• Distribution of propaganda.
• Reporting schools of fish.

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