"In order to take a 'ticket' a pilot has to pass three tests. He first has to fly solo in five figures of eight, this involving right and left-hand turns, and finally stop on landing within fifty yards of a given mark. He then has to ascend and repeat the performance; and finally, rising a third time to a height of over 350 feet, he must switch off his engine and make a volplane or glide to earth. Should all of these tests be passed to the satisfaction of the official witnesses, a form is filled in and sent up to the Royal Aero Club, together with a cheque, and in due course the pupil becomes a certified aviator, qualified to fly at exhibitions and race meetings, and a person of no small importance in his own eyes. But he has yet a long way to go before he graduates as a flying officer of the R.F.C."
The Royal Flying Corps in the War, Wilfred Theodore Blake, 1918 |
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Bennett, Rex George |
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Breakey, John Denis |
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Britnell, Frederick John Shaw |
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Cunnell, Donald Charles |
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Darvill, George William Francis |
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Doyle, John Edgcumbe |
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Draper, Christopher |
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Green, Gilbert Ware Murlis |
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Green, William Edward |
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Hackwill, George Henry |
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Hardman, James Donald Innes |
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Hunt, Frederick John |
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Johns, Reginald Leach |
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Jones, Norman Cyril |
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King, Leslie Walter |
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Royal Flying Corps Recruitment Poster, 1917
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