"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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Reed, Valentine |
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Reed, William Ernest |
9 |
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Rowley, Herbert Victor |
9 |
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Siddall, Joseph Henry |
9 |
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Sims, Charles John |
9 |
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Solly, Arthur Norbury |
9 |
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Tayler, St. Cyprian Churchill |
9 |
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Thornely, Ronald Roscoe |
9 |
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Travers, Frederick Dudley |
9 |
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Turner, Ronald William |
9 |
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Wareing, Guy Wilbraham |
9 |
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Wear, Albert Edward |
9 |
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Williams, Thomas Melling |
9 |
| 224 |
Williamson, Alec |
9 |
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Aldred, John William |
8 |
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Royal Flying Corps Recruitment Poster, 1917
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