"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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Gordon-Bennett, Richard |
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Hall, John Herbert |
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Hammond, Arthur William |
5 |
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Harker, Howard Redmayne |
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Harris, Arthur Travers |
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Harrison, Charles Philip |
5 |
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Harrop, William |
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Hay, Hugh Allport |
5 |
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Hay, Roger Bolton |
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Herring, Robert Samuel |
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Hines, George Frederick |
5 |
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Hodgkinson, William |
5 |
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Holme, Robert Charles Lyon |
5 |
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Hughes, David James |
5 |
| 510 |
Hunter, Thomas Vicars |
5 |
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Royal Flying Corps Recruitment Poster, 1917
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