"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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Bryson, Oliver Campbell |
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Chambers, Percival Vernon Godfrey |
12 |
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Clear, Edwin Arnold |
12 |
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Davies, Francis James |
12 |
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Godfrey, Frank |
12 |
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Hardcastle, Ernest |
12 |
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Kemp, George Hubert |
12 |
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Lewis, Gwilym Hugh |
12 |
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Mawle, Norman William Reginald |
12 |
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Montgomery, Kenneth Barbour |
12 |
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Noble, Walter |
12 |
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Scaramanga, James John |
12 |
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Scott, Maurice Douglas Guest |
12 |
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Soar, Reginald Rhys |
12 |
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Thompson, Chester William McKinley |
12 |
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Royal Flying Corps Recruitment Poster, 1917
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