"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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Tonks, Adrian James Boswell |
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Trevethan, Richard Michael |
12 |
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Waight, Dennis Edward |
12 |
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Beck, Alexander |
11 |
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Burge, Philip Scott |
11 |
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Chappell, Roy Williamson |
11 |
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Claye, Hugh |
11 |
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Colvill-Jones, Thomas |
11 |
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Durrant, Trevor |
11 |
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Firth, John Charles Bradley |
11 |
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Fry, William Mayes |
11 |
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Gibbs, Frederick John |
11 |
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Hedley, John Herbert |
11 |
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Hollinghurst, Leslie Norman |
11 |
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Huskinson, Patrick |
11 |
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Royal Flying Corps Recruitment Poster, 1917
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