"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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Wright, William Alan |
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Allen, Charles Philip |
7 |
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Antcliffe, Ernest |
7 |
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Bateman, John Conrade |
7 |
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Bland, William Harry |
7 |
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Brooke, George Ai |
7 |
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Bunting, Stanton William |
7 |
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Capel, Leslie Howard Tandy |
7 |
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Chandler, Robert North |
7 |
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Chapman, Charles Meredith Bouverie |
7 |
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Chisam, William Hargrove |
7 |
| 297 |
Claydon, Arthur |
7 |
| 298 |
Cockerell, Stanley |
7 |
| 299 |
Cooper, Arthur Cyril |
7 |
| 300 |
Cooper, Arthur Gabbettis |
7 |
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Royal Flying Corps Recruitment Poster, 1917
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