More practice flying in DH.6s:
Date: 26.3.18 Hour: 5.15 Machine type and No.: DH5452 Passenger: – Time: 20 mins Height: 1000 Course: Aerodrome Remarks: Practice
Date: 26.3.18 Hour: 7.25 Machine type and No.: DH7670 Passenger: – Time: 20 mins Height: 1500 Course: Aerodrome Remarks: Practice
It’s hard to tell from the log book whether these were
- two morning flights, one of them very early;
- two evening flights, one very late; or
- one early morning flight and one late evening flight.
Sunrise for today in Yatesbury was at 6.58 am and sunset at 7.29 pm (British Summer Time, which had started on 24 March 1918), so it is more likely that they were evening flights. As the afternoon turned to evening and night, the weather, as reported by the Met Office for Salisbury Plain, turned from blue sky (not more than a quarter of the sky covered) to partly cloudy (one half covered), with gentle winds (Force 2) from the northwest. A lovely evening for a 20 minute flight as the sun was setting.