Wednesday 27 March 1918 – Practice Landings

More practice, concentrating on landings.  Greg was always refreshingly honest when things didn’t go perfectly, including practice landings:

Date: 27.3.18 
Hour: 7.50 
Machine type and No.: DH7673 
Passenger: – 
Time: 45 mins 
Height: 2000 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Practice landings
Date: 27.3.18 
Hour: 9.15 
Machine type and No.: DH5452 
Passenger: – 
Time: 20 mins 
Height: 1800 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Practice landings (bumpy)

Monday 25 March 1918 – More Solo Practice

Log book entry

Building up the hours of solo flying:

Log book headerLog book entry

Date: 25.3.18 
Hour: 7.55 
Machine type and No.: DH7666 
Passenger: – 
Time: 20 mins 
Height: 1500 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Practice
Date: 25.3.18 
Hour: 8.30 
Machine type and No.: DH7673 
Passenger: – 
Time: 40 mins 
Height: 2000 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Practice
Date: 25.3.18 
Hour: 10.15 
Machine type and No.: DH7670 
Passenger: – 
Time: 10 mins 
Height: 1000 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Practice

Friday 22 March 1918 – First Solo

Log book entry

After 4 hours and 45 minutes under instruction in a dual control aircraft, Greg’s second flight of the day is his first solo: a 45 minute flight in a DH.6, reaching an altitude of 1500 ft.  20 minutes after returning, he was up in the air again…and again later in the afternoon.

Log book headerLog book entry

Date: 22.3.18 
Hour: 9.30 
Machine type and No.: DH7226 
Passenger: [Self] 
Time: 40 mins 
Height: 1200 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Dual
Date: 22.3.18 
Hour: 10.15 
Machine type and No.: DH7670 
Passenger: – 
Time: 45 mins 
Height: 1500 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: First solo
Date: 22.3.18 
Hour: 11.20 
Machine type and No.: DH7670 
Passenger: – 
Time: 45 mins 
Height: 1200 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Practice
Date: 22.3.18 
Hour: 5.50 
Machine type and No.: DH7673 
Passenger: – 
Time: 40 mins 
Height: 1500 
Course: [Aerodrome] 
Remarks: Practice

 

 

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