Pilot’s Log Book

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Army Book 425.

PILOT’S FLYING
LOG BOOK.

Name…
Rank…
Regiment or Corps…

Date and Hour.   Wind Direction and Velocity.   Machine Type and No.    Pilot.   Time.   Height.   Course.  Remarks.

23.6.17
8.15pm. 8.20   SE  MFSH 2642  Capt. Blackwood  5 min  500  Aerodrome  Wind strong & bumpy. joy ride

25.6.17
9.5 to 9.15 pm  MFSH A2210  Capt. Blackwood  10 min  1300 Aerodrome  Little or no wind. Duo. Dual

26.6.17
6.45-7.10am.  W  MFSH  2210  Capt. Blackwood  25 min  400  Aerodrome  Wind fair. 4 landings. Duo.

26.6.17
7.50-8.5 pm  NE  2210  Capt. Blackwood  15 min  400  Aerodrome  Wind fair.  bumpy 4 landings. Duo

27.6.17
5.25-5.45 pm  NW 2210  Capt. Blackwood  20 min  500 Aerodrome Duo

Total time in air w/c   27-6-17   1 hr 10 mins
Total time  solo  Nil
Total time  solo  to date  Nil

John Blackwood Capt
OC “C” Flight

B.C. McEwen. Major,
O.C. No. 24 Training Squadron,
Royal Flying Corps.

Date and Hour.   Wind Direction and Velocity.   Machine Type and No.    Pilot.   Time.   Height.   Course.  Remarks.

28.6.17
5.25-5.45am. NE  MFSH  B2041  Capt. Blackwood  20   Aerodrome  15 min Joy ride, 5 min Instruction

2.7.17
6.15-6.45am  NE   2210  Capt. Blackwood  30  2000  Aerodrome  Joyride Formation Flight

2.7.17      MFSH
7.0-7.30am. NE  2210  Capt. Blackwood  30  2600  Aerodrome  Joyride Formation Flight

Total time in air to date w/c  4-7-17   1 hour 20 min
Total time  Solo                    Nil.
Total time in air to date          Nil.
Total time in air to date       2 hours, 30 mins  2-35

John Blackwood Capt
OC “C” Flight

BC McEwen Major,
O.C. No. 24 Training Squadron,
Royal Flying Corps.

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT MICHAEL SCOTT CAMPBELL [CAMPBELL] GORDON

ROYAL FLYING CORPS

EXTRACTS FROM FLYING LOG
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION AS A PILOT
– 23/06/1917 – 08/10/1917 – ENGLAND

OPERATIONAL DIARY
WESTERN FRONT FRANCE AND BELGIUM
– 08/10/1917 – 02/05/1918

EXTRACTS FROM FLYING LOG
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION AS AN INSTRUCTOR
ENGLAND – 12/06/1918 – 16/07/1918
INSTRUCTING MOSTLY CADET PILOTS
– 19/07/1918 – 30/10/1918

EXTRACTS FROM PILOT’S LOG BOOK – UNDER INSTRUCTION AS CADET PILOT IN 24 TRAINING SQUADRON, ENGLAND.

23/6/1917 – First entry – Captain Blackwood in dual flight. Continued dual instruction under Captain Blackwood to 5th July 1917.

5/7/1917: First solo, including landing, under Captain Blackwood.

5/7 to 11/7/1917: Various instruction under Captain Blackwood, part dual; 6 hours 10 min solo.

26/7/17 to 31/7/17 – 3/8/17 to 7/8/17: Dual instruction under Lieutenant’s Couter (??) and McKenzie, No. 10 Training Squadron R.F.C. Total solo 12 hours, 20 mins.

9/8/17 to 13/8/18: Solo in arvo – Air Test. Total time solo 8 hours, 25 mins.

3/9/17 to 8/10/17: No. 10 T.S.R.F.C. Formation flying, spins and stalls, camera practice and numerous landings, mostly solo. Total time solo to date of passing out 34 hours, 40 mins.