RFC Training Manual

**Zoe Brain** · 08-07-2014 04:35

Care and feeding of BE, Farman and Avro aircraft.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/233665439/...g-Corps-Part-1

**gully_raker** · 08-07-2014 17:13

Nice find Zoe!

**Teaticket** · 08-07-2014 17:48

Thanks for this Zoe. Great to get some info on training, care and maintenance.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 08-08-2014 01:08

That is great Zoe.
I can see excerpts from that creeping into a few AAr conversations before too long.
Rob.

**Naharaht** · 08-08-2014 20:53

That is an interesting 'find', Zoe. You do discover some good things.

**Sulring** · 08-14-2014 12:51

Originally Posted by Zoe Brain

Care and feeding of BE, Farman and Avro aircraft.

A very good choice of words, as the passages pertaining to aeroplane maintenance are awfully similar to what you find in any book about horses!
Noble steeds indeed...

Great find Zoe.

**csadn** · 08-14-2014 16:27

Originally Posted by Sulring

A very good choice of words, as the passages pertaining to aeroplane maintenance are awfully similar to what you find in any book about horses!
Noble steeds indeed...

Most WW1 pilots came from the cavalry ranks -- shows up in the modes of dress. (Horses and Airplanes are both "holes one throws money into", as well.)

**Jager** · 08-15-2014 00:45

Originally Posted by csadn

Most WW1 pilots came from the cavalry ranks -- shows up in the modes of dress. (Horses and Airplanes are both "holes one throws money into", as well.)

Also since the original job of the flying corps was scouting, which was the primary job of the cavalry, there's that connection.
Plus, most of the cavalry was doing diddly by 1915 (at least on the Western Front), so most of the personnel that actually wanted to do something, found their way into the air units.
Karl