Daily Flight Servicing
Preflight
Servicing the Miles Master
27 A/S, Bloemspruit, Orange Free State, South Africa, 1942-1943
27 Air School at Bloemspruit near Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State of South Africa was a pilot training 'drome. Flying went on 24 hours a day and our days were spent servicing the 104 Miles Master 'planes on the daily inspections. The Masters was made of wood and plywood, much like the Mosquito of later and much greater fame. The Miles Master was an advanced training aircraft that trained pilots in fast single engine 'plane management before they became operational on Hurricanes or Spitfires. Mark 1 Masters were fitted with Rolls Royce Kestrel engines ( fore runner of the Merlin) some of these were even equipped as fighters with four Browning guns during the panic of 1940, Mark 2 Masters were fitted with Bristol Mercury Radial engines and Mark 3 Masters had Pratt and Whitney Junior Twin Wasps.
Daily Flight Servicing
Preflight
Getting Ready for Take Off
Flight of Masters
Reg Miles
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