AIR41/4
Pete
Am delighted to find in your researches of AIR41/4 part 1 & 2, corroboration of many of the issues that I raised (from page 276 on) in posts 5506 5509 5519 and 5526.
Your - "British pupils needed time to become acclimatised to American conditions and in any case, compared badly with American pupils in simple common sense over the use of engines and brakes." [Please don't shoot the messenger on this aspect!!].
To this, I give you this quote from Doug Moore (a U.S. cadet in Course 18 at Clewiston). " There was a running joke among the U.S. cadets who dealt with the Brits' seeming inability to cope with technical problems. What do you look for when something breaks down? If you are a Yank, you look for a pair of pliers and some wire. If you are a Brit, you look for a telephone". (To call for maintenance).
Re Grading School my post 5647 page 283 refers to my Dad's 12 hours 10 at No. 3 E.F.T.S. before being sent to Florida No. 5 B.F.T.S.
Ian BB