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[[preprinted]] [[double line]] NO. OF FLIGHT. | REMARKS. [[/preprinted]] 62. | Flight to test gyro motor. | Aug. 23: Moving from old tent to now. | Aug. 24: Secured and cleanded up old tent grounds. Cleaned & vaselined all wires & fittings. 63. | Flights to continue tests of gyro motor, report to be forwarded. 64. | Passenger flight, B. H. Phillips of Gyro Motor Co. 65. | Gyro motor test, using high power gasoline. 66. | " " " " " " " [[dittos for: Gyro motor test, using high power gasoline.]] | ug. 27: Weighted Wright plane, Gyro motor, single boat= 1170 lbs-boat-196 ob. Took off boat for repairs. | ug. 28: Patched & repaired B-1 tent. Finished repairs on upper engine sec. B-1. Finished patching B-1 tent. Overhauled B-1. Repairing old Curtiss pontoon. Makin new locker for B-2 tent. Aug. | 29: Secured Curtiss pontoon to B-1. Renewed hinge bolts & safety wires on lower plane B-1, and renewed safety wires on upper hinge bolts. Aug. | 30: Tested and worked in motor. Overhauled all parts and wires of B-1. Repaired tool chest and B-1 tent. Aug. | 31: General cleaning up. Made magneto cover. Finished overhauling machine B-1. Sept. | 1: Sunday. Sept. | 2: Holiday. Sept. | 3: Received Wright 6 cyl. engine from G.S.K. Made fin and secured same to forward diagonal. Making truck for B-1. 194. | Motor backed fired continuously at end of run. Intake valve broke #6 cyl., also oil guards Sept. | 4: Recommended building B-2. Finished locker and truck. Received 76% gas & castor oil from Gyro Co. Worked on motor. Sept. | 5: Took out Gyro motor & shipped it to factory. Lacing up wing of B-2. Preparing Wright cyl. for block test, made crate for motor. Overhauled & vaselined wires and fittings of B-1. [[preprinted]] [[double line]] One copy to be retained for aviator's log. Duplicate to be sent to Navy Department, } Bureau of Navigation, for filing in Department Aviation records. } Signature: [[/preprinted]] [[signature]] V D Herbster [[/signature]] [[end page]] [[start page]] Annapolis, Md. [[preprinted]] Record - U.S. Navy Aeroplane No. ^[[BL]], Date ^[[August 5]], 191^[[2]] , to ^[[August 22,]] 191^[[2]]. [[/preprinted]] [[15 column table]] DATE. | WEATHER. | WIND. DIRECTION. | WIND FORCE. | BAR. | THER. DRU. | NO. OF FLIGHT. | OPERATOR NAME. | OPERATOR. WEIGHT. | TIME AT BEGINNING OF FLIGHT. | DURATION OF FLIGHT | APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE ABOVE SURFACE. | EXTRA LOAD CARRIED. Aug. 5 | Clear | N | 3 | .90 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | " [[ditto for: Clear]] | W | 4 | .99 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | " [[ditto for: Clear]] | SW | 1 | 30. | | | | | | | | | | 8 | " [[ditto for: Clear]] | W | 1 | 30. | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Rain | SE | 2 | 30. | | | | | | | | | | 10 | " [[ditto for: Rain]] | SW | 2 | .90 | | | | | | | | | | 11 | clear | SW | 2 | .96 | | 159 | Lt. Rodgers | | | | | 4" | 400 | 12 | " [[ditto for: clear]] | NE | 2 | .99 | | | | | | | | 5 | Surface | 13 | cloudy | N | 2 | .60 | | | | | | | | | | 14 | clear | W | 3 | .92 | | | | | | | | | | 15 | " [[ditto for: clear]] | W | 2 | 30. | | | | | | | | | | 16 | " [[ditto for: clear]] | NE | 1 | .83 | | | | | | | | | | 17 | cloudy | N | 2 | 30. | | | | | | | | | | 18 | rain | NW | 1 | .89 | | | | | | | | | | 19 | rain | SW | 1 | .81 | | | | | | | | | | 20 | cloudy | E | 2 | .69 | | | | | | | | | | 22 | " [[ditto for: cloudy]] | S | 0 | .62 | | 160 | Ens. Herbster | | | | | 10 | 500 | 23 | " [[ditto for: cloudy]] | " [[ditto for: S]] | " [[ditto for: 0]] | " [[ditto for: .62]] | | 161 | " " [[dittos for: Ens. Herbster]] | | | | | 10 | SUR. | [[preprinted]] [[double line]] NOTE - One the reverse side, opposite the corresponding "No. of Flight," desirable remarks such as object of flight, character of flight, places of starting and landing, result of any experiment made, description of any accident however slight, damage sustained, repairs made, any unusual consumption or economy of oil or fuel, meteorological notes, time required to assemble and to disassemble, when occurring. Enter full data in the first six columns each day, whether flights are made or not. [[/preprinted]]
