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NO. OF FLIGHT | REMARKS. 5-1-12 | In trial run machine use caught by strong gusts making it very hard to maneuvre should necessity of changing position of boat & providing auxiliary rudders on sides of boats. Machine was taken over & placed in car from beach. Broke camp. ||| 5-2-12- Finished stowing car in afternoon with aviation camp supplies ||| 5-3-12- Aviation corps detached and ordered to Annapolis, Md. ||| 5-22-12- Cars arrived at G. S. K., Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Commenced unloading cars transferred supplies to aviation field. Put up hangars; started repairing machine & getting camp settled. Replaced broken ribs, took out engine, thoroughly cleaned & overhauled it; sewed up tears. Put on boat running it forward 4"; made new braces for boat; put in wing tip pontoons; tail; etc. |||6-1-12-Put in engine; connected controls & aligned them; put on new chains. Tested out engine, 3rd cyl. flooded with water, being new cyl. just installed. |||6-3-12-Changed bottom beam of vertical rudder. Replaced 3rd cyl. Painted braces; overhauled wires. 122 | Trial flight 123 | Flight ||| Next flight was unable to leave the water [[preprinted]] [[double line across page]] 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]] ^[[John Rodgers]] [[end page]] [[start page]] ^[[San Diego, Cal]] [[preprinted]] Record - U.S. Navy Aeroplane No. ^[[B-1]], Date ^[[April 16]], 191^[[2]] , to ^[[April 29,]] 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 ^[[35-10]]| APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE ABOVE SURFACE. | EXTRA LOAD CARRIED. 4-16-12 | be | S.E. | 1 | 30:26 | | 118 | John Rodgers | 170 | | | 9:06 | 26' | 100 |