Photos German Flying School

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Clint

If the site is correct it at least shows that the Halberstadt's school functioned to at least Jan 1916.
Not surprising, since it would have been very stupid of the leaders if tney didn't use these existing resources.

What would be interesting to know is the interaction between the school and the Luftstreitkräfte. Since Halberstadt built aircraft it would seem odd indeed if the school used other aircraft then their own. So did the school use aircraft having Bestellnummer or did they use aircraft simply put aside for their own use? Since we, in this example, are in 1916, my guess is that the school was by then 100% controlled by the militaries and had to use true Bestellnummer.

Now, since I am on holidays in Munic I don't have any books available but surely the Halberstadt School was formed before the war? Thus they would by necessity have had to use their own system.

When WW 1 broke out, I don't believe the civil schools stopped overnight.
Most likely many (most?) private schools were already training both civil and military pilots and it would have been very stupid to just shut them down.

So for awhile at least there must have been a transitional period where these private schools continued to function and also before the "useless" ones were closed and the "useful" ones were incorporated into the Luftstreitkräfte.

Now I rest my case here, since going any further is pointless due to the more and more guesswork I have to make. But hopefully those interested will see my aim, and perhaps know a bit more how things worked and what kind of interaction there was between civilians and the militaries.

I know I am on very thin ice here......thus quite a bit of rambling I'm afraid.

Cheers
Stig