The Farman method of training was similar to flight training today. Students learned to fly in a two-seat aircraft with an instructor pilot. Kiffin learned to fly through the Farman method. Initially he learned on “the 1913 model,” a Maurice Farman 7 “Longhorn” like the one shown in the previous chapter. Later he graduated to “the 1914 model,” a Maurice Farman 11 “Shorthorn” like the one shown here. After he earned his wings, the French decided the Bleriot method was a better way to train fighter pilots. Kiffin was an exceptional student and was given his choice of aircraft to fly at the front. He chose the Nieuport, which was the newest and fastest plane available. Since it was a fighter, Kiffin had to take flying lessons all over again under the Bleriot method, starting in a Penguin. (Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farman_Shorthorn_MF11.jpg)