 101 Flight's Seagulls declined due to wear on their mechanical components and growth in weight from rust and water soakage.As a result of these problems, by 1931 the RAAF found it difficult to keep "Albatross"s air wing up to strength.That year, the Seagulls were overhauled at Cockatoo Island Dockyard in Sydney; this improved their performance, and the aviation writer for "The Referee" newspaper jokingly suggested "a flying equivalent of monkey glands" had been used to rejuvenate the Seagulls.