 The Royal Flying Corps was established in April 1912; in May its Central Flying School was formed at Upavon, and its Military Wing was formed from the Air Battalion, which flew aircraft at Larkhill.The Netheravon site near Choulston Farm was selected towards the end of 1912, and at first was called Choulston Camp.The airfield used a road which extended from Netheravon across farmland, to serve two 19th-century groups of farm buildings.