 After Vlaicu's death, one of the two aircraft was completed by his friends Giovanni Magnani and Constantin Silisteanu; and was ready to fly in May 1914.Two test 'hops' covering a ground distance of 200–300 metres (220-330 yards) at a maximum altitude of about were made in 1914 by pilot Petre Macavei at Cotroceni airfield.Military authorities of the time refused permission to continue the tests.