raf trainers part 1
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:34 amtrainers past and present: THE PROPS
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raf trainers part 1
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:34 amRe: raf trainers part 1
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:55 pmNice angles. Beautiful shots debug.
Re: raf trainers part 1
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:02 pmVery nice, but where is the Tigermoth? 
Great shots otherwise, love the bulldog.
Great shots otherwise, love the bulldog.
Re: raf trainers part 1
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:54 pmNice I love flying the tutor with the cadets
Re: raf trainers part 1
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:30 pmNice...
There's only one of those I haven't had the pleasure of flying...
[hint]its the only one with no roundels![/hint] 
There's only one of those I haven't had the pleasure of flying...
[hint]its the only one with no roundels![/hint]
Re: raf trainers part 1
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:15 pmWhat are Slingsbys actually used for then? Elementary flight training only takes place in the Grob Tutor as far as I've seen / heard. So where does the Firefly fit in? It must do something because RAF Church Fenton is home to a number of them as well as Tutors.
Re: raf trainers part 1
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:52 amfound out on my from a few aef flights from church fenton that pilots progress onto the fireflys for advanced training after completing the course on the tutor before moving onto tucanos at Linton.
will find out and post here and will do a tigermoth ! (thought i missed one)
will find out and post here and will do a tigermoth ! (thought i missed one)
Re: raf trainers part 1
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:04 amWhat are Slingsbys actually used for then? Elementary flight training only takes place in the Grob Tutor as far as I've seen / heard. So where does the Firefly fit in? It must do something because RAF Church Fenton is home to a number of them as well as Tutors.
They're used at RAF Barkston Heath for training Royal Navy & I believe Army pilots. http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2401 Not sure about RAF. :-/
will do a tigermoth ! (thought i missed one)
It's Tiger Moth. Nice idea but you missed more than one. There's the Maggie, Master, Harvard & Piston Provost to name but a few. Not sure there's FS versions of them all though.
Re: raf trainers part 1
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:23 pmfound out on my from a few aef flights from church fenton that pilots progress onto the fireflys for advanced training after completing the course on the tutor before moving onto tucanos at Linton.
will find out and post here and will do a tigermoth ! (thought i missed one)
Not as such. All RAF pilots now complete EFT on the Tutor before going to Linton/Strawberry/Cranwell (depending on role streaming). They used to do some RAF EFT on the lower powered Fireflys at Church Fenton but they've been gone a few years now...
Only the Army and Navy use the DEFTS Fireflys now at Barkston, although the RAF use some at Cranwell for the short MELIN (Multi Engine Lead IN) Course before flying the King Air (for those coming straight from EFT)...