Flying High

249 Squadron cadets had a great day out at RAF Wyon with No 5 Air Experience Flight (AEF).

Cadets flew a number of sorteies of up to  50 min long, some did aerobatics and some did circuit and landing training. 

5 AEF is part of No 1 Elementary Flying Training School. The school provide basic flying training at Wyton for trainee pilots of the RAF and Royal Navy.

The cadets fly in the  Grob Tutor, the Tutor is constructed mainly from carbon fibre reinforced plastic, which combines high strength with light weight.

Like its predecessor, the Bulldog, the Tutor has side-by-side seating but, unlike the Bulldog, the primary flight instruments are on the right-hand side of the cockpit. 

This allows the student to fly the aircraft from the right-hand seat with a right-hand stick and a left-hand throttle so that future transition to fast-jet aircraft is made easier.

For photos of the day please click on the gallery link above.