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January, Feburary and March saw cadets at 249 through three flying details at RAF Wyton. Cadets flew a number of sorteies of up to 40 min with No 5 Air Experience Flight (AEF). No 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 aircraft are also used by the University of London Air Squadron and Cambridge University Air Squadron to provide basic flying instruction and air experience to University Cadets, and by No 5 AEF for air experience flying of Air Training Corps cadets.
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 more photos more please click on the gallary link or visit: http://picasaweb.google.com/sxwwatto (Sussex Wing Flying). |
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