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1933
1933 - 0361.PDF
FLIGHT, AUGUST 17, 1933 A '3*V VB •A V 4PC" w " ALONG THE LINE THE SIGNAL RAN " : He who runs may read (if he can). (FLIGHT Photo.) No. 3 FLYING . TRAINING SCHOOL, GRANTHAM By MAJOR F. A. de V. ROBERTSON, V.D. ^i PITTLEGATE is a name which will recall memories !?S^ to many pilots of the war years. The aerodrome vJ5' which they knew still exists, but it is now called Grantham, and it is the home of No. 3 Flying Training School. It stands on high ground just outside the town of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, and as Grantham is on the Great North Road, it is easily accessible from everywhere. The world outside the Royal Air Force may know that there are such things as Flying Training Schools. It knows, for instance, that in the Air Estimates of a few years ago the F.T.S. at Netheravon was closed down in the interests of economy, and that in the last Air Esti mates it was decided to close down the F.T.S. at Digby. Thus does the cause of economy bring fame to its victims. It is doubtful, however, if the outside public has any clear idea of the work of the Flying Training Schools. We may explain to our civilian or ex-Service readers that officers of the Royal Air Force of the General Duties (i.e., flying) branch are drawn from three sources. Officers with per- FLYING INSTRUCTORS : Names (left to right)—Sgt. J. D. Rose, Sgt. H. J. King, Sgt. S. J. Mansell, *•«• Lt. H. L. P. Lester, F/O. J. G. Llewelyn, F/O. V. C. F. Streatfeild, Fit. Lt. R. W. K. Stevens, 5". Lt. R. F. Gandy, Sqd. Ldr. G. S. Oddie, D.F.C., A.F.C. (Chief Flying Instructor), Fit. Lt. A. R. Umbc . Fit. Lt. H. M. Groves, F/O. R. B. Councell, F/O. J. A. J. Stratton, F/O. A. H. Abbott, Sgt. R. Middleton, Sgt. C. A. Gledhill. (FLIGHT Photo.) 827
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