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Aviation History
1951
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29 June 1951 759 BASIC TRAINING for the N.S. MAN The Airwork-operated School at Booker TO assist the regular flying training schools with the instruc-tion of National Servicemen who have been selected foraircrew duties, several basic flying and navigation schools are being established by the R.A.F. First of the basic flying training schools is No. 1 B.F.T.S., at Booker, Buckinghamshire, operated and maintained under contract by Airwork, Ltd. Pupils enter the school after training at the recruit centres and initial-training schools, where, after passing the aircrew selection board tests they are given the acting rank of pilot officer. Basic flying training at Booker lasts for twelve weeks. Those who successfully conclude the course pass on to a flying training school to qualify for their wings ; this takes a further six months. Forty-five pupils are at present training at Booker, of whom eleven have completed the course and will be leaving almost immediately. They are mostly between i8| and 19 years of age, and their training is divided into three main groups: (1) ground training (flying), which consists mostly of lectures and demonstra- tions; (2) flying training; and (3) ground training (general service), embracing drill, games, range firing, physical training and leader- ship. The school is organized in flights and echelons, and is com- manded by a squadron leader R.A.F., assisted by a course- commander (flight lieutenant) and an adjutant (flying officer). The oflicer commanding is responsible for discipline, for instruction in (Upper (eft) A.V-M. T. N. McEvoy, C.B., C.B.E., A.C.A.S. (Training), hears the views ofAjPjO. E. L Parrish. To his left are Mr. R. M. Hackney, chief instructor and manager at Booker, S/L F. Rothwell, the CO., and Mr. L. W. Howard, the C.F.I. At extreme right is GjC. I. 6. Newbigging, D.F.C., of Home Command. At upper right, pupils are drilling as part of their ground training. Immediately above are some Chipmunks, and at the foot of the page are seeK)fr<€unk trainer room~ and instruction in aerodynamics. f '"Flight" photographs Service administration and law, and for overall Supervision, to ensure that the school is run on correct Service lines. All flying training, both in the air and on the ground, is the responsibility of the civilian contractor in the person of the chief instructor and manager, Mr,. R. M. Hackney, a former squadron leader. Mr. Hackney has 6,000 hours' flying to his credit. There are sixteen instructors, and the school is fortunate enough to be equipped with thirty de Havilland Chipmunks.
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