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3 unusual facts about Pilot Training School


Pilot Training School

Military pilot training during World War I was undertaken by private contractors; principally the New Zealand Flying School of the Walsh Brothers in Auckland and the Canterbury Aviation Company formed by Henry Wigram in Christchurch.

The squadron received a small number of AESL Airtourer in 1970 and re-equipped with Pacific Aerospace CT-4B Airtrainers in 1976, these subsequently being replaced by more powerful CT-4Es.

By the outbreak of World War II the more modest of these types had been formed into 1 Flying Training School (FTS) at Wigram, while advanced training on types such as the Oxford had been separated.



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De Winton, Alberta

During the Second World War, a Royal Air Force pilot training school was located at the Royal Canadian Air Force air station at De Winton (today's De Winton/South Calgary Airport).

Nader Jahanbani

In 1952, Jahanbani was selected to be sent to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in Germany to attend the jet pilot training school to become a pilot for the first Iranian jet fighter aircraft, the F-84 Thunderjet, which was slated for delivery in 1955, along with 15 other pilots including Mohammad Khatami.

Pace Foods

During World War II pilot training school brought him to San Antonio, Texas, where he returned after his discharge in 1945 and began a career in the food industry.

Roth Air Base

The first unit to occupy the base was a pilot training school relocated from Landsberg Air Base near Penzing.

SET 3

After nearly a year, an order for 10 aircraft was placed, which were delivered to the air force's pilot training school at Tecuci.