No. 7 Flying Training School RAF

No. 7 Flying Training School
Hunting Jet Provost T.3A XP595 of No. 7 Flying Training School in 1989
Active	2 Dec 1935 - Aug 1940 21 Dec 1944 - 14 Apr 1954 1 Jun 1954 - 15 Aug 1960 13 Mar 1962 - 30 Nov 1966 2 Apr 1979 - 31 Mar 1992 1 Apr 1992 - 30 Sep 1994
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Pilot training

No. 7 Flying Training School (7 FTS) is a former Royal Air Force flying training school that operated between 1935 and 1994.^[1]

From 1948 to 1954, No 7 Flying Training School was located at RAF Cottesmore, flying Tiger Moths, Harvards, Prentices and Balliols.

During 1950 many improvements were made to the hangars and buildings at RAF Valley and on 1 April 1951 No. 202 Advanced Flying School was reformed at Valley, within No. 25 Group RAF, to train fighter pilots on Vampire and Meteor jet aircraft. Vampire FB.5 and T.11 and Meteor T.7 marks were used until the unit was re-designated No. 7 Flying Training School (FTS) on 1 June 1954.^[2] On 15 August 1960 the unit was renumbered No. 4 Flying Training School RAF.^[3]

The School was based at RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire between 1962 and 1966 and again between 1979 and 1992, equipped with Hunting Aircraft Jet Provost T3 trainers.^[4]

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6. 

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