No. 8 Air Experience Flight RAF

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No. 8 Air Experience Flight
Grob Tutor

No. 8 Air Experience Flight (8 AEF) is an Air Experience Flight based at RAF Cosford.

History

8 AEF was formed in October 1958 at Cosford, later moving to RAF Shawbury in 1960. It then returned to Cosford in 1978, moved again to Shawbury in 1979 and finally back to Cosford, where it has remained since April 1996. From 1 April 1996, it has been parented by the University of Birmingham Air Squadron, and they are equipped with 5 civil registered, Grob Tutor 115EA Mk 1s which are provided and maintained by Babcock, formally VT Aerospace.

Background

No. 8 Air Experience Flight is one of thirteen

University of Birmingham Air Squadron (UBAS).[1]

References

  1. ^ "8 AEF". 8aef.org. Retrieved 16 June 2015.