No. 9 Air Experience Flight RAF
| 9 Air Experience Flight | ||
|---|---|---|
Trainer Grob Tutor T.1 | | |
No. 9 Air Experience Flight (9 AEF) is one of thirteen
Air Scouts
.
The Pilots and Staff
No. 9 AEF, like the other twelve AEFs employs a range of civilian and military staff; the pilots are all current or former RAF pilots.[1] All civilian ground crew are provided by Babcock International under a private finance initiative (PFI).[2]
The aircraft
No. 9 AEF currently operate the
Grob Tutor T1, a 2-seat light training aircraft, shared with the co-located Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron (YUAS), from RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire
. Previously, No. 9 AEF were based at;
RAF Finningley before the airfield was decommissioned in 1996,[citation needed] with the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10.[3]
RAF Church Fenton before the airfield was decommissioned in 2013.
RAF Linton-On-Ouse as the last unit to serve at the station when it was decommissioned in 2020.
Flying
Air experience flying provides a basic flying experience for cadets of the
Air Cadet Organisation and other aviation related organisations, flying up to four or five training sorties a day for twenty five minutes at a time, including aerobatics.[1]
References
Citations
- ^ a b "Air Experience Flights". raf.mod.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Air". babcockinternational.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ Jackson 1995, p. 10.
Bibliography
- Jackson, P (1995). Royal Air Force (Second Edition). UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2338-7.