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franglais01
24th Sep 2008, 23:37
I am looking for some insider accounts about pilot training in Europe, specifically France and UK. How long are the programs? How difficult is it to become a combat pilot? How are the candidates picked for pilot? How do specific aircraft assignments work? What aircraft do you train in? Enlighten me. Thanks.

L1011GE
25th Sep 2008, 00:13
England do not have an Air Force.
Its British and called the Royal Air Force..

A bit more research is required before posting a question I think.

Although the English Air Force proves that you are American.

c130jbloke
25th Sep 2008, 06:00
Enlighten yourself - try reading the thread at the top.

L1011GE
25th Sep 2008, 08:24
I think c130bloke means this one(if not then I'm confused)



http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/280990-oasc-candidates-wannabes-please-read-thread-first.html


You can teach a monkey how to ride a bike.....but have you ever seen a monkey fix one?



Standby.................................

diginagain
25th Sep 2008, 08:43
You can teach a monkey how to ride a bike.....but have you ever seen a monkey fix one?

Given enough bananas you can teach monkeys to fly. But then you've got to teach them how use the radios.

scarecrow450
25th Sep 2008, 09:27
Have'nt you got to teach them to read a map then ?

Al R
25th Sep 2008, 09:56
.. in which case 450, we'd need non-commissioned pilots again.

(Not forgetting too of course, that we'd end up having to fall foul of gender discrimination law)

6Z3
25th Sep 2008, 10:06
but have you ever seen a monkey fix one?


Of course, he would use a Monkey Wrench, naturally!:)

6Z3
25th Sep 2008, 10:10
But the next question might be - would a monkey have the balls to be a combat pilot....and the answer would be:

Of course, he would use his Monkey Nuts, naturally!

Karl Bamforth
25th Sep 2008, 10:12
Hmmmmmmmmmmm
If you guys have that much time on your hands why not start your own thread insteadof trashing this guys thread?

The RAF do basic training on Grob 115E 2 seat aerobatic trainers.
Then you move on to the Tucano 2 seat turboprop.
If you get that far then jet/fighter/weapons training is on the BAE hawk as used by the Red Arrows.

Don't know anything about the French but hope this helps a little.
A Google search would probably reveal more.

Al R
25th Sep 2008, 10:24
Karl,

Because at heart we're still children.. and easily lead :{.

A kind of monkey see, monkey do.

Argonautical
25th Sep 2008, 12:59
I actually would like to find out how the French system differs to ours as well.

c130jbloke
25th Sep 2008, 13:01
Whereas I could not give a toss as to how the Frenchies train :}.

brickhistory
25th Sep 2008, 13:20
England do not have an Air Force.
Its British and called the Royal Air Force..

A bit more research is required before posting a question I think.

Although the English Air Force proves that you are American.

A nit, if I may:

An Air Force still?

Really?

Dan Winterland
26th Sep 2008, 04:08
French training is similar. About 80 or so hours on the Epsilon, then over an hundred on the Tucano then a bunch more on the Alpha Jet.

Backwards PLT
26th Sep 2008, 04:45
But the French do it with more style and considerably finer wines!

L1011GE
26th Sep 2008, 04:58
Personally I don't like the French wine.

I prefer New World...


Back to Monkeys....my brother married a French Woman...

CirrusF
26th Sep 2008, 07:23
One major difference is that the French air force streams pilots onto ME much earlier than in UK, with the result that some ME pilots have very little solo time, even on CAP10.