Hunter Training
A few years ago I was visiting an aviation museum with a friend,the two of us having been in the past (civilian)controllers at Eastern Radar.We fell into conversation with one of the museum guides who had been in ATC in the RAF,but subsequently went through aircrew selection and began training as a pilot,but had only completed (I think) about 30 hours before he was 'chopped',and I said 'so all your flying was on JPs then?'But he had been on a Buccaneer station,and said that his Station Commander had made arrangements for his training to be done 'in house',and all his flying was on Hunters from the start,and I just wondered if this was highly unusual,or did other similar events take place ?