I am with rotorfossil. I trained on the Provost T1 and when I went to Advanced on Vampires the rest of the course was ex JPs/UAS types. As time went by I was the first to solo and when we reached the instrument stage I got a White Card against an Intermediate Instrument Rating.
What rororfossil missed out on was the Bristol Sycamore. That was undoubtedly the best trainer of all time.
If you could fly a Sycamore you could fly ANYTHING!