Originally Posted by
rotorfossil
I think that was what made the Tiger Moth a good trainer. It was (and is) not the easiest aircraft to fly well. I’ve flown those as well. It’s successor the Chipmunk was an excellent grading trainer for sorting out the wheat from the chaff.
Just what was the successions of ab intio trainers in the RAF? Tiger Moth, Chipmunk, Piston Provost, Jet Provost, Bulldog, Tutor, Prefect?
Can anyone add the years when transition from one to another was more or less completed? E.g. I believe Tutors replaced Bulldogs in 2001.