Originally Posted by
Innominate
Pilot Officer Billy Fiske joined 601 Sqn in July 1940; his first flight with 601 is logged as "Type solo" which suggests that he had not flown a Hurricane (or any other front-line type) before.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/images/...uly-1940LG.jpg His first patrol was flown six days later, by which time he had some 10 hours on Hurricanes.
Realistically such short time to flying in war is silly.
A more realistic figure would be 150-200 hours. Can't quite read the total hours at the bottom of that image but could be 155 or 185. That would be back end of current * BFJT.
* current based on Tucano streaming. No idea how hours change with the use of Texan. Don't expect up to that stage to be much different but may be quicker through the Hawk courses.
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