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Old 9th Dec 2003, 15:10
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BEagle
 
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No – a WSO is a Weapon Systems Officer, not a Qualified Service Pilot. A few might have their own civilian PPLs, but they are not ‘fully trained pilots’. I understand that some helicopter forces allow WSOs to handle the controls and the RAF Dominie carries a ‘pilots assistant’ on most trips, but that’s about all.
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