Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
Yes, at the time I went through training the RAF also used twin Gnome engined Wessex 5s as the advanced trainer. A flying emergencies trainer; the emergencies checklist was the thickest of any aircraft I flew. To get through them all on the course it seemed that you needed to practice a couple on every sortie!
We had 2 of those, XL728 and XS241.
I would sometimes look at the next days flying programme to see if there was anyone programmed for solo C/T (continuation training) and saw OC Flying's name, so I knocked on his door and he was only too happy to take me up.
He handled the checklist of course, then proceeded to teach me hovering over a fixed spot, air taxying, liftoffs and touchdowns etc for the next hour; all great fun for a mere ATCO.