Yes, one could do pre assessment at 16. I did, in 1961, at Hornchurch, they told me not to bother coming back.
BUT a year later, went back, accepted as pilot and when I left 12 years later I was the senior standards QFI at SORF , with commandants CFS and Cranwell as two of my students !
Never say never, well hardly ever !
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