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Old 30th Nov 2023, 09:58
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ShyTorque

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I underwent BFTS at Linton on Ouse in 1977. By then the EFTS Chipmunk phase was gone and all basic training was carried out on the JP3 and 5. A Chipmunk EFTS reappeared at Swinderby some years later and in 1991 a mini EFTS was opened at Topcliffe, using the Bulldog, working alongside RAF Bulldog Standards and RN EFTS, to cater for a backlog on the Chipmunk course. Ever changing times.
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