Jaime
Yes, there was also a similar scheme for doctors. I knew one of them quite well. He later specialised in aviation medicine. Well you would wouldn't you?
I don't think there was a similar scheme for any other ground branches, but there was always a steady trickle of ground branch JOs applying to re-muster into the GD branch, some of whom went on to be well regarded aviators.
Also, when the GD branch was opened to women (1985 IIRC) there was a small surge of women in ground branches applying to join. I remember one of them from my own station, at the time.
When her application reached her Wg Cdr (ground branch), he interviewed her and suggested that she would never make a pilot as long as she possessed a certain bodily orifice.
She went on to fly C130 for many years!
Rgds SOS
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