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Old 17th Feb 2014, 21:32
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chopper2004
 
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Like the rumor I heard at HAI 2013, and confirmed in the article a few months back,

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/cd482ee4bf70

Going back to an article in Shephard Press, Defence Helicopter several years ago, a training special about the DHFS. The then CO who was AAC, aired out that graduates go onto multi-engined platforms and potentially the School could just have a sole multi engined trainer as with the current Bell 412. He also stated in his day, as with the Gazelle, he did all his primary and advanced on the type he went to after competing the APC.

Going back even further to the German Heeresfliegerwaffenschule at Buckeberg, in the late 90s, who went a radical way changing their training. They retired their Alouette II, and went into more emphasis on PC based and the 4 axis flight simulators and EC135. Their view was with the introduction of the NH90 and Tiger, the pilot' / gunner would become more of a mission manager.

W.R.T to the RNZAF (here's my pic from Farnborough '10 ) was a (first) NZ exchange instructor pilot to Buckeberg a few years back



in the art of learning to tech M/E so he could take the experience home in preparation for the Power and NH90 entering service.

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