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D.Unwin - Fighter Training Perils of RAF's Pioneer Pilots /Military/
At the start of World War One, the RFC used mostly inferior training aircraft, such as the Maurice Farman 'Longhorn'.
The pilot of a 1917 SE5A would not have found a 1937 Hawker Fury a particularly intimidating prospect.
The RFC and then the RAF flew Avro 504s for many years.
The pilot of a 1917 SE5A would not have found a 1937 Hawker Fury a particularly intimidating prospect.
The first jet trainers were two-seat versions of single seaters such as the Vampire.