Pilot Training School

Pilot Training School

The Pilot Training Squadron based at RNZAF Base Ohakea trains RNZAF pilots.

Origins

Military pilot training during World War I was undertaken by private contractors; principally the New Zealand Flying School of the Walsh Brothers in Auckland and the Canterbury Aviation Company formed by Henry Wigram in Christchurch.

When the New Zealand Permanent Air Force was formed in June 1923, war surplus Avro 504K and Bristol F2B Fighters transferred from Britain were used for training purposes, supplemented from 1929 by de Havilland Gypsy Moths and replaced from 1931 by Hawker Tomtits and Avro 626s. A single two seat Gloster Grebe provided conversion training on that type. in anticipation of the delivery of Vickers Wellington bombers, twin engine monoplane training began on the first of 229 Airspeed Oxfords in 1938.

World War II

By the outbreak of World War II the more modest of these types had been formed into 1 Flying Training School (FTS) at Wigram, while advanced training on types such as the Oxford had been separated. Due to the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, other schools were under construction at Taieri, and Woodbourne. A large number of additional FTS followed with the first few years of the war, while from 1939 335 de Havilland Tiger Moths manufactured in Wellington provided the main primary trainers. Until 1941 much advanced training was done on retired combat types such as the Hawker Hind, Vickers Vildebeest and Fairey Gordon but these were gradually replaced by 202 locally assembled North American Harvards.

Post war

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Current Syllabus

Currently Students are put through a 34 week course of lectures and flying, the later being 108 hours dual instruction and 38 hours solo flying and then are streamed into rotary or multi engine courses before acquiring their wings. Some Malaysian and Singaporean Air Force pilots are also trained.

The Squadron motto is 'ab ovo usque', (Latin; 'from the beginning'). Course Syllabus

External links

* [http://www.airforce.mil.nz/about-us/training-elements/pilot.htm RNZAF Squadron Web page]


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