Training Aircraft

In the early days of flight pilots were self-taught which was rather hit or miss because unfortunately some of them did not survive for very long. As more Aircraft were designed and people became more experienced in the development of these machines, the idea of dual controlled Aircraft for training pilots came about, with Aircraft such as the Tiger Moth and in later years the Chipmunk.

Another Aircraft used to train World War II pilots was the Harvard. Other Aircraft produced in the 1950's were also dual controlled, such as the Vampire, Hunter, Jet Provost, Gnat and it's replacement the Hawk. Multi-engined pilots were trained in the later years on Jetstreams and currently on the King Air, before being streamed to Nimrod, Hercules and E-3 Sentry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

Hawker Siddeley Dominie T1

 

 

Images courtesy of Chris Cannon and Ian Bracegirdle