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RAF Training Command - Keith Wilson

RAF Training Command

A Pictorial History

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
96 Seiten
2022
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-6600-6 (ISBN)
CHF 27,90 inkl. MwSt
A profusely illustrated history of the command responsible for the RAF’s flying and ground training.
When the expansion of the RAF began in 1934, Air Commodore Tedder observed that the established order of school training not only failed to produce operational competence, but left so much to be done by the operational squadrons that they could only attain passable military efficiency after an uphill struggle. He proposed to raise the standards of school instruction so that pilots would leave the facility as operationally competent pilots, although it would mean lengthening the period of instruction as well as revising the syllabus.

It was against this somewhat sorry background of training and logistical problems, as well as having the clouds of war firmly visible on the horizon, that the decision was taken to form a new RAF Training Command on 1 May 1936; an organisation derived from the ashes of the former RAF Inland Area.

This book will tell the story – in words and pictures – of RAF Training Command from 1 May 1936 until it was separated into Flying Training Command and Technical Training Command on 27 May 1940. Both commands were then transferred into the newly re-established RAF Training Command on 1 June 1968, until it was then absorbed into RAF Support Command on 13 June 1977.

Keith Wilson has been involved in aviation publishing for more than 30 years and is probably best known for his striking air-to-air images in Pilot magazine. He has more than 1,500 air-to-air sorties under his belt, shooting almost 2,000 different aircraft in the process. He has photographed a very broad range of subjects, from gliders, vintage and veteran, aerobatics and general aviation right through high-altitude research aircraft, biz jets, commercial jets and military fast jets. During this time he has amassed a photographic library of around 300,000 images. He has worked for a number of well-known aviation companies across Europe and flying is also his hobby. He obtained a Private Pilots Licence back in 1981 and continues to fly at every opportunity.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 180 Illustrations
Verlagsort Chalford
Sprache englisch
Maße 165 x 234 mm
Gewicht 307 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-4456-6600-6 / 1445666006
ISBN-13 978-1-4456-6600-6 / 9781445666006
Zustand Neuware
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