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Defence Helicopter Flying School. The Defence Helicopter Flying School ( DHFS) was a military flying school based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire, England. The school, established in 1997, was a tri-service organisation and trained helicopter aircrews for all three British armed forces. It initially used the Eurocopter Squirrel HT1 and Bell ...
Jan 2, 2015 · The Station. RAF Shawbury provides world-class training to around 900 personnel a year, from the UK Armed Forces and international partners. No.1 Flying Training School trains helicopter aircrew for the Armed Forces. The Central Flying School (Helicopter) delivers Qualified Helicopter Instructors. The Defence College of Air and Space Operations ...
Jul 20, 2010 · Listen to Episode 27. The first guys up in the podcast are Jase and Graeme to give us an overview of how they train pilots and crewmen on the twin engined Griffin helicopter. Squadron Leader Jason Bowes - 60 Squadron. After explaining which personnel remain at Shawbury having completed their single engine training, Jase and Graeme explain what ...
Helicopter School. Celebrating Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, as a notable event over her 70 year reign. The Defence Helicopter Flying School formed at RAF Shawbury to consolidate the helicopter training of all three services. 2 Flight Training Squadron of the RAF, 705 Naval Air Squadron and 670 Army Air Corps Squadron amalgamated in ...
Jul 7, 2010 · Listen to Episode 26. Group Captain Jock Brown. At the start of the interview, Group Captain Jock Brown, DHFS Commandant, gave me a brief history of DHFS and then he went on to describe the role of the Defence Helicopter Flying School. The school is responsible for the ab-initio training of helicopter pilots and crewmen for the armed forces in ...
Sep 2, 2019 · The school now boasts 29 Juno helicopters - the biggest fleet in the country, as well as three Jupiter aircraft. The new helicopters have modern touch-screen avionic displays. The new helicopters are more technologically advanced than their predecessors, kitted out with touch-screen avionics rather than more old-school analogue dials.
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No.1 Flying Training School trains all military helicopter crews for the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the British Army's Army Air Corps. Airbus provides and maintains the Juno HT1 and Jupiter HT1 helicopters and Babcock and Lockheed Martin have contracts for infrastructure and ground Based Training Equipment.
