Uncontrolled copy not subject to amendment Airmanship Knowledge for Air Cadets Learning Outcome 3 Know How to Identify Military Aircraft Part 5: Training Aircraft Revision 3.00

Contents Viking T1 Vigilant T1 Tutor T1 Firefly T67 Tucano T1 Hawk T1/1A 7. Hawk T2 8. King Air B200 Dominie T1 Griffin HT1 11. Squirrel HT1

1. Viking T1 Reporting Name: Viking Role Letters and Marks: T1 Role: Cadet Training

Viking T1 The Viking T Mk1 is the mainstay of the Air Cadet Organisation’s glider fleet It has two seats in tandem, with dual controls allowing it to be flown from either seat

Technical Data Wing Span: 17.5M Length: 8.18M Crew 2 Operating Speed: 50-55kts (93-102km/h) Range Speed: 57kts (105km/h) Engines: None

Viking T1

2. Vigilant T1 Reporting Name: Vigilant Role Letters and Marks: T1 Role: Cadet Training

Vigilant T1 The Vigilant has been in service with the ACO since early 1990 and equips many of the Volunteer Gliding Squadrons (VGS) It is a self-launching, piston-engined motorised glider which requires no winch or cable to get airborne The cockpit has seating for 2, side by side

Technical Data Wing Span: 17.4M Length: 7.9M Crew: 2 Operating Speed: 60kts (111km/h) Range Speed: 62kts (115km/h) Engine: One Grob G2500 piston engine

Vigilant T1

3. Tutor T1 Reporting Name: Tutor Role Letters and Marks: T1 Role: Primary Trainer

Tutor T1 The Grob 115E aircraft entered Royal Air Force service in 1999 as the Tutor T1, replacing the Bulldog at UAS and AEFs The RAF Tutor has dual controls and the 2 seats are in side-by-side format The Tutor T1 replaced the final Firefly T67s in UK military service in 2010, becoming the primary training aircraft for all UK armed forces

Technical Data Wing Span: 10M Length: 7.4M Crew: 2 Maximum Speed: 150kts at Sea Level Engine: One Lycoming 4-cylinder piston engine

Tutor T1

4. Firefly T67 Reporting Name: Firefly Role Letters and Marks: T67 Role: Primary Trainer

Firefly T67 Used for elementary flying training at the Joint Elementary Flying Training School (JEFTS) until replaced by the Tutor T1 in 2010

Technical Data Wing Span: 10.6M Length: 7.6M Crew: 2 Maximum Speed: 157mph (252km/h) at sea level Engine: One Lycoming piston engine

Firefly T67

5. Tucano T1 Reporting Name: Tucano Role Letters and Marks: T1 Role: Basic Jet Trainer

Tucano T1 Shorts of Belfast produce the Tucano T1 It is a development of the Brazilian EMB-312 Tucano (Toucan) The canopy is in two sections and is bird strike-resistant for pilot protection The cockpit layout has been designed to mimic that of the Hawk advanced trainer as much as possible, to aid continuity in training The instructor’s rear seat is raised to allow a clear view over the student’s head; this gives the aircraft a hump-backed appearance

Technical Data Wing Span: 11.3M Length: 9.8M Crew: 2 Maximum Speed: 273kts (507km/h) at sea level Engine: 1 Garrett TPE 331 turboprop

Tucano T1

6. Hawk T1 / T1A Reporting Name: Hawk Role Letters and Marks: T1 & T1A Role: Advanced Jet Trainer

Hawk T1 / T1A The Hawk is the standard aircraft for advanced fast-jet pilot training and weapon training Some training Hawks were modified to T1A standard and have an emergency Air Defence war role with AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles It has a large ventral airbrake underneath the rear fuselage There are two air intakes, one on each side of the fuselage forward of the wing leading edge. However there is only one engine

Technical Data Wing Span: 9.4M Length: 11.2M Crew: 2 Maximum Speed: 560kts (1038km/h) at sea level Engine: 1 Rolls-Royce Turbomeca ADOUR turbofan

Hawk T1 / T1A

7. Hawk T2 Reporting Name: Hawk Role Letters and Marks: T2 Role: Advanced Jet Trainer

Hawk T2 The Hawk T2 is the new advanced jet trainer for the RAF Developed from the next-generation 100-series BAE Systems Hawk The Hawk T2 uses simulated weapons systems for training rather real weapons Like the T1, it has a large ventral airbrake underneath the rear fuselage Like the T1, there are two air intakes, one on each side of the fuselage forward of the wing leading edge. However there is only one engine The Hawk T2 can be fitted with wingtip missile launchers

Technical Data Wing Span: 9.9M Length: 12.4M Crew: 2 Maximum Speed: 560kts (1038km/h) at sea level Engine: 1 Rolls-Royce Turbomeca ADOUR turbofan

Hawk T2 The Hawk T2 can be distinguished from the Hawk T1 by the longer nose and the wingtip missile stations.

8. King Air B200 Reporting Name: King Air Role Letters and Marks: B200 Role: Advanced Multi- Engined Pilot Trainer

King Air B200 The Beech King Air B200 is a twin-engine turboprop monoplane, which first entered RAF service in 2004 It is used as an advanced, multi-engine pilot trainer by No 45(R) Squadron, which is part of No 3 Flying Training School based at RAF Cranwell The King Air course is split into basic and advanced phases. In the basic phase, students learn essential multi-engine techniques such as general handling, asymmetric flying, emergency handling and radio-aids navigation. In the advanced phase, the emphasis shifts towards developing captaincy, crew resource management, and managing the King Air's advanced avionics systems On completion of the course students are awarded their coveted pilot’s wings, and then undertake conversion to their frontline aircraft type at an Operational Conversion Unit

Technical Data Wing Span: 16.61M Length: 13.36M Crew: 3 Maximum Speed: 259kts (546km/h) Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney PT6A-42 Turboprops

King Air B200

9. Dominie T1 Reporting Name: Dominie Role Letters and Marks: T1 Role: Navigation Trainer The Dominie was withdrawn from service in 2011

It was modified and adopted for RAF use in 1965 Dominie T1 The Dominie T1 was developed originally as a civilian twin jet executive aircraft (HS 125) It was modified and adopted for RAF use in 1965 The Dominie T1 was used as an advanced navigation trainer, providing students with experience of navigation at high speed The series 400 has five cabin windows on each side as opposed to six on the later

Technical Data Wing Span: 14.33M Length: 15.4M Crew: 2 Maximum Speed: 445kts (825km/h) at 30,000ft Engines: Two Rolls-Royce Vipers

Dominie T1

10. Griffin HT1 Reporting Name: Griffin Role Letters and Marks: HT1 Role: Helicopter Trainer

Griffin HT1 The Griffin HT1, a training helicopter, it is operated within the Defence Helicopter Flying School, a combined operation by FR Aviation, Bristow Helicopters and SERCO, to train helicopter pilots for all three services First entered service in 1997 The Griffin HT1 is civilian contractor owned and operated Manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron, Fort Worth, Texas, the Griffin is a development of the civilian Bell 212

Technical Data Rotor Diameter: 14.02M Length: 12.92M Crew: 2 Maximum Speed: 258km/h (161mph) Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney PT6T-3D turboshafts

Griffin HT1

11. Squirrel HT1 Reporting Name: Squirrel Role Letters and Marks: HT1 Role: Helicopter Training

Squirrel HT1 Manufactured by Aerospatiale (now Eurocopter) in France The Squirrel HT1 is used by the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury, in Shropshire, for Single Engine Basic Rotary Wing (SEBRW) training and Single Engine Advanced Rotary Wing (SEARW) training with No 660 and 705 Squadrons The initial flying-training course, teaches basic rotary-wing skills and emergency handling, culminating in a first solo and a handling check prior to SEARW training The SEARW phase of the course, is where basic skills are consolidated and developed into more applied techniques and includes nonprocedural instrument flying, basic night flying, low-level and formation flying, mountain flying and an introduction to winching for RN students In addition to DHFS, the Squirrel HT1 is used by the Central Flying School (Helicopter) Squadron at RAF Shawbury for instructor training, and by 670 AAC Squadron, based at Middle Wallop, in Hampshire, for operational training

Technical Data Rotor Diameter: 10.69M Length: 12.94M Crew: 2 Maximum Speed: 144mph Engine: 1 x Turbomeca Arriel turboshaft

Squirrel HT1

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