Airmanship Knowledge for Air Cadets

Learning Outcome 3 Know How to Identify Military Aircraft

Part 5: Training Aircraft

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Contents

1. Viking T1

2. Vigilant T1

3. Tutor T1

4. Firefly T67

5. Tucano T1

6. Hawk T1/1A

7. Hawk T2

8. King Air B200

9. Dominie T1

10. 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 T1Reporting 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 T1Reporting 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 / T1AReporting 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 T2Reporting 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

8. King Air B200Reporting Name: King Air

Role Letters and Marks: B200

Role: Advanced Multi-Engined Pilot

Trainer

• 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

King Air B200

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 T1Reporting Name: Dominie

Role Letters and Marks: T1

Role: Navigation Trainer

The Dominie was withdrawn from service in 2011

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

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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