No. 5 (Babban) Makarantar Koyar da Jirgin Sama RAF

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No. 5 Flying Training School (5 FTS) tsohuwar makarantar horar da jiragen sama ce ta Royal Air Force wacce ta yi aiki tsakanin 1920 da 1974.

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 Samuwar farko 
An kafa makarantar a ranar 26 ga Afrilu 1920 a RAF Shotwick kuma an sake fasalin Makarantar Koyarwa ta 5 Service Flying Training School daga 3 Satumba 1939, ɓangare na No. 23 Group. Ya yi amfani da jiragen sama iri-iri ciki har da de Havilland DH.9s, Avro 504s, Sopwith Snipes, Westland Wapitis, Avro Tutors, Gloster Gauntlets, Westland Wallaces, Hawker Audaxs, Hawker Hinds, Fairey Battles, Hawker Hurricanes, Oxford Harvards ta Arewacin Amirka, Milesster de Masters, Air Milesgi, da Milesgi Masters. Asu.Air of Authority - RAF Flying Training Schools at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 November 2012)

An watse a cikin Afrilu 1942 a RAF Ternhill ta hanyar sake fasalin zuwa Lamba 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit.

 Samuwar ta biyu 
An sake fasalin makarantar daga 23 Afrilu 1947 a RAF Thornhill, Kudancin Rhodesia a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rukunin Horar da Jirgin Ruwa na Rhodesian har zuwa 4 Janairu 1948 lokacin da aka sake fasalin No. 3 Air Navigation School (3 ANS), wanda ya kware a horar da Navigators akan Avro Ansons. Sauran jiragen su (Tiger Moths da Harvards) an aika su zuwa Makarantar Koyar da Flying na 4 kusa da RAF a RAF Heany.

 Samuwar ta uku 
An sake fasalin matsayin makarantar horar da jirgin sama, kuma a Kudancin Rhodesia, Tiger Moths da de Havilland Chipmunks a ranar 22 ga Janairu 1951. Zai sake dawo da 3 ANS a ranar 28 ga Satumba 1951 kuma ya zauna a RAF Thornhill har zuwa watse a ranar 30 ga Disamba 1953.

 Samuwar ta hudu 
1954–1974 No. 5 Flying Training School, (5 FTS), gyara a RAF Oakington a kan 1 Yuni 1954 daga No. 206 Advanced Flying School RAF. Matsayinsa na farko shine mai da matukin jirgi mai horarwa zuwa jiragen sama ta amfani da de Havilland Vampire T.5 jets guda ɗaya da Vampire T.11 jiragen saman kujeru tagwaye. A cikin Maris 1962 an yi musayar waɗannan nau'ikan don masu horar da kewayawa na tagwayen piston-injin Vickers Varsity T.1. Makarantar ta dauki sabbin daliban da suka kammala karatun digiri na farko da kuma ba da ƙarin horo kan yadda ake sarrafa jirage masu amfani da injina da yawa a matsayin maƙasudin sakawa a kan ƙungiyoyin Bomber ko Transport squadrons. Varsity ya kasance a cikin sabis tare da 5 FTS har zuwa farkon 1974 lokacin da aka maye gurbinsa a cikin rawar da Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.1. An watse 5 FTS a ranar 31 ga Disamba 1974 lokacin da buƙatar horar da jirgin sama na piston ya ragu. Daga nan aka rufe filin jirgin, inda ya zama barikin Sojojin Burtaniya.

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