Jet Provost

[Smiler.]

Just flew over my house.

That is all.

[kiteless]

Short & sweet one of a couple of JP's taking off for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAG4u5v5U6c&fea...

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

"Two J.P.'s taking off at RAF Cosford the day before the 2009 air show. Nice to see these pretty little things flying as they are usually used to train pilots taxiing skills."

Yeah right, we never leared to fly on them!

[Hooli]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

"Two J.P.'s taking off at RAF Cosford the day before the 2009 air show. Nice to see these pretty little things flying as they are usually used to train pilots taxiing skills."

Yeah right, we never leared to fly on them!

Gotta love youtube comments ain't ya?

[Eric Mc]

A fleet of Provosts were used at the technical school at Cosford as ground handling trainers for a few years after they had been retired as basic trainers.

[eccles]

Eric Mc said:

A fleet of Provosts were used at the technical school at Cosford as ground handling trainers for a few years after they had been retired as basic trainers.

They were also used for many years at RAF Halton for ground handling training.

[DAKOTAstorm]

There are quite a few tucked up at Cosford, they are currently being towed away from their storage to make room for the air show, heard on the grape vine they are looking for a new home!

[kiteless]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

"Two J.P.'s taking off at RAF Cosford the day before the 2009 air show. Nice to see these pretty little things flying as they are usually used to train pilots taxiing skills."

Yeah right, we never leared to fly on them!

Right, as you have directly quoted me from my clip, maybe - for the avoidance of future doubt - I should amend the text as follows:-

Two J.P.'s taking off at RAF Cosford the day before the 2009 air show. Nice to see these pretty little things flying as they are used at Cosford to train pilots taxiing skills.



That's right. Cosford JP's are used for taxiing practice. Nothing more. Thus it was good to see the type flying at the airfield.

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Not exactly,

Cosford is not a Flying Training School, but a Trade Training School (specifically the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering).

The JPs may well be used for taxy purposes but this is to train airmen and airwomen in a/c ground handling procedures, it is definitely not to teach pilots how to taxy!

Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Saturday 2nd June 00:29

[PaulG40]

Yeah as above, the flying ones were privately owned examples.

Cosford uses the T5's and T5A's are instructional aircraft ground use only down at LTF. We trained to do flight servicings on them back in the day and then the Sgt instructors would start them up and taxi them around the handling pan for us to practice and learn how to marshall aircraft around.

This was 2000/2001, don't know what they are using now for flight servicing training (I assume the jags) but think they are still in use for lineying. When I was there we only used the Jags they had in HTF, for our on aircraft fault diagnosis and documentation training.

[PaulG40]

Oh and they were probably heading to Odiham's families day. My mate owns and now flys a Hawker Hunter, they are there also (black Hunter with the big Union jack flag covering the fin).

[Smiler.]

PaulG40 said:

Oh and they were probably heading to Odiham's families day. My mate owns and now flys a Hawker Hunter, they are there also (black Hunter with the big Union jack flag covering the fin).

There was only one but it was near exactly the same path over my house as the FF the following day. I bet they had a great day at Odiham

[Extra 300 Driver]

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