Central Flying School SAAF

Central Flying School
A North American Harvard, the school's previously used aircraft.
Active	1932 - Present
Country
Branch	South African Air Force
Role	ab initio flight training school.
Size	20 Instructors, 50 Students per annum
Current Base	AFB Langebaanweg, Langebaan
Motto(s)	Facta Nostra Vivent (Our Deeds Shall Live)^[1]^[2]
Anniversaries	First formed: 1932 (at Zwartkop Air Station)^[3]
Current Aircraft	Pilatus PC-7 MkII^[4]
Aircraft flown
Bomber	Previously Flown de Havilland DH.9
Trainer	Previously Flown^[5] North American Harvard de Havilland Tiger Moth Westland Wapiti III Airspeed Oxford Avro Avian IVM

The Central Flying School is a flight school of the South African Air Force. It is an ab initio flight training school.^[6] The unit was formed as the central point of flying training after closure of all Air Force flying schools in South Africa. The unit operates a fleet of 55 aircraft and qualifies approximately 50 students and 20 instructors per annum.

References

↑ Central Flying School, www.saairforce.co.za, Retrieved 2013-10-07
↑ Vision and Mission, www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-07
↑ Central Flying School, www.saairforce.co.za, Retrieved 2013-10-07
↑ Central Flying School, www.saairforce.co.za, Retrieved 2013-10-07
↑ Central Flying School , www.saairforce.co.za, Retrieved 2013-10-07
↑ History, www.af.mil.za, Retrieved 2013-10-07

South African Air Force

Leadership	Chiefs of the Air Force Sergeants Major of the Air Force

Active squadrons	2 15 16 17 19 21 22 28 35 41 44

Training and development units	68 Air School 80 Air Navigation School 85 Combat Flying School 87 Helicopter Flying School Central Flying School Test Flight and Development Centre South African Air Force College

Formation aerobatic teams	Silver Falcons

Territorial reserve squadrons	101 102 104 105 106 107 108 110 111

Disbanded air and training squadrons	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 18 20 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 40 42 43 50 60 103 109 112 114 86 Multi-Engine Flying School 88 Maritime Training School 89 Combat Flying School

Disbanded air defence squadrons	120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129

WW2 Wings of the SAAF	2 3 5 7 21 24 25

Bases	AFB Bloemspruit AFB Durban AFB Hoedspruit AFB Langebaanweg AFB Makhado AFB Overberg AFB Swartkop AFB Waterkloof AFB Ysterplaat AFS Port Elizabeth

List of training areas of the South African Air Force	Roodewaal Bombing Range Ditholo Training Area TAB Upington Vastrap Weapons Area

Equipment	List of current and historical SAAF aircraft List of weapon systems of the South African Air Force

History	History of the South African Air Force List of obsolete weapon systems of the South African Air Force South African Air Force Memorial South African Air Force Museum Military history of South Africa SAAF squadron identification codes

Official website: www.af.mil.za

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/24/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.