Central Flying School (Britain)
The British navy founded their Central Flying School near Upavon, Wiltshire, in May 1912. An Australian school with the same name started in 1913.[1]
From en.wp: "The Central Flying School was established by the Royal Navy at Upavon Aerodrome, near Upavon, Wiltshire, on 12 May 1912.[1] The school's strength at the outset was ten Staff Officers and eighty flying students, whose course lasted for sixteen weeks.[2] Its first commandant was Captain Godfrey Paine RN"[2][3][4]
The CFS trained pilots for the Royal Flying Corps (the British Army's air service, created in 1912), and for the Royal Naval Air Service (the Royal Navy's air service from 1914–1918).[2]
"The school was . . . redesignated [the] Flying Instructors School RAF on 23 December 1919.[3] The school was reformed on 26 April 1920 and it has been responsible for instructor training since 1920, with pilot training being delegated to the Flying Training Schools."[2]
See also, for more sources:
- Bannerman-Phillips, 1914, How Great Britain trains her military aviators. The central flying school
- https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/online-exhibitions/rfc_centenary/the-rfc/the-central-flying-school/
- http://www.centralflyingschool.org.uk/History/History.htm
- https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/units/central-flying-school/
- https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-cranwell/news/central-flying-school/
