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RAF College Cranwell's role, squadrons and lodger units, facilities, flying info, contact and visiting details, station news, and history.
Cranwell RAF College and Airfield es una localidad situada en el condado de Lincolnshire, en Inglaterra (Reino Unido), con una población estimada a mediados de 2016 de 1407 habitantes. [1]
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- Reino Unido
Royal Air Force Cranwell or more simply RAF Cranwell (ICAO: EGYD) is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford. Among other functions, it is home to the Royal Air Force College (RAFC), which trains the RAF's new officers and aircrew.
- 1916
- Group Captain Tina Jessup
- No. 22 Group (Training)
- 1916–1918 (Royal Naval Air Service), 1918 – present (Royal Air Force)
The Royal Air Force College ( RAFC) is the Royal Air Force academy which provides initial training to all RAF personnel who are preparing to become commissioned officers. The College also provides initial training to aircrew cadets and is responsible for all RAF recruiting along with officer and aircrew selection.
- RAF (Cadet) College (1 November 1919)
- We seek higher things
- Superna Petimus
- The Lincolnshire Poacher
Realising Trenchard's vision for an RAF College on the lines of Sandhurst and Britannia, RAF Cranwell was officially formed on 1 November 1919 and opened for business on 5 February 1920. The decision to replace the existing corrugated iron huts was made in 1922.
At the Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum, you can discover the history of RAF Cranwell from its early days as a Royal Naval Air Service base to the current day. The experience includes interactive exhibits such as a Jet Provost flight simulator, Vampire nose pod, exhibitions and artefacts.
The north airfield situated behind the impressive RAF College Hall is grass-surfaced and used for gliding and can best be seen from the ‘Lighter-Than-Air Road’ which leads north from the B1429. The road name commemorates the early use of the site as a RNAS airship training station, selected in 1914 because of its flatness, lack of dykes and ...
