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Golden Eagle Flight was set up at RAF College Cranwell to supervise the flying training of Flight Lieutenant The Prince of Wales – now HM King Charles III. Golden Eagle Flight appears to have lasted from March 1971 until October 1972.
28 Mar 72. To No.5 MU, RAF Kemble, Glos for major overhaul. 25 Sep 72. Returned to the RAF College at Cranwell; pilot S/Ldr John Robinson. Again allotted to the two-aircraft ‘Golden Eagle Flight’ with code ‘2’; Prince Charles had returned to Cranwell for a brief period of refresher training.
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.
21 de abr. de 2023 · In 1971 when our red and white Jet Provost T5A XW323 /9166M was new, it was based at the airfield of the officer training college at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire. It was selected for use for the pilot training of Flt Lt The Prince of Wales – now HM The King. His period of training was codenamed ‘Exercise Golden Eagle’.
It was also part of the prestige Golden Eagle Flight at RAF Cranwell which taught the then-Prince of Wales how to fly. When the Jet Provost Mk. 5 model became the BAC 167 Strikemaster after some modifications, it became a counter-insurgency and light-attack aircraft.
1 de nov. de 2021 · The JP 5 entered service at RAFC in Jan 1971; 'Golden Eagle' flight gave HRH The Prince of Wales his training on XW322 and XW323 between 8 Mar and 30 Jul 1971. The JP 5A came into service at The Towers in Autumn 1974.
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