RAF to give up flying planes.

NDIY , yes, you are right about only pilots with previous fast-jet experience go from simulator to solo.

But that was my point , there are no Typhoon 'trainer' aircraft.

So no real difference to all other single seat planes? There weren’t any Spitfire trainers back in WWII, so no real difference - except that they didn’t have real simulators back then, either.

My old school history teacher described his first (and only) spitfire solo that he forgot to lower the landing gear and only avoided court marshal because somewhat late he remembered to open her up for a go around. Unfortunately, by then the propeller was chewing grass and mud and showering the responders...

pgk

This is a bit off the main thread, but I would like to know why you think private flying is anti-social, and how do you measure and compare anti-social behaviour.

Don't know about Spitfires, but some where in WWII there was "LINK TRAINERS" and if you live near a training air field you would be please.

Two heads in there I think.

Aviation contributes less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. A much much greater amount is produced by cars and vehicles, meat farming, home heating, shipping, power stations etc.

A few people flying Cessnas around is nothing compared to the thousands of cars per hour on the roads or lazy people driving when they could walk.

NDIY , let's compare apples with apples.

In 1940 a new Spitfire cost £9000 , in 2007 Germany priced a Typhoon at £120.000,000.,each.

By year 2000 our MoD refused to give anyone an idea of how much they cost !