No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS) was a flying training school of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It was one of the Air Force's original units, dating back to the service's formation in 1921, when it was based at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria. The school underwent a number of reorganisations during its existence. In 1940 it was re-formed as No. 1 Service Flying Training School under the wartime Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), disbanding in 1944. After World War II, it was re-established at Point Cook, as No. 1 FTS. It re-formed again in 1952 as No. 1 Applied Flying Training School (No. 1 AFTS), and was transferred to RAAF Base Pearce, Western Australia, in 1958. Meanwhile, in 1951, No. 1 Basic Flying Training School (No. 1 BFTS) had been formed at RAAF Base Uranquinty, New Sou
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| - No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS) was a flying training school of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It was one of the Air Force's original units, dating back to the service's formation in 1921, when it was based at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria. The school underwent a number of reorganisations during its existence. In 1940 it was re-formed as No. 1 Service Flying Training School under the wartime Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), disbanding in 1944. After World War II, it was re-established at Point Cook, as No. 1 FTS. It re-formed again in 1952 as No. 1 Applied Flying Training School (No. 1 AFTS), and was transferred to RAAF Base Pearce, Western Australia, in 1958. Meanwhile, in 1951, No. 1 Basic Flying Training School (No. 1 BFTS) had been formed at RAAF Base Uranquinty, New Sou
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| - A cadet prepares for a solo training flight in a Westland Wapiti at No. 1 FTS, Point Cook, 1938
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| - No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS) was a flying training school of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It was one of the Air Force's original units, dating back to the service's formation in 1921, when it was based at RAAF Point Cook, Victoria. The school underwent a number of reorganisations during its existence. In 1940 it was re-formed as No. 1 Service Flying Training School under the wartime Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), disbanding in 1944. After World War II, it was re-established at Point Cook, as No. 1 FTS. It re-formed again in 1952 as No. 1 Applied Flying Training School (No. 1 AFTS), and was transferred to RAAF Base Pearce, Western Australia, in 1958. Meanwhile, in 1951, No. 1 Basic Flying Training School (No. 1 BFTS) had been formed at RAAF Base Uranquinty, New South Wales, moving to Point Cook in 1958. In 1969, No. 1 AFTS re-formed as No. 2 Flying Training School and No. 1 BFTS re-formed as No. 1 FTS. No. 1 FTS was finally disbanded at Point Cook in 1993.
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