RAF Tucano Display Team
The solo display of the Short Tucano T1, the turboprop on which RAF and Royal Navy students began basic fast-jet training at Linton-on-Ouse for a quarter of a century.
RAF Tucano Display Team: how the team came to be and what it flies today
The basic fast-jet trainer
The Short Tucano T1, a Belfast-built development of the Embraer Tucano, replaced the Jet Provost at No 1 Flying Training School, RAF Linton-on-Ouse, from 1993. Flown by No 72(R) Squadron, it gave RAF, Royal Navy and foreign students basic fast-jet training before they moved on to the Hawk. The Tucano display was the public face of that course, a single aircraft flown by a qualified instructor on the UK air-show circuit.
End of the Tucano
The display ended with the aircraft. Flying training at Linton-on-Ouse ceased in October 2019 when the last students graduated and the course moved to RAF Valley on the Beechcraft Texan T1. On 25 October 2019 the Tucano was withdrawn from RAF service, and an aerial display at Linton-on-Ouse marked the occasion. The station’s aerodrome was notified to close on 18 December 2020.
RAF Tucano Display Team in numbers
The team
- Formation
- 1 letadlo
- One Tucano T1 flown solo by an instructor
Letadlo
- Flown
- Short Tucano T1
- Short Tucano T1
Domov
- Based at
- RAF Linton-on-Ouse
- No 1 Flying Training School
- No 72(R) Squadron
The display
- Aircraft in the display
- 1
Every type RAF Tucano Display Team has flown
| Letadlo | Roky | Number | Poznámka |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Tucano T1 | 2019 | 1 | Replaced the Jet Provost at 1 FTS in 1993; withdrawn from RAF service 25 October 2019. |
RAF Tucano Display Team, year by year
Tucano T1 replaces the Jet Provost at No 1 Flying Training School, Linton-on-Ouse.
Last students graduate; basic fast-jet training moves to RAF Valley.
Tucano withdrawn from RAF service; retirement display at Linton-on-Ouse.
Linton-on-Ouse aerodrome notified to close.
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