JEFTS Gallery

The Joint Elementary Flying Training School operated the Slingsby Firefly in the basic flying training role from RAF Church Fenton from mid-1998 until June 2003. The aircraft, which were operated by Babcock-HCS were, as you can see, brightly coloured!

The photos below are all thanks to Chris Chambers. Visit his website at www.chrischambersphotography.co.uk.

	Fireflies on the line.
	A pic of a firefly just about to touch down on the main runway (06/24).
	A firefly parked up with the pilot carrying out what look to be pre-flight checks.

	Unidentified Firefly about to land on Runway 16
	G-BUUE almost touching down on Runway 16
	Student and instructor at the end of the runway in an unidentified Firefly.

	G-BWXA on finals
	G-BWXU
	G-BWXR

© Ian Herbert

Firefly G-BWXR taxiing to the end of runway 34 ready to take off

© Pete Anderson, an ex-JEFTS instructor.

	4-ship flypast over Church Fenton.
	Nice line-up of 4 Church Fenton based Fireflies.

© Bob Rushton. Taken during the same flight as the two photos above from Pete Anderson, to mark the disbanding of the Church Fenton element of JEFTS, June 2003.

	Above the clouds
	Descending through a gap in the clouds, during recovery in to Church Fenton
	In formation over what was RAF Acaster Malbis