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to start with, you had to do fixed wing. And now, that's all contracted out to the civilians to do the fixed wing side of it. It's the basic flying training. You have to get through that first. And in my day, you have to go to Point Cook. There were nine army pilots started there, I was on what they called, number two army course.
I think seven of us ended up with our wings, eventually. Number one army played up like mad. And I think only three of them got their wings. But then onto Amberley and the training was very intense. The military system doesn't care how much they've spent on you, if you don't meet the standard, they kick you out. It could be the first day, the last day, or anywhere in between. And one of my peers got kicked out in the last week of his helicopter flying.
