No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS) was one of the original units of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), dating back to the service's formation in 1921 at Point Cook, Victoria. It was re-formed several times in the ensuing years, initially as No. 1 Service Flying Training School in 1940, under the wartime Empire Air Training Scheme. After graduating nearly 3,000 pilots, it was disbanded in late 1944, when there was no further need to train Australian aircrews for service in Europe. The school was re-established in 1946 at Uranquinty, New South Wales, and transferred to Point Cook the following year. To cope with the demands of the Korean War and Malayan Emergency, it was re-formed as No. 1 Applied Flying Training School in 1952 and moved to Pearce, Western Australia, in 1958. Another school was meanwhile formed at Uranquinty, No. 1 Basic Flying Training School (No. 1 BFTS), which transferred to Point Cook in 1958. In 1969, No. 1 AFTS was re-formed as No. 2 Flying Training School and No. 1 BFTS was re-formed as No. 1 FTS. Rationalisation of RAAF flying training resulted in the disbandment of No. 1 FTS in 1993.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1797:

French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with over 900 deaths when the latter ran aground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_13_January_1797

1822:

The design of the current flag of Greece was adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus for their naval flag. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Greece

1953:

An article published in Pravda accused some of the most prestigious physicians in the Soviet Union, mostly Jews, of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctors%27_plot

1986:

The month-long South Yemen Civil War began in Aden between supporters of President Ali Nasir Muhammad and his predecessor Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yemen_Civil_War

2001:

The first of two large earthquakes struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2001_El_Salvador_earthquake

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

peel: 1. (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of. 2. (transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of. 3. (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way. 4. (intransitive) To remove one's clothing. 5. (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away). […] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peel

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.   --G. I. Gurdjieff https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/G._I._Gurdjieff