Flag Officer, Flying Training

Office of the Flag Officer, Flying Training
Office of the Flag Officer, Flying Training
	Ensign of the Royal Navy
	Admiralty, Ministry of Defence
Reports to	Flag Officer, Air (Home), later Flag Officer Naval Air Command
Nominator	First Sea Lord
Appointer	Prime Minister; Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term length	Not fixed (typically 1–3 years)
Inaugural holder	Rear-Admiral Lachlan D. Mackintosh
Formation	September 1945 – November 1970

The Flag Officer, Flying Training, later called Flag Officer Naval Flying Training,^[1] was a senior Royal Navy appointment responsible for all naval aviation flying training from 1945 to 1970.

^ "FLAG OFFICER FLYING TRAINING'S FAREWELL. 15 OCTOBER 1957, HMS HERON, ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION YEOVILTON. SEND OFF TO REAR ADMIRAL C L G EVANS, CBE, DSO, DSC, ON HAULING DOWN HIS FLAG AS FLAG OFFICER FLYING TRAINING, TO TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL (OFFICERS) AND HEAD OF THE DIRECTORATE OF OFFICER APPOINTMENTS". Imperial War Museums. Imperial War Museum UK 1957. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[1] "FLAG OFFICER FLYING TRAINING'S FAREWELL. 15 OCTOBER 1957, HMS HERON, ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION YEOVILTON. SEND OFF TO REAR ADMIRAL C L G EVANS, CBE, DSO, DSC, ON HAULING DOWN HIS FLAG AS FLAG OFFICER FLYING TRAINING, TO TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL (OFFICERS) AND HEAD OF THE DIRECTORATE OF OFFICER APPOINTMENTS". Imperial War Museums. Imperial War Museum UK 1957. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

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