No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF

No.1 School of Technical Training
No. 1 School of Technical Training badge
Active1919 – present
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeDefence training school
RoleAircraft engineering training
Sizec. 2,000 students annually
Part ofDefence School of Aeronautical Engineering
LocationRAF Cosford
Motto(s)Crescentes Discimus
(Latin for 'Growing we learn')
ColoursRoyal colour awarded 1952
Insignia
BadgeA beech tree bearing fruit on a grassy mount
Badge heraldryRAF Halton, where the school was formed, is overlooked by a beech tree woodland.

No. 1 School of Technical Training (No. 1 S of TT) is the Royal Air Force's aircraft engineering school. It was based at RAF Halton from 1919 to 1993, as the Home of the Aircraft Apprentice scheme. The Aircraft Apprentice scheme trained young men in the mechanical trades for aircraft maintenance, the graduates of which were the best trained technicians in the RAF and would usually progress to Senior NCO ranks. However, ninety one ex-apprentices went on to achieve Air Rank. Many more became commissioned officers, including Sir Frank Whittle "father of the jet engine", who completed his apprenticeship at RAF Cranwell, before the move to RAF Halton.[1] Graduates of the Aircraft Apprentice scheme at RAF Halton are known as Old Haltonians.

  1. ^ Edwards, Richard; Edwards, Peter (2012). "17: Frank Whittle and the power jets company". Heroes and landmarks of British aviation. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-84884-645-6.