No. 3 Flying Training School RAF  No. 3 Flying Training School is a Royal Air Force military training school, which manages elementary flying training for all three Armed Forces in the UK and also for the training of all non-pilot aircrew for the RAF and is home to the Central Flying School Tutor Squadron. Although the school is nominally based at RAFC Cranwell, only the multi-engine pilots and students on 57 Squadron fly from this aerodrome, with the Navy and Army elements based at the nearby RAF Barkston Heath and the remaining trainee pilots based at RAF Wittering. No 3 FTS was first formed at Scopwick (later renamed RAF Digby) on 26 April 1920 from No 59 Training Squadron in No 3 Group. That month Squadron Leader Arthur Harris, later AOC-in-C Bomber Command, was jointly appointed both station and school commander. It was transferred to No 1 Group on 31 August 1921 but disbanded on 1 April 1922. The school reformed at RAF Spitalgate near Grantham on 1 April 1928, equipped with Avro 504Ns and Armstrong Whitworth Siskins, which were later replaced by Avro Tutors, Armstrong Whitworth Atlases and Hawker Harts. On 16 August 1937 the school relocated to RAF South Cerney, becoming No 3 Service Flying Training School on 3 September 1939, where it remained until being redesignated No 3 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit on 1 March 1942. By the outbreak of war the school was operating Harts and Airspeed Oxfords but on 24 June 1940 it became a Group II school, specialising on twin engined training using Oxfords. During this part of its life, the school used a number of relief landing grounds including Stormy Down, Bibury, Long Newnton and Wanborough. With the end of the war No 3 (P) AFU was redesignated No 3 SFTS again on 17 December 1945 and was now equipped with Harvards. On 24 April 1946 the school moved to RAF Feltwell and on 9 April 1947, its title reverted to No 3 FTS and continued to operate from here until 31 May 1958 by which time it was using the Percival Provost T Mk 1. It entered the jet age when it was reformed at RAF Leeming on 15 September 1961, equipped with the BAC Jet Provost T Mk 3. In 1966 it took over the Vampire Advanced Training Unit from No 7 FTS and in December of the same year became No 3 (Basic) FTS. 1971 saw control transfer from No 22 to No 23 Group and in December 1973 it took over the School of Refresher Flying from RAF Manby.