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| WOMEN are to be accepted for training as air crew in the RAF |
| for the first time since it was formed, back in 1918. |
| The change in policy, announced by the Government last |
| week, is due partly to the enthusiasm shown by women |
| student pilots in university air squadrons, and partly to the tact |
| that there are fewer possible male recruits. Because of the fall |
| in the number of births some 20 years ago there are simply not |
| as many people of the right age around. |
| Over the next few years around 10 per cent of the RAF's trainee |
| pilots are expected to be women. |
| The list of aircraft they will be trained to fly will include the Tristar |
| jets, the Hercules transport planes and Sea King helicopters. |
| Seen here are Helen Colaluca, 22, a student at the University |
| of Southampton, (left) and Sue Bryce-Smith, 21, of University |
| College, London sampling life in the cockpit. |
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Waarom gaat de Engelse luchtmacht (de RAF) nu ook vrouwen als vliegend personeel aantrekken?
