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Awarded<\/strong>: September 1949<\/p>\n Blazon:<\/strong> Shield: Azure semy of Mullets Or on a Pale Argent a Torch enflamed proper.<\/p>\n Crest:<\/strong> Issuant from an Astral Crown Or an Eagle wings elevated and addorsed Azure.<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> The torch symbolises learning, the starts the sky.<\/p>\n Motto<\/strong>: Originally\u00a0 \u201cLook Forward\u201d, became Learn to Test – Test to Learn.<\/p>\n History:<\/strong> Commenced to function on 21-6-43 as the Test Pilots School within the A&AEE at Boscombe Down. On 15-1-44 was authorised to form the Test Pilots School as a separate unit, becoming the Empire Test Pilots School on 28-7-44. It moved to Cranfield in October 1945 to be followed by another move to Farnborough on 12-7-47 attached to the RAE. On 29-1-68 it returned to Boscombe Down attached to A&AEE where it remains current.<\/p>\n Commissioned by Patrick McAlevey and dedicated to all the Pilots who championed the science of flight and to those who supported them.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Awarded: September 1949 Blazon: Shield: Azure semy of Mullets Or on a Pale Argent a Torch enflamed proper. Crest: Issuant from an Astral Crown Or an Eagle wings elevated and addorsed Azure. Link: The torch symbolises learning, the starts the sky. Motto: Originally\u00a0 \u201cLook Forward\u201d, became Learn to Test – Test to Learn. History: Commenced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6971,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions\/6971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rafht.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}