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Line-up of Pilatus PC-9As of the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes aerobatics team. All of CFS's aircraft are painted in these colours.
Line-up of Pilatus PC-9As of the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes aerobatics team. All of CFS's aircraft are painted in these colours.

The Central Flying School is a Royal Australian Air Force flight training unit. It was formed in March 1913 and trained over 150 pilots during World War I. Although the unit was disbanded after the war it was reformed in 1940. During World War II the unit produced more than 3,600 instructors. The Central Flying School was retained after the war and has been based at RAAF Base East Sale since 1947. The unit has been responsible for producing the RAAF's aerobatic display teams since 1962.