Flying & Gliding
All cadets get to fly and the training is progressive, starting off as a passenger, then taking the controls all the way up to going solo. A number of cadets will qualify as glider pilots before they are legally allowed to drive and in our squadron we currently have two. Others go on to become instructors whilst still cadets!
Cadets will fly in the Grob Tutor (pictured above), the newest aircraft in the RAF inventory. This is a two seat dual control training aircraft. Each year a number of cadets win a flying scholarship, gaining them numerous hours of tuition, of which they can put towards gaining there Private Pilots Licence.
The ATC also owns the largest fleet of gliders in the World. A combination of the winch launched Viking, a high performance glass fibre glider, and the self launched Vigilant motor glider.
At our squadron we normal get gliding slots at two gliding schools located at MDP Wethersfield and RAF Syerston and last year two cadets from our squadron received gliding scholarships and earned there solo wings.
