Lots of gliding at the VGS at Little Rissington. 3 of our cadets (290 Sqn, W-s-M) got their Blue wings this weekend.
VGS's are more 'regional' now, having been reduced in number from, I think, 22 down to 14 schools. We get 2 or 3 air experience slots per year, for 6 or 8 cadets at a time. St Mawgan in the summer period hosts an AEF, (I really do look forward to driving a minibus 31/2 hrs each way down the longest cul-de-sac in the country, in the holiday season) Boscombe occasionally, and RNAS Yeovilton have been very kind to us recently.
Bag-packing to raise funds is not my favourite activity but it demands commitment from the cadets and educates them on the cost of providing non-core activities and acquiring and maintaining equipment.
R