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Old 4th Apr 2016, 21:35
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Air Cadet magazine

Hope you were impressed with the 'content' Bill.

Apart from the multitude of 'non flying',and 'virtual' activity for Cadets there were two articles that stood out; one on quality of information and the other on a statement of the current (as was ) gliding training.

The article on the Battle of Britain display at Capel le ferne mentions one
Fl Lt G Mellum 94 (but nothing more).
I assume this is in fact Sqdn Ldr Geoffrey Wellum DFC who was with 92 Sqdn at Biggin Hill during the battle;was one of the youngest pilots in the battle,went on to fly offensive sweeps over France before flying a Spitfire into Malta,and then tested Typhoons on a 'rest tour'.Does anyone at Air Cadet know anything about our history or the basic facts!!
There was then an article about 'Motivational Flight Package' at the end of which the 'instructor' who attended stated that the exercise was incredibly useful 'especially the spin awareness training which is something we do not tackle within the Air Cadet Gliding domain'!!
Just about sums up the way things are now.
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