Air Cadet Organisation
The RAF Association is proud to support the Air Cadet Organisation in thanks to all of the support that you have given to us over the years. Read on to find out more about what we do together.
2012 Flying scholarships
For over 8 years, the RAF Association has been running it’s Flying Scholarship programme. Once again we are very happy to open this opportunity up to the Air Cadet Organisation and Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets as a way of saying a huge thank you for all of the support you have given to us throughout the year. With the offer of the scholarships, we hope to help a few of you achieve your National Private Pilot Licence.
The five scholarships awarded annually consist of one overall winning cadet receiving a course of 35 hours flying training in light aircraft, plus four runners-up receiving 12 hours training each.
The 2012 Flying Scholarship scheme is now open for applications. If you’re interested, please read the Terms and Conditions thoroughly and then download the Application Form. Please be sure to read both documents carefully before filling them in!
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Cadets get set to fly after receiving Flying Scholarship awards
The RAF Association presented five Air Cadets with their tickets to fly after selecting the winners of the 2011 Flying Scholarship Award.
The RAF Association Flying Scholarship award is presented each year as a thank you to members of the Air Cadet Organisation and the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets for their continuous support to the RAF Association.
The Flying Scholarship Award provides the winning candidates with a course of flying training in a light aircraft and covers all or part of the tuition needed to obtain a National Private Pilot Licence (NPPL).
The top prize, won by Cadet Sergeant Jonathan Coates from 886 (City of Ripon) Sqn ATC, is 35 hours of flying training. Cadet Warrant Officer Vici Bates, Cadet Sergeant Rob Watson and Cadet Flight Sergeant’s Siena Whiteside and Tom Bean all received 12 hours of flying training each.
Anne Henson, services liaison manager for the RAF Association, comments; “The Flying Scholarship Award is our way of saying thank you to the cadets who work tirelessly throughout the year to raise much-needed funds for the RAF Wings Appeal and to raise the profile of the Association to a wider audience.
“All of the winners were extremely worthy and we would like to wish them luck as they get ready to take their training!”
The RAF Association Cadet Award 2011
The RAF Association sponsors and organises an annual, fully funded expedition for 10 cadets to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. The Award initiative is expected to take place year on year and we have just completed the second trip to Cyprus.
To read the full report, please click here.
Read the Cadet blogs
Our full report will follow in the coming week, however if you would like to find out more from the Cadets' perspective we tasked them with writing blogs while they were away which you can read by following these links:
Jonathon Barker's blog
Hannah Morris's blog
Christian Wood's blog
Samantha Thaxter's blog
Luke Rogan's blog
Don't forget to share the blogs with your friends and family and why not follow the blogs with Friend Follow on Google?
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Want to get more involved?
There are more ways that you can get involved with us, take a look at the following sections:
Events and Challenge Events
Blades Text competition
Fundraising for Wings Appeal
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Contact Us
Contact us to find out more about any of our Cadet initiatives.
- Email: email here
- Telephone: 0116 268 8752 or 0116 268 8783
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