I arrived at the squadron at 7.15pm with Cdt Bagnall, Cdt Hastie arrived shortly after and then Cdt Montgomery and Cdt Ansel. At 7.30 Mr Hastie gave us a lift to RAF Kirknewton.It was about an hours drive from the squadron. We arrived at 8.30 at Kirknewton, the pilots give us a brief and explained the safety measures, they told us that it was too icy to take the gliders out so they put on a movie.

At about 12 we went out in the land rovers, me and Hastie took a glider each to the runway, after that we prepped the gliders. Cdt Ansel went up first then I went up but about half way up the cable broke. After my three flights I helped the other cadets and pilots get the gliders ready for the next flights. Cdt Hastie went up 5 times for GIC 3, myself and Cdt Ansel had 3 flights for GIC 1, Cdt Bagnall had 4 flights for GIC 2,but the pilots forgot about Cdt Montgomery who only got 1 flight and didn't get GIC 1. Afterwards we took the gliders  back to the hanger and we went back to the base and watched the rest of the movie.

At about 5.30 Mr Hastie picked us up and dropped us off. After speaking to the cadets that came with us they all said they had a great day.

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Veterans Day

By Cdt John Porter
 

On February 16th myself, ICWO Kayani, Cpl falconer, Cpl Kayani, Cadets Kayani, Bagnall, Hastie and Kelly arrived at Tradeston ex-serviceman's club at 11.45am, along with Fg Off Callan and Sgt Gladwell.

Our first job was to welcome the guests by forming a guard of honour and coming to attention as they entered. It was tough because it was quite cold but we received many compliments on how smart we looked.

After that we lined up to march inside the hall where the guests were now seated. There wasn't much room in the hallway so myself and the CWO were actually in the toilet! It was all worth it though as we marched through proudly. The guests applauded which was so noisy I couldn't hear the command to "Halt!" and cringed as I banged into the cadet in front.

Finally we served the food to the guests and I used it as an opportunity to talk to the veterans. We than had some food and got the chance to meet some of the VIPs including Ian Davidson MP, Mohammad Sawar MP and the Secretary of State for Defence Des Brown MP, who we got our picture taken with. We had a great laugh and I enjoyed the day. The veterans were great to talk to and I hope to go again some day.

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Flying

By Cdt Kirti Ansel
 

On the 9th of February 2008, 8 cadets visited Glasgow airport to go flying on a Tutor aircraft. The cadets were taken way for the morning, and had the chance to experience flying in a Tutor aircraft. Each cadet was in the air for around 30 minutes. For some cadets it was their first experience, and if you were to ask them how it was they would definitely say it was a wonderful experience and that they would like to go again!!

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