GLIDING CENTRE FOR AIR CADETS IN BRITAIN.—Air Training Corps cadets help to turn a sailplane into the wind before it is winch-launched at the new Royal Air Force Gliding Centre in Kent. The centre has been opened by the R.A.F. so that A.T.C. cadets can receive a week’s continuous gliding instruction instead of periodical training spread over a number of week-ends. During their training the boys gain enough experience to fly solo and to qualify for their A and B gliding certificates. The Royal Air Force Home Command, which controls the centre at Hawkinge, hopes to train at least 400 cadets a year.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27962, 8 May 1956, Page 6
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103GLIDING CENTRE FOR AIR CADETS IN BRITAIN.—Air Training Corps cadets help to turn a sailplane into the wind before it is winch-launched at the new Royal Air Force Gliding Centre in Kent. The centre has been opened by the R.A.F. so that A.T.C. cadets can receive a week’s continuous gliding instruction instead of periodical training spread over a number of week-ends. During their training the boys gain enough experience to fly solo and to qualify for their A and B gliding certificates. The Royal Air Force Home Command, which controls the centre at Hawkinge, hopes to train at least 400 cadets a year. Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27962, 8 May 1956, Page 6
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