LIFE’S A BEECH
This Beech 18 ‘Expeditor’ G-BKGL, seen departing St Athan in late 2011, was acquired from open storage at Perth Airport and put into ferryable condition for transit to Duxford where it was rebuilt by Aircraft Restoration Company (ARC). It was initially finished in dark-blue and grey US Navy colours and then in the lovely US [...]
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS DRAMA IN WALES
As the BBC open their new studios for filming a range of high quality dramas in Wales, it came as no surprise that they chose St Athan as a location for filming the first episode of the latest series of Upstairs Downstairs. Not only is the airfield close to the Welsh capital but the location of buildings to the runway means that it is a fairly clean location as far as background buildings are concerned. The sight of Neville Chamberlain delivering his ‘peace in our time’ speech (front cover shot) certainly attracted a lot of [...]
RIDE ON RAF School of Physical Training rides its history for charity
Between 23 and 25 November 2011, ten personnel from the RAF School of Physical Training (RAF School of PT) took to the road on bikes to raise cash for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society. Their plan was to undertake a cycle relay which would visit each of the locations which had over the decades been part of the School’s long and illustrious history. Formed on the same day as the Royal Air Force, 1st April 1918, at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, the RAF School of PT has [...]
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THE SUN SETS AT MOD ST ATHAN WITH CEREMONY
On Thursday 15 September, joint Services Officers...
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Lord Lieutenant appoints new Cadets
Air Cadets Megan Hamblin and Carl Chaplin of 372 (Barry)...
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STORYBOOK WINGS
The RAF Association, in association with RAF Community Support has a fantastic welfare initiative called Storybook Wings. This scheme provides a link between deployed parents and their children by enabling parents to record stories, nursery rhymes and poems for their children to listen to whilst they are away. How it works Parents are given access to a recorder and a booklet of stories and record their chosen story, along with [...]
Health Matters, Get a move on!
Let 2012 be the year to change your lifestyle for the better and GET ACTIVE. In conjunction with the Department of Health guidelines on physical activity, this article aims to boost your motivation, provide some facts and figures on the risks of inactivity and give useful tips on how to achieve the recommended amount of exercise. DO YOU KNOW? • 94,000 people die from Coronary Heart Disease each year [...]
2300 ANNUAL PRESENTATIONS
2300 (St Athan) Squadron Air Training Corps held its Annual Presentation evening at MOD St Athan on Friday 30th September 2011. The evening was an opportunity to inform the parents and invited guests of the many achievements of the cadets and staff over the last 12 months. Guests of honour at 2300 (St Athan) Squadron’s recent Annual Presentation evening were, Commanding Officer No 4 SofTT, Wing Commander Paul Regan, Head of Training Support No4 [...]
GOING FOR GOLD
During the latter part of 2011 Cadet Flight Sergeant Megan Hamblin of 372 (Barry) Squadron travelled to Altcar Army Camp on Merseyside to attend a week long course of training to become a Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) leader. She also took the opportunity to complete the residential section of her own Gold Duke of Edinburgh award. The residential section of the DofE involved Megan spending a minimum of five days and four nights away from home. During her residential course Megan had to live and work with 30 other ATC cadets [...]
GLIDER EXPERIENCE FOR AMERICAN FAST JET TEST PILOT
No 634 Volunteer Gliding School (634 VGS) gave the guest of honour at their annual dinner a chance to slow down his normal pace of life when he was treated to a flight in one of the squadron’s Vigilant motor-gliders when he visited them at the squadron headquarters at St Athan. Lt Cdr Clark Childers is an American Navy test pilot instructor currently based at The Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire where he is on an exchange programme. Earlier in the year he had flown Flight Staff Cadet Ashley Rees from 634 VGS, when he was selected from [...]
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