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LONGEST WEEKEND-World Record set by High Flying Cadets |
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 On the Weekend of the 19th – 21st June 2009, 10 Cadets from 504 ( West Nottingham) Squadron joined 276 Cadets from South and East Midlands Wing to help set a new World Record for the most Cadets to fly during a weekend. The event took part at RAF Syston, home of 643 and 644 Volunteer Gliding Squadrons, giving the Cadets the opportunity to fly in either the Vigilant Motor Glider or the Viking winch launched Glider. Both Squadrons were stretched from the start helping the Wing to complete this mammoth effort. By the end of the weekend, with 228 Cadets flying.  The event was planned to coincide with the 10th Anniversary of the Formation of South and East Midlands Wing, which was an amalgamation of South Midlands Wing and East Midlands Wing in 1999. Since then, the Wing has gone on to become one of the largest and most successful Wings in the Air Training Corps.  Alongside the Flying, the Cadets were given the opportunity to tackle the new Corps Climbing walls, as well as Weapons Handling Tests on the .22 Rifle, and a whole host of Sporting activities and Leadership exercises. Pilot Officer A. Rudd RAF VR(T) 504 (West Nottingham) Squadron |
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8 members of 504 (West Nottingham) Squadron spend the day with the Royal Marines Commando Display Team.   |
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Welcome to 504 (West Nottingham) Squadron ATC |
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Welcome to the new website for 504(West Nottingham) Squadron - Air Training Corps.
This site is undergoing a live update - please keep this in mind - this is a part time project and the content is continually changing We are a military uniformed youth organisation, which is part of the Air Cadet Orgainisation with Cadets who are aged between 13-20, and Voluntary Staff. Whilst we are sponsored by the RAF, there is no requirement to serve with any of HM Forces, and they will not accept anyone into HM Forces just because they have been in the Air Training Corps. We are based in the ATC Building, 28 Old Park Close, Meldreth Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, NG8 4FR We parade Tuesdays and Thursday Evenings - between 7pm and 9pm. Contact: 0115 - 929 7646 between these hours if you require further information. 504 (West Nottingham) Squadron, ATC is a Registered Exempt Charity in England: No. 398/85 |
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