May 2006 Archives
Corporal Liam Masters and Corporal Chris Luton were presented with their BTEC GNVQ (General National Vocational Qualification) Level 2 in Aviation Studies certificates last night.
To achieve the award cadets have to past several examinations in Aviation related subjects, including; Principles of Flight, Airframes, Propulsion and Air Navigation.
The award is at GNVQ Level II which is roughly equivalent to GCSE standard (the old ‘O’ level). It is recognised as an external qualification by employers and by the RAF as a Science qualification for entry into the Service.
Everyone in 1242 Sqn ATC would like to say congratulations to Flt Lt Nicholas Sermon and Fg Off Clare Booth, who married today in their home town of Ramsgate.
Cadets from the squadron provided a guard of honour at the church, and Flt Lt and Fg Off Sermon left the church in a vintage Morgan motor car.
All the cadets arrived at 0830 at the squadron. The cyclists – Sgt Raines, Cpl Davies, Cpl Tungate, Cdt Wolfe, Cdt Marnes, Cdt Young, Cdt Slater, Cdt Raines and Mr Marnes – stood out from the marshalling cadets – Sgt Wolfe, Cpl Luton, Cpl Slater, Cdt Baker and myself (Cpl Masters). Once we had loaded the squadron minibus up, we headed to the recreation ground, once we had arrived; we set up the squadron stand to promote the squadron. We had a group photo taken by our very own David Bailey a.k.a Flt Lt Sermon. The squadron cyclists then joined the hundreds of other cyclists ready for the start. We watched all the cyclists begin the ten-mile bike ride including Mr Root who was riding to raise funds for his daughters Brownies. Once they had all departed, the marshalling cadets got into their positions ready to marshal the junior circuit around the recreation ground, with Cpl Slater sending the first two children the wrong way, who ended up cycling round the entire recreation ground. After about 65 minutes, Cdt Slater finished the bike ride and was the first cadet to do so. Once all the cadets had returned, we waited around promoting the squadron for another two hours before packing all the stuff up and returning to base a.k.a the squadron.
A fun day was had by all and we hope to have raised lots of money for the squadron.
I’d just like to say “well done” to all the cadets – and Mr Marnes – who participated in the ride and to the cadets who marshalled and also to the staff – Flt Lt Sermon, Fg Off Booth and A/Sgt Robinson.
Once again, thank-you and well done.
Cpl Masters
