1360 Squadron!

Flying and Gliding

Flying

When it comes to your turn, you will be taken out to a room to be kitted out with a flying suit, gloves, helmet and boots. You are then taken to your Bulldog aircraft, where your pilot is waiting. Once you're ready, the pilot explains the controls and taxis the Bulldog to the runway...before you know it, your 3000 feet in the air and have control yourself!
During your first time, you learn basic flying skills, such as turning, climbing and diving. As you progress in experience though, you learn about many exciting, new aspects of flying like using the air brakes, the trimming wheel, and how to do loop the loops, barrel rolls and other aerobatics!
By the time you are 16, you may even be selected for a Flying scholarship in which you will be taught absolutely everything about flying the Bulldog - eventually leading to your first solo flight! From there, who knows? A career as an RAF fast-jet pilot beckons...

Gliding

The Vigilant

The Viking - imagine being able to fly this for yourself, and for free!

With gliding, you can easily advance your skills and take ATC tests to prove how good you really are. This is done on a gliding scholarship, which you can take from 16 onwards. You are taught everything about your glider: flying, taxing, turning, stalling (how to avoid it!), and any other relevant skills. Finally, on your last day, you fly with the o/c of the gilding squadron who will do a final assess of your gliding ability. At the end of the course, you'll know how to fly, properly, and have a pair of blue or silver wings to wear on your uniform!
If you choose to take this yet further, then you could end up flying totally alone! At this stage, you are awarded with a pair of coveted GOLD wings to wear on your uniform.
In all gliding is more about really learning to fly, and is definitely not as easy as it looks! Remember though, you are there to enjoy yourselves - and you will