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Visit by PC Cadd from Police Air Support Unit |
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Written by Plt Off Christlieb RAFVR(T)
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:00 |
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Most of will have seen a dark blue and yellow helicopter hovering over Oxford from time-to-time. This Eurocopter aircraft belongs to a three-force consortium of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire constabularies. Helicopters are expensive things and the police must feel the aircraft offers significant support to its operations or they wouldn’t pay for it. To find out more we invited one of the tactical flight officers down to the squadron to tell us how he earns his pay. (Ed.)
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Visit to Bicester Gliding Club |
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Written by Cpl Matheson
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:00 |
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The Air Cadet Organisation offers cadets opportunities to fly and glide. However, for cadets in Thames Valley Wing, the opportunities to glide are delivered by 612 VGS who fly motor-gliders. For many gliding enthusiasts, a touring motor-glider is a poor substitute for the small light and entirely silent pure gliders such as the viking. The take-off run of a vigilant is smooth and similar to the take-off run of a tutor. A winch launch is very different. When Plt Off Christlieb met a member of Bicester Gliding Club during the Blenheim Triathlon he grabbed the chance and two months later the squadron borrowed a minibus and set-off for Bicester Airfield. (Ed.)
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Written by Cdt Harris
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009 00:00 |
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While the Air Cadets always make you wear a parachute to fly, they have so far never had anyone use one. Never one to resist a challenge, Cdt Harris decided to throw himself out of a perfectly functional aircraft. (Ed.)
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Welcome to the web site of 150 (City of Oxford) Squadron Air Training Corps (ATC), the area’s largest and best equipped Cadet Unit. We are a large and friendly squadron run by a dedicated staff team. Unlike some other youth organisations we have high standards and expect a lot from our cadets… we give a lot in return though… For more information take a look at our prospectus, fill in the joining form or pay us a visit.
We run and active and demanding program of activities in accordance with the three core aims of the ATC: