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Visit to Electro-Flight Gloucestershire

April 5, 2022 By CI B Gamlin

Air Cadets within Bristol & Gloucestershire Wing recently had a STEM opportunity to visit Gloucester based company, Electro-Flight. Electro-Flight are collaborators of the ‘Spirit of Innovation’ … Continue Reading

Armed Forces Day Bristol 2019

June 24, 2019 By DEPOC

This morning, the Lord Lieutenant of Bristol, Mrs Peaches Golding OBE, joined members of the City of Bristol and the Armed Forces in a flag-raising ceremony at Bristol City Hall. The event marks … Continue Reading

Excellent Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions

June 13, 2019 By Wing DofE Officer

Twenty eight RAF Air Cadets from nine different Bristol and Gloucestershire Wing units completed their Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions in beautiful countryside in the Bath and … Continue Reading

Normandy Trip 2019

June 11, 2019 By 2152 (North Bristol) Squadron

Over the past week, cadets and staff from across Bristol and Gloucestershire Wing of the Air Training Corps have been in Normandy, France to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day and Operation … Continue Reading

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Alpine Adventure 2017

March 2, 2017 by Wing Media Communication Officer

RAF Air Cadets from Northern and Southern Ireland, Scotland, Jersey and across the UK, have just taken part in a fantastic Alpine skiing exercise in Germany. Over the February half term holiday, 120 cadets took part in the exercise, named Alpine Adventure, which has now been staged in Bavaria for 20 consecutive years.

Most cadets had never put on skis before but by the end of the week they were able to emulate Ski Sunday by taking part in a slalom they also achieved different levels of Snowlife Awards. During the week cadets skied at four different ski areas, including one in Austria, and enjoyed sunny weather for five out of the six days. The cadets also visited a swimming complex with spectacular slides, went ten pin bowling and took part in a Gala Night. Last year Commandant Air Cadets, Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty, saw for herself the amount of dedication and effort applied by the attending staff which accumulated in a Commandant’s Commendation for those who attended, a true testament to its success.

Alpine Adventure, organised by Bristol and Gloucestershire Wing, now involves a large number of other Wings. This year an Alpine Ski Leader (ASL) course ran in parallel to build up the number of volunteer ski leaders for the future. Plans are now being made for 2018 and any new staff interested can find more information here or contact the Project Officer, Flight Lieutenant SallyAnne Grimshaw via [email protected].

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