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Welcome to the page for our
Scout section.
Scouts is open for boys and
girls from age 10½ through to 14½. Our Scout troop meets
on a Friday night between 7.30 and 9.30.
Activities we run for our
Scouts encompass traditional Scout activities such as
tracking, fire lighting, pioneering, knotting, backwards
cooking and tent pitching in addition to air activities,
which we focus heavily on being the only RAF recognised
troop in the District. Air activities include learning
all about flying, how aeroplanes are put together and
work and how airfields operate, as well as training in
our fully equipped flight simulator room.
We aim to get all of our
Scouts flying at least once or twice a year with our
experienced pilot, who is also a long serving leader. We
also try and include gliding in the programme wherever
possible.
We have a fully qualified
archery instructor and around 5 shooting instructors. We
generally hold shooting once every 2 weeks on a Monday
night for those who want to practice.
We try and include around
4-5 different camps every 12 months, plus other events
such as the Border Hike in Derbyshire, visits to airbases and 'Air
Camps' (Where many Air Scout troops around the country
meet) Scouts are a
member of one of four patrols: Eagle, Falcon, Gannet and
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