All in all, a great day
By Cadet T. Goodyear
We arrived at the visitor’s
car park at Cosford bright
and early, we loaded into
the minibus and headed
off to RAF Shawbury.
When we arrived, we
met WO. Logue who
briefed us on the day’s
tasks. We were to assist
the RAF in protecting the
displayed aircraft from
damage, assist the RAF
Regiment on the paintball
range and help to park
cars.
My group were first to
park cars, we were driven
by a member of staff to
the car park area, where
we had to park the cars in
straight horizontal lines.
We were on this task for
approximately 40 minutes
- we then had a break.
We were allowed to
look around the stands
until our break was over
where we were then
tasked
to
guard
the
displayed aircraft. I was
stood by the RAF Hawk
MK2;
this
was
good
because
I
could
see
across the whole runway.
We had lunch and
then it was time for the
aircraft displays.
FS. Frost, Cpl. Hall & Sgt. Alder
There were a lot of
aircraft being shown, my
favourite
was
the
Chinook. As it flew past
us, a man in the back
popped out and waved at
us.
Finally, we had to
pack up the stands and go
into the minibus and
headed home; all in all it
was a great day! ?
Happy to help
By Cadet E. Jarvis
On the 16th of November
2013, cadets from the
squadron gave up their
free time and travelled
over to Sainsbury’s in
Telford Forge Retail Park
to help with bag packing.
Although it was a long
and tiring day, it was a
very joyful experience.
Cadets
arrived
at
Sainsbury’s at 9am on a
busy Saturday morning.
Although they were aware
a long day was ahead, the
cadets still arrived with
lifted spirits and smiles on
their faces. We were split
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into groups with an NCO
in each and then the
groups were split into
pairs on each till.
With a mixture of
both Greens and Working
Blues, we really showed
off who we are and what
we do as a squadron.
The very charitable
Sainsbury’s
customers,
kindly donated to the
squadron - with a few
even donating £5 notes!
The total
amount
of
money that was raised is
£840.00 – after Gift Aid is
added onto this amount,
the amount raised will be
over
£1000.00!
This
money will generate a
valuable contribution of
money
towards
purchasing a new minibus for the squadron.
Hopefully with go faster
stripes!
Despite bag packing
for a long seven to eight
hours, cadets still left
happy. Knowing that they
helped
customers and
supported our squadron’s
aspirations, and what we
aim to achieve within the
community. ?
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