The Gloster Strut is a local aviation group affiliated to the Light Aircraft Association and based in the Gloucestershire area. Members of Strut, experienced pilots, have very kindly offered to train our Scouts at 15th Cheltenham (SHURDINGTON), for their Aeronautics Badge. They started their very informative and enjoyable course on Mondays 3rd & 10th March 2008.

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Some information  they digested:
PARTS OF A LIGHT PLANE  - - -  A GYROSCOPE AND HOW IT WORKS

Some instruments -Air Speed indicator - Altimeter - Vertical Speed indicator

SIERRA - HOTEL - UNIFORM - ROMEO - DELTA - INDIA - NOVEMBER - GOLF - TANGO - OSCAR - NOVEMBER...What?
Oh, "SHURDINGTON" in the Phonetic Alphabet...Oh yes, they need to learn that too.

WHAT AN AIRFIELD LAYOUT LOOKS LIKE

DIFFERENT FORMATIONS OF CLOUDS (Click to enlarge)

What is a KNOT in flying terms? it is a NAUTICAL MILE or 1,852 METRES exactly, or better still 1.15 MILES on land...

The STRUT Tutors giving up their time and knowledge:
Harry Hopkins:  Met
Mike Fortescue: Airfields (& Practical at an airfield)
Tim Houlihan:   Instrumentation
Barry Simon:    Nav (& Practical at an airfield)
John Bean:      Marshalling (&Practical at an airfield) & Phonetic Alphabet
Rowland Carson: Aerodynamics & Airframe (website)

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