On Tuesday, 28th June Corporals Callum Tearney and Alan Klimczak were presented with their BTEC Level 2 in Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community certificates.
Thursday, 30 June 2016
New BTEC Awards
On Tuesday, 28th June Corporals Callum Tearney and Alan Klimczak were presented with their BTEC Level 2 in Teamwork and Personal Development in the Community certificates.
Friday, 17 June 2016
New 361 Squadron Minibus
With help from the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust, we have recently
purchased a replacement minibus for 361 squadron and today collected the
vehicle following the application of the graphics and Air Cadet
branding which make it stand out from the crowd.
(In case you are wondering, the aircraft on the side of a minibus is a Lockheed Martin F35B Lightning II which will be the next generation of fighter flown by both the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm.)
The minibus will be used for a wide range of activities, including Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions, Adventure Training, visits to places of interest, transporting cadets to Wing competitions and much, much more.
(In case you are wondering, the aircraft on the side of a minibus is a Lockheed Martin F35B Lightning II which will be the next generation of fighter flown by both the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm.)
The minibus will be used for a wide range of activities, including Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions, Adventure Training, visits to places of interest, transporting cadets to Wing competitions and much, much more.
This weekend, for example, a group of cadets will be travelling in the
minibus for Shotgun Clay Pigeon Shooting which is a sport which is
becoming increasingly popular within the Air Cadet Organisation.
High Flyers
On Wednesday, 15th June three cadets from 361 (Gateshead) Squadron
travelled to RAF Leeming for Air Experience Flying in Grob Tutor T1
aircraft belonging to No. 11 Air Experience Flight.
Although the weather was a little murky all three cadets learnt about flying circuits of the airfield and experienced multiple touch and goes on the Leeming runway and their pilot was no less than the Station Commander of RAF Leeming, Group Captain David Bradshaw MA BSC RAF.
Pictured are Cadets Megan Hillier, Alex Mos and Mikolay Kulik in front of the new RAF Leeming Gate Guardian, a Tornado F3 which until recently was the mainstay of RAF Air Defence (but now replaced by the Typhoon).
Although the weather was a little murky all three cadets learnt about flying circuits of the airfield and experienced multiple touch and goes on the Leeming runway and their pilot was no less than the Station Commander of RAF Leeming, Group Captain David Bradshaw MA BSC RAF.
Pictured are Cadets Megan Hillier, Alex Mos and Mikolay Kulik in front of the new RAF Leeming Gate Guardian, a Tornado F3 which until recently was the mainstay of RAF Air Defence (but now replaced by the Typhoon).
90 Glorious Years
Last weekend, cadets from 361 (Gateshead) Squadron were involved in a series of events held in Newcastle and Gateshead celebrating the 90th birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
On Saturday Cadets attended a concert at Newcastle City Hall which celebrated in music and dance the decades of the Queens reign whilst on Sunday a parade was held in the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (the Blinking Eye) which involved the Navy, Army and all three of the Cadet Forces as well as many other organisations from the Tyne and Wear area.
Click here to see the television coverage of these events which were broadcast by the Made in Tyne and Wear TV channel.
On Saturday Cadets attended a concert at Newcastle City Hall which celebrated in music and dance the decades of the Queens reign whilst on Sunday a parade was held in the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (the Blinking Eye) which involved the Navy, Army and all three of the Cadet Forces as well as many other organisations from the Tyne and Wear area.
Click here to see the television coverage of these events which were broadcast by the Made in Tyne and Wear TV channel.
Thursday, 26 May 2016
New Squadron Adventure Training Equipment
Members of 361 (Gateshead) Squadron with the recently acquired
Adventure Training equipment which will allow cadets from the squadron
to participate in Expedition section of the Duke of Edinburgh Award over
the coming months.
The three tents, six rucksacks and roll
mats were purchased with the help of a grant of £1000 from the Viscount
Ridley North of England Cadet Forces Trust which is administered by the
Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for the North of England to whom
we are extremely grateful.
New 361 Squadron Instructor Cadets
Cpl Callum Tearney, Sgt Jack Dawson and Cpl Luke Craig with their recently awarded Instructor Cadet Certificates and Lanyards.
These are awarded after successful completion of a Method of
Instruction course and a presentation demonstrating their instruction
skills to Sqn Ldr Chris Miller, the Durham / Northumberland Wing
Training Officer and qualifies them to instruct cadets at the squadron.
Thursday, 12 May 2016
New 361 (Gateshead) Squadron Badge
Time for a change...
After many years of having a Bulldog on our squadron badge the time has come to introduce a new emblem which is more appropriate to our location in Gateshead.
Our new badge incorporates the Angel of the North- the massive iconic sculpture by Anthony Gormley which is seen by many thousands of motorists as they approach Gateshead from the South and a new squadron motto "Aspire & Achieve" which encompasses what the Air Cadet Organisation is all about.
After many years of having a Bulldog on our squadron badge the time has come to introduce a new emblem which is more appropriate to our location in Gateshead.
Our new badge incorporates the Angel of the North- the massive iconic sculpture by Anthony Gormley which is seen by many thousands of motorists as they approach Gateshead from the South and a new squadron motto "Aspire & Achieve" which encompasses what the Air Cadet Organisation is all about.
The Angel of the North also has wings, which is more relevant to an organisation which aims to get its members flying. (Although we all hope that the Angel of the North itself remains firmly rooted to the ground...)
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