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EDITION 36 16th Nov 2018
The weekly newsletter for the Holyport College family
CCF cadets flying high! On Wednesday 14th November, we had the chance to fly on a grob tutor at Royal Air Force Benson. We had to get up at 5am in the morning to have a prompt start at 8am. Both of us, including 7 other CCF cadets from Eton were all excited for the experience, especially those who hadn't flown before. To ensure our safety, we had a 30 minute parachute training in case the pilot asked us to jump out of the aircraft due to emergency reasons, which includes pulling handles to lift the aircraft canopy and unbuckling ourselves from a seat belt with five straps and most importantly, to pull the parachute handle on the right shoulder with the left hand after diving out of the aircraft in the matter of seconds. Feeling extremely safe and confident in our newly acquired skill after the half-an-hour training on the command "jump, jump", we finally wore white heavy helmets with a microphone attached, a green flight suit and the parachute in the form of a backpack. We had a chance to take control the grob tutor and to “verb” the air acrobatics such as the Looooooooooop … We felt sick after the experience!
Charlie Lancaster and Katie Yung
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