No. 6 Air Experience Flight RAF
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Grob Tutor |
No. 6 Air Experience Flight (6 AEF) is an Air Experience Flight based at RAF Benson.
It is one of twelve
Air Cadet Organisation of the Royal Air Force
.
It was formed in the 1950s, along with the other AEFs, with the aim of teaching basic flying to members of the
Air Scouts. It has been based at RAF Benson since 1992. It is used primarily to deliver Air Experience Flights to cadets and is parented by the Oxford University Air Squadron
.
History
Formed on 8 September 1958 at
Grob Tutor T Mk 1s.[1]
The unit previously operated the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10.[2]
June 2009 air collision incident
At approximately 2.30pm
The two-seater Grob Tutor, took off from
RAF before becoming a Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Officer at 6 Air Experience Flight in 2005, where he assumed the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He was killed in the crash along with CCF cadet Nicholas Rice. Nicholas Rice, who was 15 years old, was a student of the Elvian School in Reading, and was from Calcot, Reading, Berkshire.[5][8] The pilot of the glider survived, having bailed out before his aircraft crashed.[6]
Current operations
The Air Experience Flight is currently commanded by a Flight Lieutenant on Full-Time Reserve Service and like the University Air Squadron, comes under No. 6 Flying Training School.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ "RAFVR Units". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation : RAF Volunteer Reserve Units
- ^ Jackson 1995, p. 8.
- ^ "Two killed in RAF plane crash". uk.news.yahoo.com. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "RAF crew dead after mid-air crash". BBC. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Teenage plane crash victim named". BBC. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Narrative of Events" (PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Mid-air crash victim pilot is named". Metro. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
- ^ "Flight Lieutenant Mike Blee and Cadet Nicholas Langley-Rice killed in RAF aircraft crash". MOD.uk. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
Bibliography
- Jackson, P (1995). Royal Air Force (Second Edition). UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2338-7.