No. 9 Air Experience Flight RAF

No. 9 Air Experience Flight (9 AEF) is one of twelve Air Experience Flights (AEFs) run by the Royal Air Force for the Air Cadet Organisation. The primary purpose of an AEF is to provide air experience to members of the Air Training Corps, Combined Cadet Force (RAF) Section and occasionally, the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets and the Air Scouts.

9 Air Experience Flight
Grob Tutor aircraft similar to that flown by 9 AEF
Country United Kingdom
Allegiance Royal Air Force
BranchAir Cadet Organisation
RoleTraining
Garrison/HQRAF Linton-on-Ouse
Aircraft flown
TrainerGrob Tutor

The Pilots and Staff

No. 9 AEF, like the other eleven AEFs employs a range of civilian and military staff; the pilots are all current or former RAF pilots.[1] All civilian ground crew are provided by Babcock International under a private finance initiative (PFI)[2]

The aircraft

No. 9 AEF currently operate the Grob Tutor T1, a 2-seat light training aircraft, shared with the co-located Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron (YUAS), from RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire. Previously, No. 9 AEF were based at RAF Church Fenton before the airfield was decommissioned in 2013.

Flying

Air experience flying provides a basic flying experience for cadets of the Air Cadet Organisation and other aviation related organisations, flying up to four or five training sorties a day for twenty five minutes at a time, including aerobatics.[1]

References
  1. "Air Experience Flights". raf.mod.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. "Air". babcockinternational.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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