Gliding Scholarship

A Gliding Scholarship course is an opportunity for cadets to undergo further training beyond the Gliding Induction Course and achieve Gliding Scholarship Wings. The course consists of up to 40 launches in a Viking or 8 hours in a Vigilant to achieve GS wings. Cadets showing aptitude are invited to progress onto the 'solo' standard and achieve the GS Solo Wings.

After you have completed a medical (RAF Form 6424) and your doctor has signed it to confirm that you are fit to undergo glider pilot training, you are ready for a course.

It is then a matter of a course becoming available. Courses are available in two formats, either successive weekends until you have completed the course or a continuous weeklong course (usually in the summer, however they are held all year round at the Air Cadet Central Gliding School)

You must have the commitment to attend a GS course, It is difficult to predict how how long a GS course will take as there are so many factors. Largely, it depends on the weather and your progress.


For cadets showing the required aptitude, there is the opportunity to progress on to 'Solo' standard and attain Solo GS Wings. There is also further training for cadets who apply to become staff cadets with the advanced courses whereby cadet can progress to attain 'Gold' wings denoting AGT or Advanced Glider Training.

GS
Gliding Scholarship

This is the badge that cadets are awarded after they have successfully completed a course. The course is completed at this stage. Not all cadets go solo although they have completed the course.

GS
Gliding Scholarship
(Solo Standard)

If a cadets is considered to have aptitude, they may get the opportunity to go further and work towards going solo.

AGT
Advanced Gliding
Training

After cadets have completed the GS, there may be further opprtunities for Advanced Glider training where the cadets are trained for further solo's and soaring in thermals.