NEWS

Imagine flying in a Chinook helicopter at the age of 15 or 16. That is the awe-inspiring exploit some cadets from our CCF RAF section were able to experience last month. After an early start, we arrived at RAF Benson on schedule for a literal flying start to the day and were fortunate enough to see some Chinooks taxing and flying a circuit before ...

On Sunday, fourteen cadets from our RAF Section left at 6:30am to travel up to RAF Halton for the regional round of the annual RAST competition.

Cramming in last minute revision on the coach, spirits were running high for the day! After arriving on base, we were issued with a timetable telling us what time we had to compete in each of the ...

In the Great War, 730 Old Wilsonians and staff went to fight. 120 never came back. To this day they are commemorated on the school’s War Memorial, which was opened in the old school (Camberwell) in 1921 following donations from the OW community. It was one of the few items brought from the old school to Sutton, demonstrating its spiritual and moral ...

Lt Col Burton writes about Wilson’s School CCF’s special role in Operation London Bridge

A number of years ago, I sat in the Headmaster’s office with Mr Cole, Colonel Dennison (Colonel Cadets London District), and Carl Crane (the SO2 Cadets in London). They had come to ask whether Wilson’s would be prepared to provide cadets and an ...

Towards the end of August, I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to partake in 12 hours of pilot training as part of the Air Cadet Pilot Scheme. It was a long train ride to get up to Dundee but I was eager to go flying and meet the three other equally enthusiastic cadets participating in the course.

Organised by Tayside Aviation, the course ...