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12 Jun 11 - Mayor Praises Ripon Air Cadets at Awards Ceremony
The new Mayor of Ripon, Cllr Mick Stanley, has praised the city’s Air Cadet unit, while attending their annual awards night at the Town Hall last Friday. After presenting the individual awards, the Mayor spoke about the inspiring achievements of Ripon...(more)
28 Dec 10 - Ripon Cadet Earns His Wings
Air Cadet Sergeant Jonny Coates, also a student at Ripon Grammar School, spends his weekends at RAF Linton-On-Ouse flying the Vigilant motor glider, but to add to his talents he recently flew a Grob Heron light aircraft solo as part of the Air Cadets f...(more)
04 Oct 10 - Ripon Air Cadets march to victory
It was a busy day for members of Ripon squadron ATC this weekend. While four cadets marched through the rain on the start of their road marching which could see them taking part in the international 4-day marches in The Netherlands next year, seven mem...(more)
16 May 10 - Ripon Cadets Bring Home The Silverware
For local Air Cadets, Wing Training Day is always a big day, but this year Ripon squadron joined 700 cadets from the area and came away with a trophy.
The day is a day of largely non-sporting competitions where the Air Cadets of the 28 Squadrons...(more)
16 Mar 10 - RED ARROWS SIGN UP TO SUPPORT RIPON AIR CADET AUCTION
886 (City of Ripon) Squadron Air Training Corps has received a boost to their forthcoming Auction of Promises on Friday 19th March from the world famous RAF Aerobatic Team - the Red Arrows.
Among the promises the cadets received was one from B...(more)
08 Feb 10 - Chiefs On Hand As Air Cadets Fly The Flag In Ripon
It was Flags Flying and Music Playing as 120 Air Cadets marched through the centre of Ripon on Sunday. The parade was organised to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the founding of the Air Training Corps. The station commander of RAF Linton-on-Ouse hea...(more)
05 May 09 - Giant Killers of Ripon raise their profile in Anniversary Year
A small party of cadets from 886 (City of Ripon) ATC Squadron enjoyed tremendous success in the Air Cadets Central & East Yorkshire Wing Inter-Squadron Athletics held recently at the Costello Stadium in Hull. The Ripon Team, already depleted owing to o...(more)
03 Feb 09 - Air Cadets Bank Community Award
Ripon Air Cadets received a welcome boost to their funds when Robert Goodier of the Civilian Committee presented them with a cheque for £250 at a recent Parade Night ceremony.
The money is a Community Cashback Award made by the Royal Bank of Sco...(more)
13 Oct 08 - Ripon Cadets see the civil side of aviation
A group of Ripon Air Cadets have just been on an airport visit with a difference. Most people have experienced passenger travel, and the cadets regularly visit RAF airfields, but this time they visited DHL's freight hub at East Midlands airport.
25 Feb 08 - Ripon Cadet Flies The Flag For British Legion
Ripon Air Cadet Richard Thornton has just been named as the official standard bearer for the Ripon Branch of the Royal British Legion. At just 16, this makes him the youngest person to hold this role in the branch's history.
Cadet Serge...(more)
02 Jul 07 - First Time Flyers Cheat The Weather
When four recent recruits to Ripon Air Cadets got the opportunity to go flying, they were somewhat disappointed to see that it was raining. Not to be deterred, they carried on regardless and two of them beat the odds and managed to fly.
Bryony S...(more)
04 Jun 07 - Ripon Air Cadets Get Ahead Of The Game
When two of this year's GCSE candidates sit down to start their exams, they will already have a couple of GCSEs under their belts. Ripon Air Cadets Richard and Jonathan Thornton have each been awarded a BTEC as a result of their cadet training.
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16 Apr 07 - Corporal Sam Swaps Spring Sunshine For Winter Training
The Easter holidays saw a welcome break in the rain and the start of a couple of weeks of sunshine. But whilst most people were out enjoying the warm weather, Ripon air cadet Sam Davison was learning to ski and how to dig snow holes.
C...(more)
05 Mar 07 - Nick Goes Solo For Top Brass
Ripon Air Cadet Nick Powell has just returned from a triumphant solo performance to an audience of hundreds, including the cadets' "top man" - the Commandant Air Cadets. The concert, featuring Nick's drum solo was the culmination of a week lo...(more)