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7 Air Experience Flight
Grob Tutor aircraft similar to that flown by 7 AEF
Active8 September 1958 - Present
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Allegiance  Royal Air Force
Branch Air Cadet Organisation
RoleTraining
Part of No. 6 Flying Training School RAF
Garrison/HQ RAF Cranwell
Aircraft flown
Trainer Grob Tutor T.1

No. 7 Air Experience Flight (7 AEF) is one of thirteen Air Experience Flights (AEFs) run by the Air Cadet Organisation of the Royal Air Force. The primary purpose of the AEF organisation 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.

History

No. 7 AEF formed on 8 September 1958 at RAF Newton in Nottinghamshire, equipped with de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 aircraft. [1]

It later moved to RAF Cranwell with the Grob Tutor T.1. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "No 7 Air Experience Flight". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. 13 February 2016.