On Saturday 24 th November, 4 cadets from 487 Sqn Kingstanding and Perry Barr ATC had the honour of representing the Central and East Region at the National finals of the ATC Aircraft recognition competition.

Cdt Sgt Mason, Cdt's Wark, Andrew and Kemp travelled with Plt Off Jennings to the RAF Museum at Hendon. This team had earlier in the year won the Wing competition and then gone on to win the regional competition at RAF Wittering.

The team were representing all six wings in our region and they came up against some very stiff competition. The aircraft recognition test itself was extremely difficult as you might expect, and the team did extremely well. We are unsure as to our final position at the time of writing, but we didn't win the competition. However, this very young team did extremely well and they were a credit to both their wing and their squadron.

The Commandant of the Air Cadets, Air Commodore Moulds, attended the competition and presented prizes to the winners. The picture opposite shows the Central and East Region team, Cdt Wark, Cdt Sgt Mason, Air Commodore Moulds, Cdt Kemp and Cdt Andrew.

Flt Lt O'Neill, OC 487 Sqn, commented “Yet again this team of cadets as proved they are the best at Aircraft Recognition. It's been a great year for the team and all at the Sqn feel extremely proud that we have represented our region in a national final. I'm sure the team will go from strength to strength over the next few years and I fully expect them to do well in future competitions”.