Six Cadets from 487 joined 487DF, 485 and 8F squadrons for a day of flying. The day started at 07:15am when all cadets had to meet at the squadron before making our way to RAF Cosford but at 07:20am we were one cadet down (overslept), but arranged to meet him at the DF pick up point.

Having everybody present we set off for an interesting journey full of music, loads of chocolate and an awful lot of laughing and it wasn't even 8'o'clock yet; not bad for a Sunday morning. None of the 487 Cadets had ever flown with the Air Cadets and some had never even been airborne.

We arrived at RAF Cosford at 08:20am and were the first squadron. We had to wait for the other 2 squadrons to turn up for the safety brief. We tried on parachutes and practiced emergency evacuations from the Grob tutor which would be the plane that we would be flying throughout the day.

We were split up into 7 waves of 4 people. While the morning group went flying the afternoon group took a look around the museum and spent the morning admiring war planes and eating bacon sandwiches and vice versa for the afternoon.

While waiting for our turns to fly we sat and watched some films but then the time came for us to get kitted up into our flying suits and take to the skies. It was time; all strapped in and ready to go. The pilot had completed his pre flight checks and was now taxing to the runway for take off. Within a matter of minutes we were in the air and flying towards Wolverhampton having a casual conversation with the pilot he then said “You now have control” this meant that I was now in control of the aircraft and was able to fly it where ever I wanted. After a short while of completing turns and flying in different directions I asked if it was possible to do some aerobatics and the pilot replied with “yes sure” with in no time he had us doing loops and barrel roles; you could feel the G-forces holding you down in your seats, I was a great adrenalin rush and a great thrill. Thank you 8 AEF.