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visits we had the pleasure of meeting three Old Victorians—Fit. Lt. Neil Burrows (a Flight Commander and Flying Instructor) and Fg. Offs. Colin Lannen and Gordon Slater, both engineering graduates completing their officer and specialist training before proceeding to their first appointments.
VISITS
R.A.F. Leuchars was again visited during their Battle of Britain "At Home" Day in September. The Static and Flying Displays and aerobatics were as fascinating as ever. Although there was no Concorde flypast or Red Arrows display, the F104 solo aerobatics of the Royal Netherlands Air Force and Magister Aerobatics by the Les Diables Rouge of the Belgian Air Force, was greatly appreciated. The Blue Knights Para-Drop also brought gasps of appreciation from the crowd.
A more detailed tour of the Station was enjoyed by the Section during a Field Day Visit. We were welcomed by Wing Commander Cohu who commands No. 43 Squadron. Leuchars is one of the oldest flying stations in the Royal Air Force and has an association with aviation dating back to 1911. when the Royal Engineers carried out experiments with balloons in the area. Whilst some of us would have been more interested in the balloon era, the cadets were fascinated by the Phantom FG1's, with which No. 43 Squadron are currently equipped, and the Lightning Mk. VI operated by No. 23 Squadron. We also visited "C" Flight of No. 202 Squadron, which is responsible for the two Search and Rescue Helicopters which have been a familiar and reassuring sight all over Scotland for many years.An interesting talk was given by a member of the Mountain Rescue Team. All members of the team are volunteers and each has a full-time job on the station strength as well as his Mountain Rescue duties
We are grateful to the Station Commander, Group Captain M. J. E. Swiney, O.B.E., for granting us this visit. This is the third whole day Field Visit that the section has had since it was formed in 1968, and each one has been much enjoyed and appreciated.
Boys whose parents are stationed at R.A.F. Kinloss assure me that the station has much of interest to offer us. I'm sure it has but our attempts to visit it for convincing proof has each time been in vain.
Our appreciation is once again expressed to Group Captain Hunter, Sqn. Ldr. Henderson, Fit. Sgts. Andrews and Briggs and staff at H.Q. Air Cadets, for all their help and encouragement, and to Sqn. Ldr. Brown and his careers staff for their guidance and information.
Promotions (since 30th April 1974): G. A. M.
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Richardson to FIt./Sgt., M. Nelson and A. I. Crawford to Sgts., N. C. Nelson, T. J. A. Manson and I. R. Marchant to Cpls.
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Games
RUGBY REPORT by G. Doyle
With most of our best players leaving last grand day, many young and inexperienced 4th year boys gained places in the XV. The new team emerged, eager and confident and looking forward to their first match.
In the first two games the team seemed to settle down well, loosing by one point each between, Dollar and Morrisons. But without adequate weight in the scrum and the size and strength of the other teams soon began to take the wind out of our sails, with us losing the following four matches. The biggest defeat was against Queen Anne away 45-0.
This was a big disappointment to the team who played extremely well, but in general failed to provide the finishing touches in the moves created and the inability of the scrum to combine well in the loose rucks. These proved the decisive factors in the games and the first half of the season ended with one win against Morrisons 8-0.
The second half of the season after the Christmas holidays opened with a game against a masters' select from Glenalmond, Dollar and QV with two ex-Scottish internationals playing. After a hard game, the School team eventually came out on top, winning 22-14. Bad weather plus SCE prelims saw us only playing one game against another
school which we lost. The last XV of the season was against the Old Boys who had a strong team, but we won convincingly against them. To end the season eleven of us travelled to Stirling to defend the Gannochy Cup. The journey ended in disappointment with us losing against Graham High 10-0. who eventually were runners-up to Dollar. We thank Mr. Paterson and Mr. Spalter the French Assistant for coaching and encouraging us throughout the season.
RUGBY
This is the major sport for the first two terms of the School year. This season the weather must have been good, as we had very few cancelled matches.
The 3rd Year XV had a good team, but a bad season, and did not have the co-ordination during the first term which should have made them have better results. They did not start playing to strength until the latter part of the second term. When their results reflected their playing ability. We were fortunate to obtain the services of Mr. Jim Norberry, a student at Stirling University, who took over the coaching of
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