Central & East Yorkshire Wing Aerospace

17/08/2026

Congratulations, a great achievement!

✈️☀️ Solo At Last For Dylan Westerby! ☀️✈️

Cadet Sgt Dylan Westerby, from 195 (Grimsby) Squadron, Central & East Yorkshire Wing, has attended the unit since November last year. Poor weather, and the usual frustrating crosswinds have hampered his progress. That said, he has shown resilience and determination in completing his course to solo standard.

Today, after a successful check flight with 645 VGS instructor Sqn Ldr Simon Johnston, he managed his first solo from RAF Topcliffe. Well done Dylan, from all the staff team at 645 VGS!

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Photo: Sgt Dylan Westerby receives his RAFAC Silver Wings from his instructor, Sqn Ldr Simon Johnston.

01/03/2026

Cadets from 119 Scunthorpe Sqn and 152 City Of Hull Squadron visited 644 Volunteer Gliding Squadron this weekend for a day of gliding.

We didn’t let a drizzly morning dampen our spirits—instead, we took the chance to go 'under the hood' with an in-depth hangar tour to learn more about how these aircraft work.
As soon as the clouds cleared after lunch, it was a quick scramble to the airfield. Thanks to a super smooth operation by the 644 staff, every single cadet from both squadrons got airborne—we even managed to catch some afternoon sun!

On behalf of everyone who attended, thank you to the 644 VGS team for the incredible effort you put into making this such a rewarding experience.


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19/02/2026

Smiling faces all round, great to see!

07/01/2026

It doesn’t matter where in the world you are; cadets are the same…

But they call the Golden Arches “Maccas”. Pffft

(The menu choices are better though!)

06/01/2026

We've got 2026 off to a flying start; with 12 cadets from 1224 (Wharfedale) Squadron, 1324 - Hawker Blackburn Squadron ATC and 1869 Middlesbrough Squadron RAFAC flying from RAF Leeming today!

Looking forward to flying many more cadets this year from across the wing.

05/01/2026

Do you know who's behind all our aviation opportunities? The Wing Aviation Team pictured here (not the ones in the jets)!

Led by Sqn Ldr Waudby; the trio manage all our aviation opportunities - whether that be flying, gliding or scholarships.

Pictured from left to right is CI Russ Tandy, Sqn Ldr Adam Waudby and CI Rich Gerrard. Recently Rich and Russ have been running the show whilst Adam takes a break (and explores the world).

30/12/2025

Whilst Sqn Ldr Waudby was away down under; we managed to arrange some exchange video calls between our cadets and the cadets of 3 Wing, Australian Air Force Cadets who were on camp! (As it was a tri service camp; we also managed to catch up with a couple of Australian Army Cadets and Australian Naval Cadets too!)

15 lucky cadets from 119 Scunthorpe Sqn ATC and 1324 - Hawker Blackburn Squadron ATC got to chat to their Australian peers; hot topics were spiders, snakes, their blue camouflage (General Purpose Uniform) and whether it's any good in the field - and naturally their hats!

One of the British cadets taking part was CWO Gerrard, who said “Meeting cadets from Australia was a fantastic surprise. Learning about their different uniforms and discussing the differences were cool; and we got to share notes on band which was great.”

Despite a challenging time different (10 hours) we managed to make this work twice; with the Australian cadets calling in before breakfast; and the British cadets calling in towards the end of their parade night, the day before. It's just like having a TARDIS...

29/12/2025

Did you think it was quiet around here? Our Wing Aviation Officer, Sqn Ldr Adam Waudby has been taking a well earned break; and whilst on personal holiday down under to Australia ended up on camp with the Australian Air Force Cadets, supporting 344 Musicians Flight and 3 Wing!

Based at RAAF Richmond, near Sydney, for the week - he spent the week teaching and performing music with the 115 cadets and staff from around New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory; learning about the Australian Air Force Cadets and teaching them about what we do in the United Kingdom. This year saw their tenth anniversary concert, Echoes of a Decade; and also saw 325 (Goulburn) Squadron celebrating their Freedom of the City of Goulburn - with Adam performing in the band at both events to support.

All this came about because before taking post as the Wing Aviation Officer; Adam had a very successful 9 years as our Wing Music Officer - taking the Wing all over the country performing; making some friends (especially FLTLT(AAFC) Ben Simon - the OC of 344 Musician’s Flight; effectively the 3 Wing Band) in Australia along the way; hence the opportunity to work together. During COVID the Wing had a joint virtual performance with them; so being able to go over personally was the culmination of a long term plan!

Speaking about the experience, Adam commented: “It was fantastic to finally get to meet Ben and the team in person; and to be able to once again enjoy making music. I’ve always felt that music unites and is a common language; and to be able to go to the other side of the world and immediately fit into Ben’s team and teach and play was incredible. It was brilliant to be able to see my flag (the white rose of Yorkshire, naturally) hanging in the band room all week - alongside the Australian Southern Cross."

By the end of the week it was common place for the attending cadets and staff to greet Adam with “Ey up” getting a response of “G’day” and much learning and laughter occurred. (Every day they surprised him with a different Australian staple food - he just about managed to hold the Vegemite down…)

Massive thanks to the Australian Air Force Cadets for having him; and making him so welcome. We’re absolutely not considering sending him again next year…

22/11/2025

642 Aerospace Ground School, based at RAF Leeming, ran their first 1 day Bronze Wings course today for Central & East Yorkshire Wing cadets. From classroom lessons, outside practical activities and hands on simulator flying the cadets learnt lots and put it into practice to be ready for assessment late afternoon. The cadets had a great day learning and all managed to a pass the course.

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02/11/2025

Sixteen cadets from eight different Squadrons of the Wing were today awarded their Bronze Wings following the last of the two-day Courses at 642 AGS, RAF Leeming.

The Course was intense, demanding and enjoyable, and many valuable aviation-related lessons were learned.

The two-day course will now be superseded by a one-day course, which should enable a greater number of cadets to earn their Bronze Wings in the future.

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