Congratulations to Corporal James Munday from 1094 Ely Squadron Air Cadets who completed his first Solo Parachute jump yesterday.
Corporal Munday attended the Parachute course at MOD Netheravon which is a joint services parachute training centre and is the home of the Red Devils Army Parachute Display Team.
James spent last weekend training with The Army Parachute Association instructors in the huge jump school hanger but was unable to jump until this weekend due to poor weather. He liked it so much that he will be jumping again this afternoon.
James has now earned his Air Cadet Parachute Badge which he can proudly wear in uniform. Well done James, jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft is normally not what we do as Air Cadets but we cant wait to hear what you thought about this very different form of “flying”.
Static line parachute jumps still entail an element of “freefall” before the Parachute deploys and then you have to be able to fly a complete circuit and land safely just like our cadets are trained to do when flying gliders.
It takes determination dedication and bravery to complete such a challenging course and James’ smile says it all.
The Royal Air Force Air Cadets are recruiting now for adult volunteers to join an already thriving staff team. Please click on the link below to find out more:
https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/want-to-join/
From 1094 Ely Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets
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