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Scouts Go Gliding. On Tuesday 3rd June a small group of Scouts from the 37th joined up with several members of the 35th Wolverhampton Venture and set off for R.A.F. Cosford. After about fifteen minutes we arrived there and we all got off the minibus and messed around outside the guardroom having our pictures took. After about five minutes No.1 told us to get back into the minibus. There were about fifteen of us in the back and only enough seats for about ten, so the 37th Scouts were steamed all of the 35th Ventures, so there was enough room for us.

We had to follow a man in a car out of the airfield and we soon found ourselves speeding down the runway at Cosford at 100 miles per hour. We finally reached the hangars where the gliders were kept and we had to stay in the minibus to have a talk from the bloke in charge of the gliding.

When he had finished we all clambered out of the minibus and had a look around. We had to give our names in and we went on the gliders in that order. The first to go up out of the Scouts was Robert Cunningham. Before you got into the glider you had to put a parachute on, which made your mind start to wander. When he came down he told us how smart it was and also told us how the man lets you fly it single handed.

When it came to my turn I was pretty nervous while I was walking out towards the glider. I had to sit in the back, but you can still see for miles once you are up in the sky. The towing plane drew up in front of the glider that I was in. I could hear the men attaching the towing wire. I heard the plane engines rev and saw it pulling off. My stomach shot into my mouth and sweat dripped down my back like the Niagara Falls. The man in front was saying something to me but I took no notice. My mind was too bothered about whether it had took off the ground.

The gliding was really ace though, and after everyone had been up in one we left the gliding field and went over to the hangar where some more Scouts were doing go-karting. After a couple of minutes I had a go in a go-kart. They were dead fast and difficult to handle when we went around one corner because there was a mixture of water and petrol on the floor. Apart from this obstacle the course was good and well thought out. We left Cosford and returned home. Peter Cheese.

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