Advanced Aviation Skills

Advanced Aviation Skills Explorer Badge Post 2002

Activity badges are worn on the left arm and in the order in which they are earned.

To gain this badge, Explorer Scouts must complete the requirements below:

1.       Hold the Advanced Aviation Skills Badge from the Scout section or the Explorer Scout Aviation Skills Badge.

2.       Organise a visit to an airfield and arrange a suitable programme for a group of Scouts, including the necessary briefings, or give a presentation to a group of Scouts on an aviation topic using a self made video film or set of slides.

3.       Assist a light aircraft pilot in his duties before and after a flight (for example, moving an aircraft, strapping in, starting up, picketing) or assist a glider pilot with ground handling and launching his aircraft, and be able to assist after a field landing.

4.       Plan a journey by air to a destination on the other side of the world of at least three legs, giving airline, dates and times of departures, en route stops and arrival points (in both local time and universal time). Calculate both flying and elapsed times.

5.       Explain the workings and errors of aircraft compasses and other main instruments (altimeter, air speed indicator etc).

6.       Explain the principles of a jet engine (centrifugal or axial compressor types) and identify the main components of such an engine, or discuss the characteristics of piston engines, turbojets, turboprops, turbofans, ramjets and rockets.

7.       Explain the system of controlled airspace and the air traffic control organisation in the United Kingdom and European Union countries.

8.       From the list of Aviation Skills training activities, complete a further six items from at least four different sections.