Cadet Hannah Fryer aged 16 from 759 Beccles squadron returned home from the Air Cadet Organisation National concert band Camp at the RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, the proud owner of an Air training corps concert band musicians badge and knowing that she is the first cadet of 759 Beccles squadron to ever attend the camp.
Most of her mornings, evenings and occasional lunch times was devoted to practising for the concert in the hall at the end of the week in front of friends, family and squadron staff. Dining in at night is a big part of the annual camp and this year was special as it was Squadron Leader Peter Slaney’s last camp as head of music.
She still managed to fit in many activities throughout the week including, shooting, RAF fitness test, football, bowling, team building exercise, FAMEX (familiarisation exercise) and drill (ready for the inter flight competition). Cadet Hannah Fryer enjoyed the team building games like Evolution, she says “I was photographer for the exercise and I certainly had a laugh watching the flight amble their way round a forest, blindfolded, trying to climb over, under and through obstacles”. After a tour round Cranwell College hall, the drill competition took place outside the front of the College hall, which B flight won by one point!
Cadet Hannah Fryer and 43 other cadets also got the opportunity to visit RAF Scampton, the home of the Red arrows display team. Were she watched their new display and also the GYPO team (second year pilots) do a very action packed daring display, before the EDNA team (first year pilots, including Kirsty Moore) did a slightly more relaxed basic manoeuvres display.