Just wanted to ask if anyone has any experiences from camps or even events that they deem worth sharing. I think it would be nice to see if anyone shares the same experiences?
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I’ve been on a few camps with very busy schedules so it’s tough to pick a particular experience or event since I thoroughly enjoyed all of it! That said, here are a few of my favourites:
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Having a tour of the Red Arrows hangar with all of the aircraft in it, as well as talking to some of the engineers and mechanics
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A private airshow at RAF Syerston, with a car show full of Aston Martins and Ferraris
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Getting to see the heritage hangar at RAF Wittering with different iterations of the Harrier, with an ex-harrier pilot tour guide
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Getting a flight in a Chinook
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Giving my experience as a cadet here (currently a CI after taking a few years out for uni, so haven’t managed to get on a camp now I’m back in just yet) - but I definitely do have some good highlights!
- Spending my first fieldcraft camp doing a night exercise on (what once was) RAF Lyneham (and getting arguably the best dessert from a ration pack on the whole camp)
- AEF in a Squirrel at Shawbury in my first actual summer camp
- Being able to try the helicopter training at Shawbury with a VR headset (and having little to no margin of error with the actual training)
- The various IRN-BRU slushies of RIAT 2018 (and a shout out to Canberra Flight of that year for being the loudest flight on camp)
- Being able to meet the prior Commandant (Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty) and getting a selfie with her at an event in my wing
- Flight on a Voyager Air-to-Air Refuelling sortie
- A couple of flights on the A400M Atlas (including one to open the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in my final year)
- Having the opportunity to meet Sqn Ldr “Johnny” Johnson for the RAF100 celebrations
- Assisting in holding interviews with ex-servicemen to keep their stories alive for RAF100
…I feel like I definitely did quite a fair bit! 
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