The platinum Wings is a successful mission flying over CAC and placing a box of Special K upon his SD hat
I’m pretty sure Silver are for solo flights either through a gliding scholarship with one of the VGSs or at ACPS. I’m sure I’ve seen a few posts shared recently on the book of faces of FSCs getting silver wings for first solos.
My comment was a response to this post (amongst others):
At this time that is correct … however note I said that Drone /RPAS course is developed so in time they are going to be offering a sliver type course for this and if passes they will also qualify for the sliver wings
Blockquote
ACP1358 now incorporates the option for qualified RAFAC CFAVs to wear metal flying and space qualification badges, which are private purchase through the RAF Benevolent Fund :
Apparently proposals were made to produce metal cadet aviation progressive training syllabus badges (Blue/ Bronze), as well as RAFAC Silver / Gold Flying Badge and Civilian Flying Badge, but this option was not adopted. Also, I hear the small number of cadets entitled to wear the Reserve Pilot (Glider) badge have been told they cannot wear the metal version as it’s not listed for cadet wear, only for CFAV, in ACP1358.
This could do with a rethink and the current position denies funds for RAFBF but also means that cadets cannot demonstrate their progress in aviation other than wearing the BG jersey. We should be doing all we can to raise funds for the RAFBF and showcasing cadet achievement!
Excellent, I have a set, I’ll wear them on my RAFAC polo shirt! 