The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer youth organisation of the United Kingdom; aligned to, and fostering the knowledge and learning of military values, primarily focussing on military aviation. Part of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC), the ATC is sponsored by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the wider Ministry of Defence (MoD). The majority of Air Training Corps staff are volunteers, though some staff are paid for full-time work; including Commandant Air Cadets, who is a Royal Air Force officer as part of a Full Term Reserve Service commitment.
Tail of the Grob Tutor T1 'Kilo-Golf' aircraft as used by members of the Air Training Corps. ATC cadets would normally wear a flying suit, a helmet, and a parachute; in some cases, a life jacket is also required.
The Tutor T1 is used to provide Air Experience Flights to ATC cadets.
Air cadets learn the basics of flight at RNAS St Merryn in Cornwall, February 1944.
Slingsby Cadet TX.3 glider used by the ATC from 1953 to 1986.
The Grob G 115 is a general aviation fixed-wing aircraft, primarily used for flight training. It is built in Germany by Grob Aircraft. The E variant with a 3-blade variable pitch propeller is in service with the Finnish Air Force, the Royal Navy and Army Air Corps for Flying Grading and in the Royal Air Force as part of No. 6 Flying Training School which provides flying to both University Air Squadrons and Air Experience Flights to Cadets of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets. As of 2020, the Tutor is still being used by the RAF for some Elementary Flying Training (3FTS) but is due to be phased out in favour of its replacement, the more advanced Prefect T1.
Grob G 115
Grob G 115A of the Lancashire Aero Club at Manchester (Barton) Aerodrome in 2004 showing the vertical fin of this early version.
Grob G 115E Tutor T1 of the RAF arrives at the 2019 RIAT, England.