| Air Scouts | |||
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| Owner | The Scout Association | ||
| Age range | 10½–14 | ||
| Headquarters | Gilwell Park | ||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
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| Website http://scouts.org.uk/scouts | |||
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Air Scouts are a branch of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom dedicated to flying and aeronautical activities such as air navigation, identification, flying and gliding. The branch were first formed in 1941 although air activities had been a part of the Scout programme in the UK since 1911.[1] They can be located anywhere but are usually located within easy transport distance of an airfield.
Air Scouts may be organised as Air Scout Groups, where there is an aeronautical focus for all sections offered by the group, or as individual Air Scout troops within a larger group that may not share the same focus. Younger members of an Air Scout group, in the Beaver Scout (6-8 years of age) and Cub Scout (8-10½ years of age) sections, follow the same programme and wear the same uniform as those in 'Land Scouts' as the Air Scouts specialism only begins at age 10. However members in Air Scout troops (10½-14 years of age) and Air Explorer units (14-18 years of age) wear a different uniform and follow a more aeronautical focus within the current Scout programme.[2]
- ^ Blackman, Sophie, ed. (2019). Scouts: The stories that built a movement (1 ed.). London: Studio Press. p. 104. ISBN 9781787415546.
- ^ "Introduction to Air Scouting". members.scouts.org.uk. The Scout Association. Retrieved 16 October 2020.