Darn it!!! 😀

Quite right trumper, but even then the interest is there and from wherever it came, answering the OP’s question – obviously aviation can still attract young enthusiasts! :eagerness:

People shouldn’t just focus on schools & education when they consider experiences that young people can gain from aviation.

At Newark Air Museum they have an active programme that is designed to engage with the ATC, plus Cubs and Scouts.

Members of 1237 (North Hykeham) Squadron, Air Training Corps (ATC) are active participants at many NAM organised events, including: aircraft opening; writing articles for the newsletter; vehicle marshalling at event like next weekend’s Tribute to the Lightning; and ceremonial roles like the recent memorial dedication, as detailed in this link!

As I’ve posted elsewhere about these parts the Aviation and Air Researcher Badges with the Cubs and Scouts provide a great way for organisations to engage with young people. Earlier this year I delivered one such session for a group of Scouts and one of the female members of the Pack asked to be formally invested into her Patrol in a ceremony held inside the Wessex helicopter – something that she’ll hopefully remember for a long while!

As part of that Pack’s onward development work for the Aviation Badge they were going paragliding.

Young people (male and female) are a lot more interested in aviation than some people seem prepared to give them credit for.

CH, as for the scope of the project it’s worth scrolling to the bottom of this page http://www.ahleducation.org.uk/frequently_asked_qestions.html to see the project’s supporters / mentors!

As for uptake, I am aware that the combined pupil participation targets that have been set for the sites are well in to 5 figures!!

Others perhaps ought to take a leaf out of Lincolnshire’s book – successful at all levels and funded for another two and a half years!

Guess what there’re still lots of inspirational teachers around and many of them are female!! :rolleyes:

Try this one for the former Cockpit-Fest winner http://wh779.webs.com/ :eagerness:

Almost a biennial topic and theme re Building Regulations for Nissen Huts and don’t forget T2s. Here’s a post of mine from 2011 whilst commenting on Sywell’s excellent ‘Paul Morgan Hall’:

“Newark only managed to secure a set of hoops for its Engine Hall the cladding was completely beyond use.

To secure Planning Permission they had to agree to plastic coated cladding to match the existing buildings and it was completed with only a single set of sheets – seemingly hence the condensation issues.

As the structural calculations indicated that the building would fall down, one of the trustees had to identify exiting sites that used Nissen Huts so the Building Regs people could go out on site and see existing units standing safely!”

Good luck with the work up there, get the building calculations done manually and don’t rely on computers, which say they will fall down!!

Footnote: NAM’s issue with Nissen Huts was back in the late 1980s!