For the girls and boys of the Giulio Douhet Military Aeronautics School of the Air Force, a week of flying activities at the 202nd Flying Group of the 60th Wing of Guidonia.
concluded on Friday 5 July, at the 60° Wing in Guidonia, the Gliding familiarisation course dedicated to the students of the Vega course of Military Aviation School “Giulio Douhet” in Florence.
The course began with a theoretical part dedicated to acquiring some basic notions of radio phraseology, glider flight aerodynamics, and the flight instruments on the glider.
Subsequently, the volatile phase began during which the The trainees had the chance to fly a glider. “G103 Twin Astir”along with the pilot instructors of the 202nd Flying Group of the 60th Wing.
The glider flying familiarisation course represents the first phase of the project “Young Eagles”foreseen by the Institute's Educational Offer Plan and which, through a series of aeronautical activities, aims to increase and consolidate the passion that young students have for flying.
The second phase – scheduled for the second year of attendance at the School – consists instead of Familiarisation flights aboard U208A powered aircraft. In their final year, Douhet students finally have the opportunity to undertake a series of motivational flights at one or more Italian Air Force Wings.
The Military Aviation School “Giulio Douhet”, inaugurated in 2006, is a Upper secondary school which offers courses for the final three years in classical and scientific streams, accessed through public competition. The aim of the Institute is to foster balanced growth in students from a human, cultural, moral, physical, and character perspective, so that they possess the necessary skills to become good citizens and face the challenges of the future, regardless of each student's future life choices.
It 60° Wing In Guidonia, it is directly under the command of the Air Force Schools Command and, among its institutional tasks, it carries out glider flight training for the cadets of the “Giulio Douhet” Military School, the Pilot Officer Cadets of the Air Force Academy, the Reserve Pilot Officer Cadets, as well as for pilots of other Armed Forces and Armed Corps.
Glider endorsement, maintenance activity, and advanced mountain flying endorsement have, for some years now, been an integral part of the training process for obtaining a military pilot licence for the Air Force Academy's cadet pilots. The Wing is also involved in Air Force propaganda activities through the organisation and management of Aviation Culture Courses, which take place annually in some Italian cities and are aimed at students in the final three years of secondary school.
