Air Apprentice Blue

Air Apprentice Scout Badge Blue Woven and Bound 1941 to 1964

The Air Apprentice Badge was worn on the Right arm in between the shoulder and elbow.

A scout could not gain any more than 6 proficiency badges before gaining a First Class scout badge.

To Earn this badge a scout must do the following 

(1) Know the proper conduct to adopt, and the ordinary safety precautions to follow, when on an airfield or near aircraft. 

(2) Know how to be of assistance to a Pilot when taxying or picketing an aircraft.

(3) Understand the purpose of a signals area at an airfield, and know at least six different signals that might be there displayed, and know the standard Aldis Lamp and Very Light signals used on airfields. 

(4) (a) Be able to point out the following moveable control  surfaces of an aircraft and describe their functions : Rudder ; elevators; ailerons; flaps.  (b) Know the meaning of the -following terms: Fuselage; main plane; tail-plane; leading edge;  monoplane dihedral sweep-back.  (5) Know how to be of assistance in the event of an aircraft crash.