RAF Air Cadets · Weybridge, Surrey
Adventure starts at Brooklands
We are 11F (Brooklands) Squadron. We meet where Britain learned to fly, race and build aeroplanes — and we have done since 1938.
Opposite Concorde
- Formed
- 1938A founder squadron of the Air Cadets
- Parades at
- BrooklandsWeybridge, opposite Concorde
- Open to
- Age 12+From Year 8, no experience needed
- Parade nights
- [TODO: nights][TODO: times]
What we do
What cadets actually do
None of it happens in a classroom, and most of it is hard to get at anywhere else on a weeknight in Weybridge.
Fly
Flying and gliding
Air experience flights in a light aircraft, and gliding with the Air Cadets' own volunteer crews. It costs you nothing.
What flying involves
Explore
Adventure and fieldcraft
Hills, kayaks, navigation and cam cream. Learning to live and work outdoors with people who have your back.
Adventure training
Compete
Shooting and sport
Target shooting under qualified supervision. Squadron teams compete at wing, regional and national level.
What shooting involves
Lead
Leadership and qualifications
Take charge of a team, work through your DofE, and leave with qualifications that hold up on a UCAS form.
What you can qualify in
Our story
Founded 1938. Home again.
11F was formed in the summer of 1938 as one of the founding squadrons of the Air Defence Cadet Corps, helped along by the racing drivers and pilots of Brooklands. Sir Malcolm Campbell even kept his Blue Bird land-speed record car in one of our huts during the war.
In March 2025 we marched back in. 11F is the only cadet unit in the country operating from its original home.
Read our historyParade nights
When and where we parade
- Parade nights
- [TODO: nights]
[TODO: times, e.g. 19:15–21:30] - Where
- Brooklands Museum
Brooklands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0SL
Opposite Concorde. Map and directions - Who to ask
- Officer Commanding: Flt Lt Barry Poulter RAFAC
Phone: [TODO: phone]
Email: [TODO: email]
Get involved
Where do you fit in?
New to the Air Cadets?
You can join from Year 8, or age 12. You do not need to want to join the RAF — most cadets do not.
How to joinA parent or guardian?
Safeguarding, costs, timings and how we keep in touch — the practical answers in one place.
For parentsWant to help out?
Adults keep the squadron flying, in uniform or out of it. No RAF background needed.
Volunteer with usVisit us
Come and see for yourself
Message us and we will invite you along to a parade night. Bring a parent or guardian, wear something comfortable, and have a look around.