Report on the accident to Grob 115E Tutor , G-BYUT and the Grob 115E Tutor, G-BYVN near Porthcawl, South Wales

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Aircraft Accident Report 6/2010
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Department for Transport

Report on the accident to Grob 115E Tutor, G-Byut and Grob 115E Tutor, G-BYVN near Porthcawl, South Wales on 11 February 2009

The two aircraft collided at about 3,000 ft agl, whilst conducting air experience flights for two teenage cadets who were members of the Air Training Corps.
The aircraft were being flown by Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots and each carried an air cadet as a passenger. The pilots were staff members of the RAF's Number 1 Air Experience Flight (AEF), based at St Athan Airfield near Cardiff.  Number 1 AEF, along with other AEFs throughout the United Kingdom, exists to provide air experience flying for members of the Air Training Corps and the RAF wing of the Combined Cadet Force.  Number 1 AEF was co-located with, and formed part of the University of Wales Air Squadron (UWAS)