Heads in their Flying Machines
Winning Head David Meredith prepares to take off
Every regional winner of the Royal Air Force Award for Headteacher of the Year in a Secondary School gets the chance to sit in a pilot's seat and fly with a 'flight tutor'. From the ground, their pupils can only stand and watch, awestruck!
Last term Dai Meredith, head of Perryfields High School in Sandwell, took a party of 15 students to Cosford, the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering near Wolverhampton. His flight was supervised by the University of Birmingham Air Squadron.
'The flight prize was an exhilarating experience and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience,' he says. 'The hospitality for my staff and students was first class and it was certainly a day to remember.'
