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'''Air Scouts''' are members of the international [[Scouting]] movement, and as with [[Sea Scouts]], '''Air Scouts''' are primarily Scouts with a particular emphasis on aviation-based activities and themes. | '''Air Scouts''' are members of the international [[Scouting]] movement, and as with [[Sea Scouts]], '''Air Scouts''' are primarily Scouts with a particular emphasis on aviation-based activities and themes. | ||
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Many Air Scouts often wear a slightly different variant of their respective standard Scouting movement's uniform or additional uniform badges. | Many Air Scouts often wear a slightly different variant of their respective standard Scouting movement's uniform or additional uniform badges. | ||
==History== | |||
Major Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Robert Baden-Powell]]'s youngest brother, was the first who brought flying-based activities into Scouting. | |||
==Air Scout Leaders== | ==Air Scout Leaders== | ||
Many leaders of Air Scout Groups are often aviation enthusiasts or practicioners, or may be existing or retired Air Force members or Pilots or Aviation Instructors who are willing to pass their experience on to the Scouts. Of course they still receive standard and advanced Leadership training - like the '''Woodbadge'''. | |||
==Official Aviation Support== | |||
In many countries, logistical or other support may be provided by the respective countries National Civil Aero Organisation or National Air Forces in providing meeting rooms, access to specialist equipment or other such support. | |||
Some countries even provide a national recognition scheme for those who achieve agreed standards with the Air Scouts in the UK and Brunei as examples. | |||
==Worldwide== | ==Air Scouts Worldwide== | ||
===Australia=== | ===Australia=== | ||