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==Worldwide== | ==Worldwide== | ||
===Australia=== | |||
[[Scouts Australia]] has an active Air Scouting program. The Air Scouts in Western Australia offer a wide range of both flying and ground based activities. The air activities include flights in light aircraft, helicopters, gliders and hot air balloons. Some members who like to "live on the edge" have gone parachuting and have taken aerobatic flights. Ground based activities include visits to airports and air museums, radio controlled model flight, aero modelling and camping on airfields. Organisations such as the Flying Doctor Service, Police Air Wing and the RAC Rescue helicopter assist greatly in air activities. Scouts have progressed to taking flying lessons. One of the most commonly enjoyed days out by Groups is the tour of Jandakot Airport. There are two Air Scout Groups, these are the Bullsbrook and Morley Groups. | |||
===Bangladesh=== | |||
[[Bangladesh Scouts]] has an Air Scouts programme and is a branch of Scouting for their Rover section, not a separate organisation. Organisationally [[Bangladesh Scouts]] has a separate region for Air Scout among its 11 regions.<ref> [http://www.banglascouts.150m.com/organization.htm Bangladesh Scouts Organisation] </ref>. | |||
The only known open Air Rover Units in Bangladesh is the TigerShark Open Scout Group which meets at the BAF Shaheen College, Dhaka. <ref> [http://www.tigersharkopen.20m.com]</ref> and the Rovers of the Samatat Open Scout Group also located in Dhaka. <ref> [http://samatat-scout.org]</ref> | |||
All Scouting sections in [[Bangladesh]] follow the same programme for their section but those Scout Groups with an Air Rover Scouts section then add a aeronautical flavour to the programme and activities. | |||
Many Units meet more than once a week in the summer period and the additional meetings are used to develop aeronautical skills and airmanship training. It is not training for an Air Force career, although Air Scout training can be very useful for young people who are so interested. | |||
===Greece=== | ===Greece=== | ||
Air Scouting in Greece is an active part of the Soma Hellinon Proskopon ([[Scouts of Greece]]) with a vibrant aviation programme and they are organised into their own Administrative Region [http://www.sep.org.gr/aeroproskopoi/eforiaaerENG.html] with approximately 57 Air Scout Groups currently established. The first of these Air Scout Groups was founded in 1937. The Greek word for Air Scouts is Aeroproskopoi. | Air Scouting in Greece is an active part of the Soma Hellinon Proskopon ([[Scouts of Greece]]) with a vibrant aviation programme and they are organised into their own Administrative Region [http://www.sep.org.gr/aeroproskopoi/eforiaaerENG.html] with approximately 57 Air Scout Groups currently established. The first of these Air Scout Groups was founded in 1937. The Greek word for Air Scouts is Aeroproskopoi. | ||
