Spring 2006 - Contents

Editorial - A few words from Stu Clarke, our Editor

Adventure Racing - Up here for thinking, down there for dancing – ‘Just watching Trans World Sport and seeing those committed souls making their way over some of the most demanding terrain South America had to offer could not satisfy me any longer’.

Model Aircraft Flying - The Royal Air Force Model Aircraft Association exists to “increase the effectiveness of the RAF by stimulating the interest of Service personnel in the science and art of flying”…interested? Read on.

Basketball – RAF Summer Camp success!

Dinghy Sailing– with the RAF Sailing Association – A guide to starting this most exhilarating of sports in time for the Olympics in 2012.

Exercise Golden Eagle – Kindly reproduced from RAF Brize Norton’s ‘Gateway’ magazine.

Exercise Yosemite Tiger Trail – A major overseas expedition, Ex Yosemite Tiger Trail, to Yosemite National Park, California proved to be a huge challenge to those who took part.

Flying Club - RAF Lyneham Flying Club embark on a 3000 mile adventure to Gibraltar (and back!)

Ironman - Triathlon – Following on from last editions coverage of the Inter-Services Championship in Cyprus, RAF Active is proud to report on the two extremes of the sport. Have you ever thought of giving Triathlon a go?

Marathon Des Sable - A reflective look back to the exploits of another ‘lamb to the slaughter’ for the Sahara Desert!

Marathon Prep – Yes, it is that time again where the brave, gullible and fit assemble on the start line of the London Marathon. Teaming up with Leonard Cheshire again, RAF Active has followed the progress of Flt Lt Penny Grayson as she counts down the days to face her nemesis.

Coast to Coast with the RAF Cycling Club – Whitehaven in Cumbria to Sunderland in Tyne & Wear, a distance of 140 miles….read about the event from Sqn Ldr Gabriel Sexton.

RAF Judo Championship 2005 – More from this world of skill, strength and endurance. Reported by SAC Rob Jolly

Underwater Hockey – Sqn Ldr Salmon, RAF Active Founder and Editor in Chief, discovers yet more madness from the poolside.

RAF Wakeboard and Water Ski Club - Do you know the difference between a lipslide and a half-cab, or between your nosebone and your tailscratcher? Sqn Ldr Andy Fell summarises last year’s performances.