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Description

Practise your phonetic alphabet and test your manoeuvres as you try to be the best pilot.

Courtesy of The Scout Association
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/chase-the-ace/

Resources

Chalk
Masking tape
Copies of the phonetic alphabet (see attached file)

Instructions

Learn the phonetic alphabet
1. The person leading the game should say the letters ‘m’ and ‘n’, then the letters ‘f’ and ‘s’.
[Depending on the person’s accent, they could pick any two letters which sound similar.]

2. Everyone should notice how similar they sound, and how it might be difficult to tell them apart. When could this be really important (for example, in a grid reference, a code, or an aircraft’s number)? [The person leading the game should explain that the phonetic alphabet helps us tell letters apart when we’re communicating, and that it’s especially useful for people like pilots, policemen, and soldiers.]

3. The person leading the game should give out copies of the phonetic alphabet, so everyone can see one.

4. Everyone should read through the alphabet together, so they know how to say all of the words.

5. Everyone should look at the words for each letter in their name, so they know what to listen out for.

Chase the ace
1. The person leading the game should mark two separate areas to be the two hangars. They should be opposite each other. [You could mark two circles on the floor, or label two walls.]

2. Split into two groups. One group should stand in each hangar. [Each hangar should have a few copies of the phonetic alphabet in case any pilots get stuck and grounded. Make sure they’re out of the way so no one slips on them.]

3. The person leading the game should choose one or two people to be the air traffic controllers. Everyone else is a pilot of their own aircraft.

4. The air traffic controllers should stand in the middle of the hangars.

5. One air traffic controller should call out a letter from the phonetic alphabet.

6. Any pilots who have that letter in their name should leave their hangar, and try to make it to the other hangar without being caught by the air traffic controllers.

7. If an air traffic controller tags a pilot, the pilot becomes an air traffic controller too.

8. Repeat steps five to seven until there is only one pilot left. They’re the ace – the best pilot there is.

Take it further
You could play this game with other codes and signals, such as semaphore or morse code. This would be a great way to practice your knowledge before writing messages to work towards requirement five of the Cub Communicator Activity Badge.

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Badge Links

• Air Activities - Phonetic Message
• Air Activities - Phonetics
• Communicator - Code
• Teamwork - Team game