{"id":137,"date":"2025-03-10T20:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/?p=137"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:26:27","slug":"meet-the-eagles-patrol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/meet-the-eagles-patrol\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Eagles Patrol!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Eagles?<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good question! Many patrols in Scouting are named after animals. At our Air Scout Troop, we use birds. We do this not only because birds fly, but also because each bird we use for our patrol names has an aircraft associated with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eagles (the bird variety!) can reach speeds of up to 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour) when diving for prey. Additionally, eagles have impressive wingspans, with some species, like the golden eagle, boasting wingspans of up to 7.5 feet (2.3 meters).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>F-15 Eagle<\/strong> is a highly advanced fighter aircraft. It is capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,875 miles per hour, which is classified as Mach 2. This makes it one of the fastest fighter jets in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"472\" data-id=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/patrol-badge-eagle-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"A badge with a blue and green background and a graphic of an eagles head in profile in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/patrol-badge-eagle-jpg.jpg 354w, https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/patrol-badge-eagle-jpg-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Eagles Patrol badge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" data-id=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1024px-Bald_eagle_at_the_Hawk_Conservancy_Trust_2-2.jpg\" alt=\"A bald eagle pictured from half-way up with one eye facing the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1024px-Bald_eagle_at_the_Hawk_Conservancy_Trust_2-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1024px-Bald_eagle_at_the_Hawk_Conservancy_Trust_2-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1024px-Bald_eagle_at_the_Hawk_Conservancy_Trust_2-2-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bald eagle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1024px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-15C_Eagle_\u201886-156_LN_45295709034.jpg\" alt=\"A fighter jet pictured mid-flight.\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1024px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-15C_Eagle_\u201886-156_LN_45295709034.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1024px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-15C_Eagle_\u201886-156_LN_45295709034-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1024px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-15C_Eagle_\u201886-156_LN_45295709034-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">McDonnell Douglas F-15<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Eagles? Good question! Many patrols in Scouting are named after animals. At our Air Scout Troop, we use birds. We do this not only because birds fly, but also&#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/meet-the-eagles-patrol\/\">Read More <i class=\"far fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-61st-adventures","tag-scouts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/61stdoncasterairscouts.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}