Take Part
If you are serving in the Royal Air Force and your station is participating in the project, please contact the Storybook Wings Administrator directly (your local HIVE will know who this is). Stations which currently have recording equipment are:
| RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) | RAF Benson | RAF Boulmer |
| RAF Coningsby | RAF Corsham | RAF Cosford |
| RAF Cottesmore | RAF Cranwell | RAF Digby |
| RAF Gibraltar | RAF Halton | RAF Henlow |
| RAF High Wycombe | RAF Honington | RAF Kinloss |
| RAF Kuwait | RAF Leeming | RAF Leuchars |
| RAF Lossiemouth | RAF Lyneham | RAF Marham |
| RAF Odiham | RAF Personnel Kandahar | RAF Personnel Quatar |
| RAF Shawbury | MoD St Athan | RAF St Mawgan |
| RAF Wittering | RAF Waddington | RAF Valley |
If you would like any further information on the project, please contact the Storybook Wings Coordinator on 01780 783838 ext 7538 or email us
Become a Volunteer Editor
We always welcome new Volunteer Editors, and would love to hear from you if you would like to join our pool. No previous experience is necessary, just basic computer skills, a spare day a week to offer the project and plenty of enthusiasm!
For more information please contact the Storybook Wings Coordinator on 01780 783838 ext 7538 or by email
How it works
Parents are given access to a recorder and a booklet of stories and record their chosen story, along with a personal greeting. Once recorded, the stories are sent to the Storybook Wings Coordinator along with a Proforma (a cover sheet containing deployment information and the address for the CD to be sent to) and are then professionally edited using specialist software.
The recording is edited using a two stage process. First, any mistakes or distortions are removed. Secondly, music and appropriate sound effects are added, transforming the story into a unique keepsake. The finished story is then downloaded to a CD. It takes two to three hours for an experienced Editor to edit a 10 minute story.
The completed CD is sent to the children in a personalised CD cover, and is ready for them to listen to whenever they like; at bedtime, in the car or even at school during ‘show and tell’!
