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Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2023, 14:52
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

I did a few Easter courses in the late 60s and it...

I did a few Easter courses in the late 60s and it always amused me that the quality of cadets on those courses differed from the usual weekend types. Presumably this was because they were largely...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jul 2018, 14:17
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

Unless things have changed a lot since my day...

Unless things have changed a lot since my day (T21/Mk3) I would have thought that it was difficult to integrate civillian and ATC gliding training, although perhaps not impossible. My civil training ...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2018, 10:53
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

As a gliding instructor I found that teaching CCF...

As a gliding instructor I found that teaching CCF cadets, usually during Easter or Summer courses, was very different from the usual run of the mill weekend students. In my experience, CCF cadets...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2018, 17:26
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

I thought it was the AEF for which ATC (radar?)...

I thought it was the AEF for which ATC (radar?) was deemed necessary. If so, I cannot say that I am surprised. When Old Sarum was an RAF Station with a large grass airfield with no marked out...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2018, 16:52
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

I spent nearly every weekend for 10 years...

I spent nearly every weekend for 10 years gliding, initially at BGA clubs, and then as an ATC instructor. I honestly cannot remember ever hearing any instructor shouting at any student. Taking as...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Dec 2017, 18:13
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

Nah. Bungy launching is the true gentleman's way...

Nah. Bungy launching is the true gentleman's way to get airborne.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2016, 16:40
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

A friend of mine was a Squadron Leader engineer...

A friend of mine was a Squadron Leader engineer who retired in 1995. I was showing him David Hill's excellent book, "Their Greatest Disgrace" which describes in great detail the failings of those...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2016, 20:03
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

What's happened to the Vintage Flight at...

What's happened to the Vintage Flight at Hullavington. They've got a full set of SG38, MkIII and T21, all flying last time I looked.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2016, 09:38
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

I may be wrong but I thought that civilian...

I may be wrong but I thought that civilian instructors with no previous military experience instruct in the Grobs used for Pilot Grading, I have known two. Why should similarly qualified and...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2016, 18:20
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,768,842
Posted By pulse1

This used to be so true that, in my long gone...

This used to be so true that, in my long gone days instructing with 622, they introduced the course to enable younger cadets to do 30 launches when they were too young to solo. I was told that this...
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