Originally Posted by
beardy
You seem to have missed the point of DEMONSTRABLY safe. The gliding schools, run by skilled and enthusiastic volunteers kept inadequate records, for reasons which were systemic. As you are aware, but willingly overlook, the tragic loss of life in AEF flying had nothing to do with contract supply of aircraft.
I think you will find it is the maintenance records that have not been kept NOT the flying records. Who failed to properly keep the records has been the subject of considerable debate on this forum. So it was not the enthusiastic volunteers who are guilty of keeping inadequate records.