Half a century ago I was a staff cadet at 631 GS Sealand.
Every weekend winch driving and cable towing followed by a couple of solos in a T21b.
Flew the Mk3 but preferred the T21b.
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One day a student stalled a Mk3 in from a few hundred feet, it broke up comprehensively on impact, but, remarkably, he walked away from it.
What amazed me was that the cable release wire didn't cause him serious harm as it ran vertically between his legs.