Originally Posted by
Bigpants
VFM value for money, not convinced the Tutor and the current system works well enough but funnily enough the old system with a Chipmunk did not kill any cadets while AEF flying and flew for decades under military management and engineering.
I can remember an occurence back in the mid '60s ( I was an ATC cadet and had just had my first Chipmunk flight from White Waltham so it was of 'interest' to me) where, after a mid-air near Reading, the cadet in the back seat was unable to bale out of the Chipmunk and was killed.