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Old 3rd Jun 2019, 17:04
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Yellow Sun
 
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Originally Posted by Wander00
At what age can youngsters fly a glider solo with a BGA Club? Thought so. Why can the ACO not achieve the same? Answers on a postcard.......
Quite simply, the public attitude to “risk” has been conditioned to regard anything the least out of the ordinary as dangerous:

Cue Daily Whail headline about children flying ‘planes before they can drive cars!!!!!!!

At the same time the MoD appetite for “risk” has diminished to close to zero.

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