Originally Posted by
pr00ne
Gliding in 2019?
What is this obsession with Gliding in relation to potential aircrew in the military? How relevant is gliding to flying a Typhoon/Lightning/Voyager/Chinook/Posiedon? Surely gliding is a minority hobby indulged in by a tiny percentage of the population. Even back in the 60's when I went through it I do not recall a single mention of gliding by any of my contemporaries at AOTS/FTS's/OCU etc.
Is it at all of any relevance in 2019?
Should we be spending ANY of the MoD budget on it?
Aren't there still many MANY applications for each and every single pilot place in the training pipeline?
All I can say in reply to you is that I genuinely feel my gliding experience made me a far better powered pilot than I would otherwise have been.