I am convinced the Vigilants will fly somewhere again in some shape or form.
I don't believe they will be under the LAA banner though. And almost certainly not in the UK, and definitely not under the RAF/Air Cadet banner.
Which is sad. They earned their money when they were in service. I think there is certainly a political issue somewhere in the background either in MoD, the RAF or the ACO that does not like seeing Motorised aircraft operated by non-RAF pilot volunteer staff. I think they are not really in favour of aircraft being operated by volunteers full stop TBH but they 'accept' conventional gliders (just).
This engineering debacle suited them to just 'compartmentalise' what is left into a no-productive, expensive sideshow.........
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