Carpet Sweep Under
[QUOTE=Arclite01;10694653]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.........
Absolutely ARC, the machines mainly flew to where they are now and I suspect in practice could fly out again. This was all about A... Covering. and there were so many A......'s the carpet would have had many bumps in it.
However what they failed to disprove is the fact that a VOLUNTEER CIVILIAN force managed to deliver excellent ab initio flying training to solo standard in a SLMG for many years with an enviable record of performance and safety. The fact that the 'students' were not streamed or selected just goes to show how well the system worked (we know that anyway). We all know who let the system down, and it was not those at the coal face.