Originally Posted by
chevvron
I've made this point in the 'other' thread in the military section.
Air Cadets don't 'need' a high perf.glass ship for the 'proficiency' badge (later re-named BGT or Basic Gliding Training badge; probably something else nowadays) as you're initially only trained to 'first' solo and the MK3 fulfilled this role adequately, trouble is no-one makes a 'low performance' trainer nowadays and a true Mk 3 replacement would need designing from scratch.
But would it need designing from scratch? What design deficiencies would need to be addressed if it was put back into production? I soloed at Kenly in one and it seemed OK to me, but I'm no expert on this.