I was working my way up the Silver ladder at Bruggen in 66 and they “gave” me a Bronze C on the strength of having one Silver C leg!
Managed to finish the Silver with a distance flight to Leige in the Ka2 on my last weekend at Brugen before returning to the UK to start work the following week.
Fantastic experience for an 18 year old! Thank you Phoenix G.C. and Flt.Lt. Ray Passfield.
That' sounds like fun in a Ka2 !......and probably a better way to get to Liege than driving.....
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Isn't that a bit too high performance for the 'needs' of training cadets to solo standard? "
This is purely hypothetical now, however, the K13 would have been an ideal training aircraft for Cadet Bloggs...it's simple,
very benign and easy to fly whilst being robust enough to absorb " firm arrivals ".....excellent view from the rear as well...which is why so many are still in use as a basic trainer today.