Another nail in the Cadet coffin
Well the Air Cadets certainly did not get anything from the scandal, and the 'carpet sweep' just got bigger. Amazing how one minute they were going to sell these airframes to subsidise a few for themselves and suddenly, 'Oh its uneconomic' we have to scrap them !!!.
I wonder what happened to the engines, props, and instruments as they would have had a value.
Well the LAA did not think they were scrap, so how did they suddenly 'age' in storage.
The whole refurbishment plan was a nonsense, and a financial one to boot. The aircraft had performed for years in its original state, and had many hours of life left with a simple engine that could be easily OH. It is amazing how much effort can go into trying to cover up the inability of the MOD to keep a fleet of Gliders and SLMG serviceable. All that has happened is there is absolutely no confidence or capability within the service to do anything themselves and that money has poured into 'outsourced' bodies that have also failed to perform. We need to get 'YES MINISTER' back with a new series as the scripts are already there, and the whole sorry process is alive and well.
In fact the whole Motor Glider scenario for the Cadet force had performed well, and was able to fit in with both military and civil airfields with ease. Compared with winches and cables that do not readily interface with power operations and normally utilise a dedicated site the Vig fleet was a step forward for the organisation and was very flexible. As an AE operation it was both available and economic, and it certainly gave the Cadet organisation flying for all.