This was my first solo in 1949 at North Weald:-
It is a Mark I Cadet...We didn't have any two seaters then. It had no instruments and you judged the airspeed by the wind noise. I don't think it even had a wheel!
Having no two seaters, they couldn't really teach you to turn so the object was to get you to stay airborne for thirty seconds from the cable release at the top of a winch launched "high hop" this gave you a "Gliding A" only:-
Years later while flying for BEA, I became an instructor on 617 Gliding school at Bovingdon and then Manston...Happy days
