635 VGS
IMC Rating flight with an instructor with 18000 hours to me 12 years after VGS-
"you can tell the military have had their hands on you"
The basic skill learnt at Samlesbury flying / gliding the Vigilant are never far away as I progress through the CPL / IR. Even ACP 124 gets an airing when I want to get the basics right!
I am forever indebted to the VGS / ATC system as I know I'll not be able to rejoin and put time and commitment back in - as indeed the trust of letting me loose at 16 solo.
Thank you.
However - had to train myself OUT of doing turnbacks from 300' AGL!
Thinking about it now I still don't have that deep seated confidence the training gave me in the Piper / Cessna types so I stuck to Grobs.