Originally Posted by
longer ron
And meanwhile - in New Zealand the Air Cadets (shock horror
) do gliding courses in conjunction with civvy gliding clubs !
Funny old thing - civvy clubs are quite good at gliding !
What may be slightly different though is the funding model. I was lucky to act as an escorting officer on an IACE trip to NZ and the cadets there are funded very differently and don't attract the same amount from central funds. Unless things have changed, the majority of their flying is sponsored by outside organisations eg Air New Zealand and I wonder therefore if that might make a difference to what they're allowed to do?