The Air cadets getting some air under the wings at Cosford
As to the gliding issues, as an LAE, Chief Engineer and Camo, I cannot comprehend how anyone could destroy documents pertaining to an aircraft.
Civilian wise, the tech logs and work packs are all deemed to be part of the logbooks and are retained for a period of time after the aircraft is lost, scrapped or written off.. it just beggers belief they were being shredded.
I can remember when the Gliders were introduced around 1990, because if memory is serving me correctly one of the first things the RAF did was to take one and cut access holes into the wings to inspect the structure, this wrote it off in the military eyes so it was disposed off cheaply, I knew the person who bought it and he carried out perfectly legal repairs to this new glider and If I remember correctly registered it.
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