This photo was taken around 23/5/1983 at Syerston according to my logbook. It shows the publicity photos being taken for the new aircraft. I flew in it with Flt Lt. Lloyd Poulton, I think its Jack Ward plus random cadet in the photo. They used the photo for a poster to promote Air Cadet's and Gliding.
I remember them as the start of some golden days of gliding for a lucky staff cadet.
Anyway 14000 hours later and I owe it all to the Air Cadet gliding movement.
What a world of difference from the hope we had for the future of Air Cadet gliding on that spring day. What a sad state of affairs we find today, all those people who dedicated time and energy over the decades to inspire cadets like me must feel so let down. It's about time those in positions of responsibility and power over the organisation today stop kidding themselves. If the MOD/RAF can't keep a fleet of simple aircraft safe and serviceable what hope have we for defense of the nation!