Originally Posted by
The B Word
Meanwhile, I see that the 'big cheese' for Air Cadet flying is having fun in Tutors on an AEF (photo taken last week).
Given that Tutor flying is but a massive RAF sponsored flying club for RO's and others, and that any Cadet flying in them is only Air Experience, there's not much going on in that area. ( And of course UAS members don't now get what they used to get years ago either - by a good long way in terms of hours ) RAF Woodvale ( 5 Tutors) not flying Cadets due to runway issues, and ex VGS staff Converting to Tutor not able to complete convex as aircraft are not currently cleared for spinning thus pilots cannot complete Final Handling test ( and all they do is solo SCT flight). So if they are lucky they may get a 25 minute sortie somewhere, and if exceptionally lucky, they may get another within a year !! That's a REAL incentive to stay as an Air Cadet and is not training !