Air Cadet Gliding pix in the 80s (pre glass)
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Dave Gittins
Looking through my log book, I see that I flew twice with Cadet Gittins at Burtonwood on 24 March 1967 . They were air experience flights in Sedbergh WB 946. Would you be the same cadet Gittins ?
I also flew with a couple of other cadets on the same day - Bourqe and Stewart - perhaps from the same squadron ?
Happy days !
I also flew with a couple of other cadets on the same day - Bourqe and Stewart - perhaps from the same squadron ?
Happy days !
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621 VGS Vintage Glider Flight
As some of you will already be aware 621 VGS at Hullavington have a group of individuals who keep the 'wooden era' alive with a T.21 WB922 and a T.38 WZ828 together with the alternating loan of T.30 WE992 and T.31 XA310.
The gliders are flown on an as and when basis outside normal VGS operating hours launched by 'Wild' winch and privately funded.
Attached is a link to a clip on U-Tube of some recent T.21 action.
Enjoy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzoomMnaa68
The gliders are flown on an as and when basis outside normal VGS operating hours launched by 'Wild' winch and privately funded.
Attached is a link to a clip on U-Tube of some recent T.21 action.
Enjoy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzoomMnaa68
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Superb video guys!
What memories stiired where they had rested (almost) long forgotten........I loved it!
I know that I (like 1000+ of you!) would give my eye teeth to fly a Barge or even a Mk3 again (I see from my old log book that I had 800 T21 and 1855 Mk3 launches over 6 wonderful years Air Cadet Gliding).
I wonder, could I swap a flight for a blast around the houses in our Oxford based Falcon 50 bizjet on one of our training flights?
Very best wishes (I'm still smiling!) and keep up the good work!
Jez Cooke
What memories stiired where they had rested (almost) long forgotten........I loved it!
I know that I (like 1000+ of you!) would give my eye teeth to fly a Barge or even a Mk3 again (I see from my old log book that I had 800 T21 and 1855 Mk3 launches over 6 wonderful years Air Cadet Gliding).
I wonder, could I swap a flight for a blast around the houses in our Oxford based Falcon 50 bizjet on one of our training flights?
Very best wishes (I'm still smiling!) and keep up the good work!
Jez Cooke
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You are more than welcome to come and fly around in my Barge or Mk111 and I don't need anything in exchange. I'm in Wiltshire. Pm me if you want.
You are more than welcome to come and fly around in my Barge or Mk111 and I don't need anything in exchange. I'm in Wiltshire. Pm me if you want.
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I agree with you having flown T.21 BZA at Keevil which had had the winch hook mod carried out. It was worth about an extra 300 ft on the launch. I have a hook mod kit for my T.21 (WB981) but simply do not have the time to carry out the work.
I agree with you having flown T.21 BZA at Keevil which had had the winch hook mod carried out. It was worth about an extra 300 ft on the launch. I have a hook mod kit for my T.21 (WB981) but simply do not have the time to carry out the work.
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Cambs
Oxford Gliding Club, Weston on the Green. Daisy (T21 Sedbergh) always welcomes open-air enthusiasts. Last flying 3rd January (cold). Check the OGC website, give us a call. There are one or two T21 drivers who would take up your bizjet offer too!
Dave W
Oxford Gliding Club, Weston on the Green. Daisy (T21 Sedbergh) always welcomes open-air enthusiasts. Last flying 3rd January (cold). Check the OGC website, give us a call. There are one or two T21 drivers who would take up your bizjet offer too!
Dave W
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You are more than welcome to come and fly around in my Barge or Mk111 and I don't need anything in exchange. I'm in Wiltshire. Pm me if you want.
Cheers Trev
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Jez,
I look after the Historic Flight at Hullavington. We welcome any ex or current ATC instructors who flew wood who want to come and have a few nostalgic launches. Send me a message with some contact details and I'll get in touch. As WE992 said we have to operate outside VGS hours as Hullavington has two Squadrons flying opposite circuits so no room for us! If anything it tends to be Friday afternoon / evenings as and when enough of us get together to operate. The MKIII is with us on loan at present but will be off back to its owner this year some time, obviously it would be good to get you down before it goes - bear in mind that atleast one returning Instructor discovered the MKIII had shrunk over the last twenty years and he no longer fitted it!!! Of course if it is more convenient you have WE992's offer which would work out on weekends. Again, no need to offer incentives in return just come down and enjoy the moment. Regards Adam
I look after the Historic Flight at Hullavington. We welcome any ex or current ATC instructors who flew wood who want to come and have a few nostalgic launches. Send me a message with some contact details and I'll get in touch. As WE992 said we have to operate outside VGS hours as Hullavington has two Squadrons flying opposite circuits so no room for us! If anything it tends to be Friday afternoon / evenings as and when enough of us get together to operate. The MKIII is with us on loan at present but will be off back to its owner this year some time, obviously it would be good to get you down before it goes - bear in mind that atleast one returning Instructor discovered the MKIII had shrunk over the last twenty years and he no longer fitted it!!! Of course if it is more convenient you have WE992's offer which would work out on weekends. Again, no need to offer incentives in return just come down and enjoy the moment. Regards Adam
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Dear Nimbus,
How incredibly generous.........Thank you!
I'll deffo be down any time you say...............I MUST fly a Mk3 again - never thought I would EVER get a chance.
PM on the way, and thanks a million.
Jez Cooke
(ex "B" Cat 637 Gaydon and 622 Old Sarum)
How incredibly generous.........Thank you!
I'll deffo be down any time you say...............I MUST fly a Mk3 again - never thought I would EVER get a chance.
PM on the way, and thanks a million.
Jez Cooke
(ex "B" Cat 637 Gaydon and 622 Old Sarum)
My school (in the Wirral) CCF section, around 1965-70, had a glider kept on the school site in its own shed (all paid for by the RAF), which was brought out very occasionally and "twanged" (our expression) from one end of the playing field to the other. It was regarded as decrepit even then. As far as I can recall it had just a framework fuselage (or maybe this was the wing struts) rather than being faired in. Any idea what type it might have been ? I had no interest then. Seems a strange place for the RAF to keep a glider.
Story in the school history that one of the masters (who by his age might just have been ex-WW2 aircrew) once took it up over the road, and down into the field on the other side !
Story in the school history that one of the masters (who by his age might just have been ex-WW2 aircrew) once took it up over the road, and down into the field on the other side !
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Twas me that discovered MK3s shrink
I've already posted several pics on here of 621's activities. A special thanks to WE992 is publicly due for his extremely generous loaning of aircraft
, and Nimbus145 does a brilliant job rallying the troops to get out and fly them
Many thanks Guys...
PS; I'll be over in march again for my twice yearly fix
...currently 16kg lighter, and hopefully a lot more by then
...maybe the MK3 will've stretched a bit, although I suspect my legs still won't bend enough to get in
It was a tight fit when I was a skinny beanpole 17 year old!
I've already posted several pics on here of 621's activities. A special thanks to WE992 is publicly due for his extremely generous loaning of aircraft
, and Nimbus145 does a brilliant job rallying the troops to get out and fly themMany thanks Guys...
PS; I'll be over in march again for my twice yearly fix
...currently 16kg lighter, and hopefully a lot more by then...maybe the MK3 will've stretched a bit, although I suspect my legs still won't bend enough to get in It was a tight fit when I was a skinny beanpole 17 year old!
WHBM: that would have been a slingsby T38 Grasshopper, itself a development of the pre-war Dagling.
We had a great character at 613 Halton, Chief Tech Godfrey, who travelled round the CCF units maintaining these aircraft.
On arrival at a school one day, the school 'instructor' reported to him that 'the footrest thingy at the front was loose, and there was a bit at the back that kept flopping about from side to side whenever the footrest moved'. Chiefy swore blind he was telling us exactly what happened!!
We had a great character at 613 Halton, Chief Tech Godfrey, who travelled round the CCF units maintaining these aircraft.
On arrival at a school one day, the school 'instructor' reported to him that 'the footrest thingy at the front was loose, and there was a bit at the back that kept flopping about from side to side whenever the footrest moved'. Chiefy swore blind he was telling us exactly what happened!!