Air Cadets grounded?
Good morning everyone, a quick question if I may. I note from an old BGA log-book that I got my BGA A/B "tickets" on 19 Dec 54 at Exeter ATC VGS - what I cannot find anywhere is the number of the school (now long gone I am sure!). What great days and what a learning experience for a young lad (at least I think I was!!)
Bill
Bill
84 Gliding School - later 624 GS
Nice little picture on this page -
https://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/...portphotos.php
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longer ron,
Many thanks indeed for the info and the picture ref. Good days!
Bill
Many thanks indeed for the info and the picture ref. Good days!
Bill
Given the drift away from the thread title, perhaps a number of these latest posts could be formed into a new thread over on the 'Aviation History & Nostalgia' forum?
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This thread is to highlight what's happening right now, and how the 'air' has definitely gone from the 'Air Cadets', as well as how it is ditching physical (allegedly risky) activities on a monthly basis.
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C - Controls - Full & Free
B - Ballast - Not Fitted
S - Straps
I - Instruments (both of them, or was it 3)
T - Trim
C - Canopy - Not Fitted
B - Brakes - Not Fitted but we do have spoilers - Fully Open and in line, Fully Closed.
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By 1981 it was:
C - Controls - Full & Free and moving in the correct sense
B - Ballast - Not Fitted(Check!)
S - Straps -Tight and locked
I - Instruments - ASI reading normally, altimeter set to zero.
T - Trim - Not fitted
C - Canopy - Not Fitted
B - Brakes - Not Fitted but we do have spoilers - Fully Open and in line, Fully Closed?
B - Ballast - Not Fitted
S - Straps
I - Instruments (both of them, or was it 3)
T - Trim
C - Canopy - Not Fitted
B - Brakes - Not Fitted but we do have spoilers - Fully Open and in line, Fully Closed.
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By 1981 it was:
C - Controls - Full & Free and moving in the correct sense
B - Ballast - Not Fitted(Check!)
S - Straps -Tight and locked
I - Instruments - ASI reading normally, altimeter set to zero.
T - Trim - Not fitted
C - Canopy - Not Fitted
B - Brakes - Not Fitted but we do have spoilers - Fully Open and in line, Fully Closed?
Ah but the above referred to pure gliders; was there a different checklist for Venture/Vigilant?
Flying with the Ridgerunners (microlight club) at Halton we used 'E' added at the end as a generic term for 'Engine' which encompassed power checks etc.
Flying with the Ridgerunners (microlight club) at Halton we used 'E' added at the end as a generic term for 'Engine' which encompassed power checks etc.
[QUOTE=GreenXCode;11628300]After CISTRS, on 618 @ West Malling in the late 70s IIRC, the Sedburgh and Kirby Cadet were using:
C - Controls - Full & Free
B - Ballast - Not Fitted
S - Straps
I - Instruments (both of them, or was it 3)
T - Trim
C - Canopy - Not Fitted
B - Brakes - Not Fitted but we do have spoilers - Fully Open and in line, Fully Closed.
( Cable Break, SIT on your arse for half an hour, then another Cable Break )
C - Controls - Full & Free
B - Ballast - Not Fitted
S - Straps
I - Instruments (both of them, or was it 3)
T - Trim
C - Canopy - Not Fitted
B - Brakes - Not Fitted but we do have spoilers - Fully Open and in line, Fully Closed.
( Cable Break, SIT on your arse for half an hour, then another Cable Break )
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I think you'll struggle with this one...this is the Military Forum on pprune...you know there are very few on here that live in the present day. You can post any topic on here and within a couple of posts the whole thing in derailled with a "when I was in the RAF in the 1970s" post and thats it, endless "back in the day" chatter.
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Given the drift away from the thread title, perhaps a number of these latest posts could be formed into a new thread over on the 'Aviation History & Nostalgia' forum?
For example, most of the aerodromes mentioned in this thread no longer exist as RAF aerodromes. It was easy enough to close them and sell them, without any thought about how to deal with any surge need for more aircrew....
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I think you'll struggle with this one...this is the Military Forum on pprune...you know there are very few on here that live in the present day. You can post any topic on here and within a couple of posts the whole thing in derailled with a "when I was in the RAF in the 1970s" post and thats it, endless "back in the day" chatter.
Absolutely NOT! It's important, given the current international situation, that people know how just how much has been lost over the past 2 or 3 decades.
For example, most of the aerodromes mentioned in this thread no longer exist as RAF aerodromes. It was easy enough to close them and sell them, without any thought about how to deal with any surge need for more aircrew....
For example, most of the aerodromes mentioned in this thread no longer exist as RAF aerodromes. It was easy enough to close them and sell them, without any thought about how to deal with any surge need for more aircrew....
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"I'm not sure how relevant it is to the current international situation" You do know campbeex, that reading these threads isn't mandatory? Moaning about something you saw on the interweb is exactly the same as deliberately stepping in dog crap when you're walking down the street. Just walk round the dog crap, and don't read stuff you don't want to read.
"I'm not sure how relevant it is to the current international situation" You do know campbeex, that reading these threads isn't mandatory? Moaning about something you saw on the interweb is exactly the same as deliberately stepping in dog crap when you're walking down the street. Just walk round the dog crap, and don't read stuff you don't want to read.