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Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2020, 14:49
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

'So, has there been any effect whatsoever on RAF...

'So, has there been any effect whatsoever on RAF recruiting between 2014 and now?'

No, but that's not the whole point of the organisation these days.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2020, 12:16
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Good news or bad?? You can't make it up.

https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/former-mod-gliders-to-be-used-by-charity-to-change-lives/
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2019, 08:22
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Typo

Erm is that 200 launches per year per airframe?

Where does that fit into normal useage before the pause versus Civil gliding numbers?

Doesn't seem very high
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2019, 18:29
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Good luck to him - he could start by not treating...

Good luck to him - he could start by not treating the Volunteers like mushrooms.

If the leadership is seen (and indeed felt to be) putting the effort in everyone else will respond in kind and be...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2018, 19:58
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Volunteers

Well as Tucumseh has pointed out any new aircraft will be on the road to UN airworthiness from day 1 unless registered on the CAA/ BAA register but you can read all about it on this very thread ...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jul 2018, 19:35
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

109

Unfortunately Thud those Vigilants will be reduced to dust in short order to prevent anything of them turning up elsewhere.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jul 2018, 09:45
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

AGS

What about all those Vigilant PTTs now languishing in various rooms cross the country?
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jun 2018, 09:26
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Why any volunteers waste their time any more with...

Why any volunteers waste their time any more with this mess is beyond me, turn up Saturday grounded Sunday. It'll happen with he Vikings too.

No one cares anymore.

At least no one was killed.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2018, 17:16
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Vigilant - I'd like to ask - Have the...

Vigilant -

I'd like to ask - Have the Vigilants (and Vikings) ever been considered airworthy in the technical and legal sense.

How would you find out?

I imagine right now a disposal firm...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2018, 18:54
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Out of interest where are all the Vigilants...

Out of interest where are all the Vigilants currently located - bar the Topcliffe 3? They've vanished and are holed up somewhere - all 50 odd of them.

I wonder how long the Topcliffe guys will be...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2018, 15:21
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

When the moaning stops be afraid..... That's...

When the moaning stops be afraid.....

That's when the walking starts.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2018, 19:20
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Post 4000

So after almost 4 years, 200 pages, literally 4000 posts we have a grand total of what 12 aircraft back?

From the world's oldest Airforce comes the longest grounding.

Not something to be proud...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2018, 09:38
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

-

It almost shames me to say it but apart from the great friends and acquaintances I made over 2 stints in VGS operations I've washed my hands of the whole show.

It's lost it's way is an...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jun 2017, 13:09
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

So where are we up to in the process of recover...

So where are we up to in the process of recover these days?
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2017, 22:22
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

ZH186 TY

Well small ray of light - the aircraft in the picture is ZH186- my first ever solo machine back in 1996.

So happy to see it's avoided the chop hopefully will be able to sit in it again sometime.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2017, 14:31
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Pob

Pobjoy- the only company responsible for this mess is the operator itself - with those fallings going back across both fleets practically from introduction.

The 'contractors' have only done as...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2017, 19:47
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Phoenix

Maybe it's time for a coup de grace- just have a CGS operation and rebuild the rest using a civilian reg / BGA style thing.

This has gone from a problem to an absolute quagmire- as someone who...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2017, 09:07
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

The 2014 eruption of Incompetence...? No...

The 2014 eruption of Incompetence...?

No more like the uncovering of years of previous incompetence and putting a stop to it before anything happened
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2017, 11:07
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

It was fun while it lasted - hello BGA

It was fun while it lasted - hello BGA
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2017, 09:58
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Chug

Sorry I meant to elaborate more on my question of why? it was more rhetorical as Tuc and Engines have explained exactly why they are grounded from the airworthiness side.

The thrust was why can...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2017, 11:33
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Standing back from this - something is wrong...

Standing back from this - something is wrong here.

How many obstacles / excuses do we put in the way before they get back up and running?

Of course safety is paramount but the ACO is...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2017, 16:29
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Report

I ironically spotted the link on the Wikipedia VGS page- placed in plain sight.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2017, 21:19
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/322701/resp...

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/322701/response/810456/attach/4/20160511%20MAA%2015%20CAMO%200051%201%20Gliders%20CAMO%20Initial%20Approval%20Audit%20Report.pdf

In case Engines is still...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2017, 17:26
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

S

How about -

CGS - Syerston

North - Topcliffe

South - L Rissington

End
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2017, 08:39
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Why sooooooo long to get the show back on the...

Why sooooooo long to get the show back on the road?

No club or private owner would dither like this - people would be sacked if this were a commercial operation.

Vigilant and Viking are as...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2017, 17:07
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

E

Normally I'd be in smug mode at getting something right but given this saga the only words I come up with are-

Sad

Disappointed.

Engines PM sent
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2017, 16:44
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

K13

Sorry I might not have been clear in my point -

Even if we'd have bought K13's instead of the Viking back in the 1990's the same paperwork situation would predate the MAA and the aircraft would...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2017, 11:12
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Chev The correct aeroplane was there all...

Chev

The correct aeroplane was there all along - the ASK13 - it had mid range performance, a closed canopy, would have fitted the maintenance model, was the right price and would still have been...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 11:16
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Upgrade

Would it not have been better to pay the difference per airframe and get the 15 upgraded to MK2 spec at the same time?
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Aug 2016, 16:12
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Q

OK lets say I bought a Vigilant and paperwork as they are right now and wanted to put it on the CAA Register.

WHat would be required and what sort of cost are you looking at?

As for the engine...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2016, 19:44
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Travelling voices

Slightly off topic but the phenomenon of travelling voices is something I experienced in a bar in Edinburgh years ago.

I was way down the bar getting in a round and maybe 30' from the other lads...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2016, 19:54
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

PTT

To be fair the PTT is good from an instructor POV as a proceedure trainer and keeping existing skills sharp but yes the all important lookout is neglected as the screens force you to stare forwards. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Mar 2016, 14:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Seems quite apt

https://youtu.be/yjR3aLpYd6k
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2016, 21:10
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Composite repair

Without wishing to comment on the VGS situation specifically I'm curious about composite repair -

Surely the manufacturers of any Composite airframe publish a guide referencing how to go about it...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2016, 20:39
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,003
Posted By Shaft109

Strange guy

Ron- slight thread drift but would you care to expand about the strange guy in the Aircraft Engineering dept you refer to?

Just curious as to the story if you don't mind
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