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Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2020, 21:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Muppetofthenorth - I do hope your information is...

Muppetofthenorth - I do hope your information is correct.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2018, 17:11
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

TJH1954 - was with 1924 Sqn from 1988 until 1995,...

TJH1954 - was with 1924 Sqn from 1988 until 1995, just handed over command of 1094 (Ely) after 14 years as OC pending returning as a CI with the same unit.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2018, 21:00
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Pobjoy, I am with you on that, had a number of...

Pobjoy, I am with you on that, had a number of great days at Kenley accompanying cadet from 1924(Shirley) some years back.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2018, 22:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Chevron hi, just to confirm that the Shirley...

Chevron hi, just to confirm that the Shirley squadron in the post is in Surrey on the outskirts of Croydon. I know it well, it's the unit I started my career in the VR(T) in during 1993.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2017, 20:10
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Olympia, not sure what the exact figures are but...

Olympia, not sure what the exact figures are but I think it's between 20 and 40 percent of entrants to the RAF are ex cadets. A few years ago due to the number of ex cadets joining the RAF and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2017, 16:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

And so it goes on.........

To potentially rub further salt in the wound wrt getting cadets where they should be, airborne it is rumoured that the use of ACTO35 (the paperwork by which cadets can get permission to be flown in...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Aug 2017, 21:35
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Bob ward, suggest that your enterprising cadets...

Bob ward, suggest that your enterprising cadets may have fallen foul of ACTO35. Think a certain individual who may be located at a certain Notts base may know more than I however.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jul 2017, 17:42
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

TTh, quite correct he is an ex cadet

TTh, quite correct he is an ex cadet
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2017, 20:24
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Pegasus hi, see you point, it's little different...

Pegasus hi, see you point, it's little different from the local squadron having a 2hour drive to Cranwell for AEF. However to maximise the VGS time I suspect some sqns may go the night before. If...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Feb 2017, 19:51
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Regional Centres may well be coming, however the...

Regional Centres may well be coming, however the concern I have is that, in order to maximise the weekend it is likely that travel on the Friday evening will be required. This raises the issue of...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2017, 11:21
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Swanton Morley is slated for closure surely when...

Swanton Morley is slated for closure surely when the Army pulls out in a few years time.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2017, 18:34
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Auster Fan, quite correct about the demise of the...

Auster Fan, quite correct about the demise of the VR(T). Another nail in the coffin of what used to be a very good organisation, staff are already suffering from low morale, this will just make...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2016, 22:12
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Mushroom, nothing heard to date. I did ping OC...

Mushroom, nothing heard to date. I did ping OC 2EFTS a few weeks ago on the topic which was swiftly passed on to Air Cmd who responded with an abridged version of a letter already published on this...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2016, 20:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Transferring should be relatively...

Transferring should be relatively straightforward. Loosing unit transfers personnel to new one on Bader. The paperwork catches up ...... Eventually!
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Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2016, 19:52
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Read AVM Turners article. It speactaculary fails...

Read AVM Turners article. It speactaculary fails to provide any information on how and why the cluster f@@@ that was the maintenance occured nor whether the MoD has clawed any money back from the...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2016, 14:03
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Considering booking a chat with my MP, until...

Considering booking a chat with my MP, until recently he sat on the PAC so should have a good grasp of procedures etc. Peronally feel that the taxpayer should get a sizeable refund from the...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Mar 2016, 19:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

GroundedGrob - thank you for the time you have...

GroundedGrob - thank you for the time you have put into the ACO. I do not think it is VGS staff alone who are considering their future, it is highly likely that some squadron staff are also...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2016, 20:39
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

AF, think one of the reasons for not using...

AF, think one of the reasons for not using Vikings at Honington was that they could not be fitted with Transponders, very useful for operating in a MATZ.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2016, 20:19
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

From my perspective I would be interested to...

From my perspective I would be interested to know:

What happened to the monitoring of the original contract?
Was that sufficiently robust with the correct Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2016, 17:41
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Wander - Uniformed staff have to be officially...

Wander - Uniformed staff have to be officially neutral in the execution of their duties as you will appreciate. What parents and other family members do whilst they are online is of course entirely...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Mar 2016, 12:51
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

All I know is that here in the east we will lose...

All I know is that here in the east we will lose 2/3 of our capacity for gliding. Wethersfield will require significant investment to accommodate cadets/staff overnight. That presupposes staff can...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2016, 19:40
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

CGB - the reason we need WHQs is to provide the...

CGB - the reason we need WHQs is to provide the direct support to squadrons. Local one has 3 staff to support 30 squadrons and in excess of 1000 cadets. Sector Officers supply invaluable support to...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2015, 12:19
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Hansard Page 654 for the 19th October mentions...

Hansard Page 654 for the 19th October mentions the "pause".
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2015, 18:45
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

RB, that probably explains the 75th Anniversary...

RB, that probably explains the 75th Anniversary logo then!
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Dec 2015, 17:56
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Auster Fan, its not just Norfolk & Suffolk who...

Auster Fan, its not just Norfolk & Suffolk who have lost out on the flying/gliding front with the situation you describe, the next county across has suffered exactly the same. The challenge for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2015, 19:05
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Flug - re your post 860. More AEF?, some...

Flug - re your post 860.

More AEF?, some would be nice as this area is still experiencing the effects of the unmitigated c@ck up that was the 5 AEF move from Wyton to Wittering back in April!
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2015, 12:02
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Think letters to MPs are in order methinks or at...

Think letters to MPs are in order methinks or at least going for a chat at one of their "surgeries" to appraise them of the situation.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2015, 16:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Mandator, that is my understanding as well. ...

Mandator, that is my understanding as well. Maybe some employees who lurk on hear may be able to help?
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2015, 19:07
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Wander00. Spot on!;)

Wander00. Spot on!;)
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2015, 18:02
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Duplo, take it you mean Cranditz based not...

Duplo, take it you mean Cranditz based not Wyton/Wittering?
Only cadets who are currently flying from Wittering is any on Annual Camp locally plus CCF when term time starts. Not sure when Air...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2015, 20:28
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

TTH - You may well be correct but having seen...

TTH - You may well be correct but having seen some of the effects of hiving of the work to the private sector I can well believe that any existing issues were simply magnified.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Aug 2015, 12:51
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

LJ - That was the point I was trying to make, if...

LJ - That was the point I was trying to make, if you take an in house service and privatise it the overriding concern of the supplier is to turn a profit which can be at the expense of the output...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2015, 14:16
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

FB - hope you are correct but speaking to a...

FB - hope you are correct but speaking to a couple of VGS pilots it appears that certainly the one our local unit uses has lost a significant number of instructors during the "pause" to operations. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2015, 20:35
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

RAF Wyton

Banana Boy/Bobward, The last Tutors left RAF Wyton last week, only the Flying & Microlight clubs left now. Another good airfield gone...

First result of this was that AEF Flying has been canned...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2014, 21:31
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,882
Posted By brokenlink

Some talk of extra Tutor Flights for cadets to...

Some talk of extra Tutor Flights for cadets to compensate, don't know how there are not enough to go around as it is.
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