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Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2020, 15:23
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

As the Air Cadet Organisation as a whole has been...

As the Air Cadet Organisation as a whole has been 'disabled' by the whole debacle, maybe this will allow its members to fly in the refurbished Vigilants?
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2019, 13:55
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Given the hash that Serco made of the Air Cadet...

Given the hash that Serco made of the Air Cadet glider maintenance and records, its rather surprising that their attempted buyout of Babcock, (who have oversaw the work on the majority of the Viking...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th May 2018, 11:09
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Does the acquisition of the Sting S4 mean the Air...

Does the acquisition of the Sting S4 mean the Air Cadets are finally getting an aircraft with an airframe parachute?
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2018, 23:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

To meet the MAA requirements for accessibility...

To meet the MAA requirements for accessibility and inspection of control linkages perhaps? The elevator bellcrank on a lot of gliders is completely out of sight if there is no inspection window.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2018, 15:36
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Most unlikely as it appears to be one that was...

Most unlikely as it appears to be one that was previously damaged, subsequently repaired and put on the civilian register (probably by Tim Dews, given the reg, and his involvement with Grobs):
...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2018, 17:36
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

A typical Viking flight is about six minutes. ...

A typical Viking flight is about six minutes. Significant loads on the airframe come from the top of the winch launch, and landing and retrieve on rough ground. Soaring flight on the occasions that...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2018, 20:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Accident or hangar damage aside, gelcoat cracks...

Accident or hangar damage aside, gelcoat cracks are one of the main issues to be addressed on gliders of this age. Gelcoat was designed for furniture, not aircraft, and, being more brittle than the...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2017, 12:12
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

A bit of thread drift... That was the reason...

A bit of thread drift... That was the reason Wellingtons weren't used for towing Horsas, Hadrians and the like. The geodetic construction caused the Wellingtons to stretch and shrink like lazy...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2017, 23:34
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Any improvement in flight safety is likely to be...

Any improvement in flight safety is likely to be negated by the increased risk of Air Cadets being involved in a road traffic accident due to their civilian instructors falling asleep at the wheel of...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2017, 22:03
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

How does that work? Night flying? Sounds...

How does that work? Night flying?

Sounds like Sir Humphrey to me...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2017, 12:49
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

What Olympia 463 means is that when flying you...

What Olympia 463 means is that when flying you have to do a series of actions correctly to ensure you get back to earth alive. In a car, pulling over to the side of the road is sufficient, whereas...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2017, 22:32
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Not hard to find at all. There are plenty of...

Not hard to find at all. There are plenty of parents struggling to make ends meet, for whom an overseas holiday or a joyride in this country are way beyond the family budget. We had two female Air...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2017, 22:44
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

If a glider were to be designed for the Air Cadet...

If a glider were to be designed for the Air Cadet requirement and nothing else, it would need to be designed for easy and quick maintenance, and provide all the protection that modern gliders do. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2017, 21:35
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

If a shortage of engines is preventing more...

If a shortage of engines is preventing more Vigilants from being kept in the air, how is it that Soaring Oxford are selling zeroed engines overhauled by Grob?

https://afors.com/aircraftView/40293
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2017, 15:25
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Given that the task is to fix (hopefully) upwards...

Given that the task is to fix (hopefully) upwards of fifty Vikings, how much of that quoted £100,000+ is for tooling and processes to do the overall task more efficiently than a one-off repair at...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2017, 13:31
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

So if you were the one hooking on the winch...

So if you were the one hooking on the winch cables, and had the seasonally dependent green or brown knees and elbows, you could be pretty certain of getting the hangar flight? :sad:
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2017, 16:21
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Frelon, :ok: A superb post! (#3084) The best...

Frelon, :ok: A superb post! (#3084)

The best people to advise the Air Cadets how to run Air Cadet gliding are all those people who have been doing it, as volunteers, for the last 75 years. Input...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2016, 21:56
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Its worth bearing in mind that its the actuations...

Its worth bearing in mind that its the actuations of the hook that count, regardless whether it had load applied on it or not.

A lot of civilian clubs use golf buggies or ATVs (e.g. John Deere...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2016, 18:55
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

If club launchpoint/winch communications are...

If club launchpoint/winch communications are anything to go by, there are probably still a few VGS winch drivers sitting in their winches and wondering what the delay is. :}

Operations with a...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2016, 21:21
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

With regard to gliders, if Schleicher won't play...

With regard to gliders, if Schleicher won't play ball, and Grob are out of the glider business, then the Glaser-Dirks could be a good alternative. The company is still actively manufacturing...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Mar 2016, 09:39
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

How can a transponder possibly be an issue in an...

How can a transponder possibly be an issue in an Air Cadet glider? For club use, battery capacity on an all day cross-country could be a problem, but for a glider doing circuits its no big deal to...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2016, 00:09
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Mandator, Cosworth was Frank's brother, Mike;...

Mandator, Cosworth was Frank's brother, Mike; although according to Wikipedia, Frank did design an ultralight glider with the other half of Cosworth, Keith Duckworth.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2016, 23:30
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

ATFQ, I've just got off the phone to Mechta...

ATFQ, I've just got off the phone to Mechta Senior as I had sent him a link to sign the petition. He was an Air Cadet in 1944/45, and the similarities and differences with the current situation are...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2016, 15:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

There have been quite a few Air Cadets flying on...

There have been quite a few Air Cadets flying on ACO sponsored schemes in our RAFGSA club, as well as a good number who are self-funding. On the whole they have been a breath of fresh air to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2016, 22:08
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

As far as glider flying goes at the moment, the...

As far as glider flying goes at the moment, the ACO has none, and what is being promised is second best to that... Don't get your hopes up! :E
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2016, 14:41
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

With regard to future contracts for maintaining...

With regard to future contracts for maintaining the Air Cadet fleet, whichever company wins the contract is going to have to take on employees or individual contractors with the relevant skills and...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2016, 15:09
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

If only this were true! The sad fact is that...

If only this were true! The sad fact is that there are many individuals, often accountants and managers, but not always, who move from company to company leaving a trail of corporate destruction...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2015, 00:14
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

Cats Five, OK, so leave those mentioned out of...

Cats Five, OK, so leave those mentioned out of the picture. Considering that the K21 design is 36 years old now, surely its time for someone to produce a training glider that is equally good without...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2015, 21:36
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

As Schleicher don''t want to play ball, Slingsby...

As Schleicher don''t want to play ball, Slingsby and the ACO could always run a competition for people who know what they are doing to design a glider for the Air Cadets that would be perfect for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2015, 00:22
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

That is assuming the parts are a direct fit, and...

That is assuming the parts are a direct fit, and that the parts further down the line have already been given a clean bill of health. As chopping and changing parts around and lost tracability has be...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2015, 23:16
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

There's not much sign of automation in a glider...

There's not much sign of automation in a glider factory. When you see how labour intensive the manufacture is, at German rates of pay, you begin to appreciate why they are so eye-wateringly...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2015, 09:38
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

If there is the sufficient enthusiasm amongst...

If there is the sufficient enthusiasm amongst cadets and instructors, perhaps forming an independent organisation without the formal links to central ACO is the answer? Building your own...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2015, 21:16
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

A and C, Grob themselves evidently considered a...

A and C, Grob themselves evidently considered a Ballistic Recovery System (airframe parachute) as seen in this G115/120TP marketing presentation of theirs, on page 10:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2015, 12:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

All the talk focussing on one Tutor pilot's...

All the talk focussing on one Tutor pilot's limited neck movement deflects from the real 'elephant in the the room', namely that to open the canopy and bail out of this aircraft is nearly impossible...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2015, 13:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,762,068
Posted By Mechta

More likely that the gliders were uneconomic to...

More likely that the gliders were uneconomic to repair on paper. For the company that did repair them to be able to do so at their leisure when other work was quiet, and possibly with access to...
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