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Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2024, 12:56
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Air cadet gliding cost £3,000,000 last year, and...

Air cadet gliding cost £3,000,000 last year, and the VGS’s managed to get 5,000 cadets airborne. That’s £600 per cadet.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2024, 08:09
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

What is the difference?

What is the difference?
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2024, 12:09
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Up until now, the cost of flying cadets has been...

Up until now, the cost of flying cadets has been a closely guarded secret. I’ve just found this on another forum. It’s pretty shocking!


So now we know…thanks to the Comdt and his dial-in. £600...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2024, 17:15
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Air Cadet Central Forum

https://forum.aircadetcentral.net/

This is well worth a look if you want to see how frustrated the staff have become, and why they are leaving in droves.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2024, 12:10
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

I was just about to say the same. This thread...

I was just about to say the same.
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2024, 19:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Having rammed the good ship Air Cadets into an...

Having rammed the good ship Air Cadets into an iceberg, the commandant has, today, announced his resignation from the organisation and the RAF.

One of the biggest gripes from the volunteers is a...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2024, 05:46
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Can you elaborate on this, because it’s my...

Can you elaborate on this, because it’s my understanding that they have just had some accommodation built to accommodate cadets on overnight stays?
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2024, 19:10
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

One of the biggest problems the organisation has...

One of the biggest problems the organisation has at the moment is the mass exodus of staff.
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2024, 12:27
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

https://forum.aircadetcentral.net/t/is-the-rafac-i...

https://forum.aircadetcentral.net/t/is-the-rafac-in-a-death-spiral/10489

It’s not looking good for the organisation is it.
Apparently, the commandant, (Tony Keeling) has declared that any...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2023, 16:55
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Any truth in the duty rumour that the Tutors have...

Any truth in the duty rumour that the Tutors have been grounded again?

All I can find is a facebook post from 7 AEF saying, "Unfortunately due to Tutor unavailability all flying this weekend has...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2022, 14:13
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Apparently, AOC 22 Gp and HQAC have removed the...

Apparently, AOC 22 Gp and HQAC have removed the responsibility for teaching ground school and the flight simulators from 2 FTS and the VGS.

It took some time, but it was finally seen as a terrible...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2021, 12:34
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

I've known about the rudder bracket for a while...

I've known about the rudder bracket for a while now and know that they had been back in the air for a few months, (regularly seen in the locality of Wittering).
I'm also aware that 2FTS were cleared...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2021, 07:13
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

No sooner than the air cadets were allowed back...

No sooner than the air cadets were allowed back in the air with the AEF's, all flying has been paused again due to another tech issue with the Tutor.

Anyone know what the latest issue is, and how...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2021, 10:34
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

2 FTS survey

Apparently 2 FTS have pushed out a survey asking cadets and staff members for their views and experiences of air cadet flying activities.

Questions include, how can we get more cadets flying? How...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Nov 2020, 13:01
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

From the FOI release 20170704 FOI12017 05825...

From the FOI release 20170704 FOI12017 05825 DHAN100

ODH CAE Comments

The primary reason why glider airworthiness was questioned, leading to the 'pause', was a failure
of the operation,...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2020, 18:02
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

When I did my military and civvy training, I was...

When I did my military and civvy training, I was told, on both courses, that it was a criminal offence to falsify an aircraft document. And yet, here we have a group of people who did it for years...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2020, 12:13
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

You're obviously new to this thread and the sorry...

You're obviously new to this thread and the sorry saga of how a whole fleet of aircraft, much enjoyed by thousands of kids, was taken from them with NO REPLACEMENT provided.

I know its 258 pages...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2020, 17:08
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

I have no idea, i would never be so presumptuous...

I have no idea, i would never be so presumptuous as to tell the police how to do their job!
However, given the accusations made on other forums/websites, the inference of a bung by the Private Eye,...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2020, 14:24
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Police Investigation?

Given the underhand 'disposal' of the Vigilant fleet and the accusations in the recent Private Eye article, is there enough here to warrant a police investigation?
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2020, 13:55
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

A straw poll in my wing has indicated a 40% loss...

A straw poll in my wing has indicated a 40% loss of cadets and 30% loss of staff.
Yes, Covid has given staff and cadets time to take stock and an excuse, but it was only the straw that broke the...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2020, 15:55
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

On the downside the 'air' has very definitely...

On the downside the 'air' has very definitely been ripped out the air cadets and flogged on.

On the upside, you can now have a beard.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2020, 16:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Somebody posted the following shocking stats on...

Somebody posted the following shocking stats on another site. It gives the percentage of air cadets who have completed the different stages of gliding progression in the last 2 years.

Using the 1...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2020, 18:12
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Absolutely scandalous what has happened to these...

Absolutely scandalous what has happened to these aircraft!

Wonder if the DfT would give a certain 'youth organisation' a grant to buy them back?
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2020, 16:03
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Spotted on another forum; What a pity that...

Spotted on another forum;

What a pity that nobody associated with air cadet flying could have been bothered to bid for this grant!

Looking at that spreadsheet, it is interesting to note that...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Dec 2019, 11:12
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

In our experience, the real problem lies with the...

In our experience, the real problem lies with the availability of the Part Task Trainers. Embedding them with the VGS was a real mistake, as we know hardly any gliding takes place at all. In 2019 we...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2019, 11:08
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Taken from the 'Air Cadet Central' forum. 645 Sqn...

Taken from the 'Air Cadet Central' forum. 645 Sqn at RAF Topcliffe converting onto the new stealth gliders!

...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2019, 12:54
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

All that staff and yet, when I went to 644 VGS...

All that staff and yet, when I went to 644 VGS last year, they only flew 4 cadets on the first occasion and 6 on the second!

Another grumble. Cadets, especially those who fly at AEF's, are...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2018, 16:23
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Well done MOD/RAF, medals all round. What would...

Well done MOD/RAF, medals all round.
What would 12 brand new Grob 103 cost?
Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2018, 11:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

Quiz Time.........fingers at the ready!

The Vigilant 'fleet' is being replaced with?

A) a nice new fleet of shiny motor-gliders.
B) f**k all.

Management will get?

A) the sack.
B) medals.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2018, 18:04
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

According to the chat over on the Air Cadet...

According to the chat over on the Air Cadet Central forum, the 'pause' has been lifted at all AEF's, bar 2.
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2018, 10:32
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

beardy The Tutor fleet is a pooled asset,...

beardy

The Tutor fleet is a pooled asset, shared between Elementary Flight Training, (top priority), University Air Squadrons, (second priority) and the Air Cadets, (bottom of the pile).

When...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2018, 11:14
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

I've heard from my man on the inside that it is...

I've heard from my man on the inside that it is due to a lack of money, and that there won't be a resumption 'for the foreseeable future'.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2018, 15:55
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

It can't be this, or anything else which has been...

It can't be this, or anything else which has been known about / mulled over for sometime, because the grounding happened very quickly on Friday. It was 'announced' to all and sundry late in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2018, 21:48
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

AEF flying paused

All AEF flying has, this weekend, been paused for the foreseeable future.

The Commandant Air Cadets has gone on her Facebook page to say, confusingly, she cannot discuss the reason on a public...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2017, 21:25
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,763,885
Posted By Sky Sports

I've just read over on the Air Cadet Central...

I've just read over on the Air Cadet Central forum, that, under the new 'progressive training syllabus', there will be a set of wings available for cadets who have gone down the civvy route....
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