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Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2020, 13:15
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Chevvron yes the MOD could buy them back but what...

Chevvron yes the MOD could buy them back but what makes you think "lessons have been learned"? For decades the RAF safely and efficiently ran air cadet flying and then things changed for the worse. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2020, 17:30
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Really enjoyed reading the last handful of posts...

Really enjoyed reading the last handful of posts as it sums up the fiasco nicely and perhaps justifies allowing a prune thread to run on for some years in order that as the facts unfold a clearer...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2020, 13:38
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

https://ukga.com/news/view?contentId=48392 ...

https://ukga.com/news/view?contentId=48392

Fear not all can be fixed to the satisfaction of the CAA and the aircraft sold on with a warranty.

Sooooo why did the MoD not do that for the ACO...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2019, 08:38
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Hi Chevron, I was going through advanced fast jet...

Hi Chevron, I was going through advanced fast jet training in 1982 and became a QFI at Valley later that year. Never heard of any fast jet pilots holding for that long back then so assume he was...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2019, 16:49
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

OK look will ask when next flying but apparently...

OK look will ask when next flying but apparently these EFTS people are not holding pilots in staff positions but something else and yes the contracted RAF Flying Training System is a disaster...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2019, 09:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Has anyone else witnessed Elementary Flying...

Has anyone else witnessed Elementary Flying Training (EFT) cadet pilots being farmed out to AEF/UAS in order to help free up the training backlog?

Seems totally unfair that resources originally...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2019, 17:48
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

A few years back I offered a draft article to Air...

A few years back I offered a draft article to Air Power in which I suggested that the RAF should radically change its approach to cadet flying. I pointed out that a couple of self build programmes...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2019, 10:22
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Good phrase "re energise the system it lays the...

Good phrase "re energise the system it lays the foundations for the next generation". In my opinion for this to happen the Air Cadet Organisation needs its own budget separate from MOD and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2018, 08:48
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Pilot Magazine

Any chance of a precis of the editorial? I assume not glowing with compliments but did it offer a way forward?
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2018, 19:09
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Retirement is one thing, euthanasia through...

Retirement is one thing, euthanasia through neglect and incompetence quite another. A sad end for the Vigilant and another bad day for the ACO.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2018, 11:26
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Demonstrably Safe?

Funny, but I also fly on an AEF and the idea that air cadet flying over the past ten years was demonstrably safe is just plain wrong. One of the themes of this whole thread is that the loss of life...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2018, 09:14
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

A Goat?

https://goo.gl/images/5t5occ

Since air cadet flying is such a disappointment how about a back to basics approach? Buy or create kits of the Sandlin primary glider and get Wings to assemble them...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2018, 07:27
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

"Predannack" Really? My wife and I were in the...

"Predannack" Really? My wife and I were in the area for a short break a few weeks ago and it is a bleak windswept place for light aircraft and miles from anywhere, why not operate from Culdrose? ...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2018, 13:17
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Lovely morning at RAF Cosford, cadets to fly,...

Lovely morning at RAF Cosford, cadets to fly, serviceable aircraft, pilots current and ready to go, weather good and temperature within limits but.....

No Air Traffic Controller so no cadet flying.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2018, 16:50
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Sorry, missed the posting date. Pint of Mild and...

Sorry, missed the posting date. Pint of Mild and a slice of humble pie please!
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2018, 15:11
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/548919-tu...

https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/548919-tutor-9-ship.html

Some are free to practice 9 ships. Would prefer they flew students and cadets but no doubt some career hungry officer wanted to...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2018, 10:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Thread Title?

Is it time the thread title was changed to

Air Cadets Mostly Grounded?

Somewhat disappointed by the news above but not surprised by the incompetence and waste surrounding this issue.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2017, 09:14
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Maybe the time has come for people to walk away...

Maybe the time has come for people to walk away and let Air Cadet Aviation fail? I am 60 this year, still fly the Tutor and have written to my MP several times over the mismanagement of Air Cadet...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2017, 12:31
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

I know the modern RAF and its MOD sir humphrey's...

I know the modern RAF and its MOD sir humphrey's would have said no but when the pause had been ordered what would have been the response from ex cadets, the BGA and aircraft owners if someone had...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2017, 08:52
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

The Tutor was not put through a full Boscombe...

The Tutor was not put through a full Boscombe Down Evaluation. Had they done so it would have become apparent that the aeroplane was unlikely to survive the daily thrashing AEF and UAS aircraft...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2017, 18:19
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

More propellor problems for the Tutor Fleet. ...

More propellor problems for the Tutor Fleet. Apparently a delamination of the leading edge strip in past day or so has resulted in some aircraft being grounded for inspection.

This whole debacle...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2016, 09:48
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Decline and Fall? The problem of air cadet...

Decline and Fall?

The problem of air cadet gliding and flying may prove to be just a chapter in the book on the decline and fall of the RAF. We live in a world where many younger people associate...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2016, 19:02
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Wasserkuppe

Glider Pilot. co.uk (http://www.glider-pilot.co.uk/Wings%20of%20%20Wasserkuppe/Wings%20of%20%20Wasserkuppe.htm)
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2016, 19:00
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Primary Gliders?

Oh hell, why not re introduce primary gliders and let the young folks self launch themselves from the playing field with a length of bungee. Lord of The Flies style organisation, the strongest...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2016, 09:51
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

the end justifies the means

I fear your post might be close to the truth/reality of where we are with cadet flying and it might even make sense to many within the MOD bubble.

I then wrote a few ideas and concluded I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2015, 09:08
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Plastic fantastic

OK bit tongue in cheek but why not have Shorts of Belfast licence build 200 lovely Blaniks? Would glide like a brick but strong and makes a disconcerting creaky noise when being aero battered.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2015, 17:43
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Wider Scope than just flying.

Agreed, I am an AEF pilot and I feel we are missing something by just offering cadets an infrequent chance to fly at a VGS or AEF. A self build project at a few bases would encourage teenagers to...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2015, 12:33
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Glimmer of hope

Royal Aeronautical Society | Ercall Wood (http://aerosociety.com/Careers-Education/buildaplane/ercallwood)

I accept the points made in the previous posts. All the more disappointing is that a...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2015, 08:52
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Self Build?

One way forward might be to encourage cadet organisations to look at self build projects to get more youngsters engaged in aviation. Rather than bus a bunch of cadets to an AEF or VGS in the hope of...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2015, 19:52
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Welcome Back

Ah this thread is never ending. Here's a thought why not arrange an unfortunate hangar fire? Burn the whole fleet and start over? If you are really bright you could claim all of the perfect up to...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2015, 14:28
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Open Minded

Do you understand the difference between past and future?

Royal Aeronautical Society | Ercall Wood (http://aerosociety.com/Careers-Education/buildaplane/ercallwood)

The grounding is an...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2015, 13:37
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,761,337
Posted By Bigpants

Self Build & Fly?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingsby_T.21

Just a suggestion but in doing some digging I noticed a handful of T21s were self built and felt Cadets would get far more value from gliding if they...
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