Grob Vigilant T1

[Tranquil]

Coming Soon-ish, ai pack for VGS (Volunteer Gliding Squadron) the 56 repaints will cover the whole of the UK & Ireland, including!

611, 612, 613, 616, 618, 624, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 642, 645, 663 & 664 VGS



Below you can see the Vigilants of RAF Syerston, in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, belonging to 644 VGS



The pack will also include a simple flight plan.

Many thanks

[shaggy22]

Nice, 644 sqn are now on the Grob Vikings (prpoer machine ) however. There isn't any Vigilant activity at Syerston afaik.

[Tranquil]

Nice, 644 sqn are now on the Grob Vikings (prpoer machine ) however. There isn't any Vigilant activity at Syerston afaik.

Ahh lol ok thanks for the very useful info, im just going by the on Dutch Wings Database, i do know of a Viking T1 that could be used as ai, obviously it would have to have power, so wont be that realistic!

many thanks

[Stewart Pearson]

Nice, 644 sqn are now on the Grob Vikings (prpoer machine ) however. There isn't any Vigilant activity at Syerston afaik.

Proper machine?????????? You youngsters today.

Here's a proper machine;

http://www.webmaker.pwp.blueyonder.co.u ... rghT21.jpg

[Garysb]

Me in 76/77 Raf Lindhome 643GS



T21 Sedbergh


Gary

[Garysb]

By the way Linton and Topcliffe are already done in the Tucano pack

Gary

[Stewart Pearson]

Great pic there Gary. Many happy times in those and the Kirby Cadets at RMS Condor.

Was at an annual camp at RAF Lindholme - when it was home to HP Hastings unit.

[Garysb]

Winter hair

Thats all gone now


Gary

[f4nutter]

you actually went UP in the air in that !!!

[Garysb]

I tell you it could soar like a good un but the penertaration glide angle was about 1 in 10 on a very good day so you got nowhere fast, I can remember getting up to about 10,000' (long hot summer of 76) only had shorts and a shirt on, it was bloody freezing.And it was aerobatic, you cant beat a loop (mine where allways D shaped) in an open topped aircraft.
I must be going solo as the straps are done up and the ballast bomb is in the nose.

please note the weekly pigeon deposits

The other trainer we used is a MKIII, I will post a picture later, that had the soaring characteristics of a house brick.



Gary

[Stewart Pearson]

Try flying in 'em on the East Coast of Scotland - bloody freezing all the time!!

[jimrodger]

IIRC they scraped all the aluminium paint off one and just doped it to finish.
Went up like a homesick angel

Jim

[Garysb]

The Kirby Cadet MkIII aka Flying Brick


Two of our staff cadets


A motley crew, mind you the lad on the left ended up as Red1



Gary

[Stewart Pearson]

Thanks for the pics Gary.......................brought back many memories - some good and some not so good (ie battle dress uniform which was okay in the winter...................but come summer time)

[Garysb]

Hairy Mary's

[hobby]

ATC Uniform. I assure you that battledress, replaced by the "woolly pully" uniform, was far better than the original "done up to the neck" (horrible little clips at one's throat to fasten the top of the jacket) somewhat akin to the old RFC uniorm. I am speaking of the 1950s when most of our instructors had served in WW2 and with the Royal Auxillary Air Force Squadrons still flying cadets could make themselves useful at weekend on RAF airfields to eventually be rewarded with a seat on an air test of a Tiger Moth. Many happy days "Venturing Adventure."

Much personal disappointment when after many years away from the Corps I returned as the CO of a Detached Flight to find that shooting, gliding and flying had been much reduced. The attitude of the cadets, recruitment of girls was still some time away, was much changed. Flying had become commonplace in the 1970s and of course National Service had long gone and few cadets seemed to want to join the RAF or other services, civilian or military. In fact I often wondered why the youngsters joined the ATC. We did, during a nine year period, despite lack of a permanent HQ, manage to produce 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze D of E cadets, two best recruits in their entries in the Royal Navy and a cadet who won the RAF Engineering prize during his service as a regular.

Today the small unit I commanded has grown into a distinguished Squadron, now with a purpose built HQ, which has just celebrated its 30th anniversary as a Squadron and is commanded by an officer whom I first met as a young teenage recruit.

I am still somewhat surprised to find that there are now (Feb 2014) more cadets and staff serving in the renamed "Air Cadets" than there are members of the present Royal Air Force.

[Garysb]

It think its about 33,00 now the aim is to grow to 50,000 by 2020

We even have a camp on Ascension this year


Gary

[tango234]

Hate to bump this, but were these ever released? No worries if not, I'm just trying to fill some of the (many ) gaps in my sim.