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Mark Owen
Location : Coningsby Lincolnshire 10 mins from Crash Gate 1.
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Subject: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 06:57 |
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Hi all.
Can somebody tell me why we have had Cranwell Grob Tutors operating out of Coningsby for the last couple of days.
Regards.
Mark.
Last edited by Mark Owen on 2009-02-15, 08:19; edited 3 times in total
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colt99
Location : essex
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 07:19 |
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Possibly after the news from a couple of days ago, they have been grounded and just happened to be at Coningsby when it happened. Dave
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Aileron
Location : Ramsey, Huntingdon
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 08:09 |
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no mod said they werent grounding any of the grobs as they have a very good safty record
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colt99
Location : essex
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 08:52 |
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Really, i'm suprised at that as they cannot say for sure if either of the 2 aircraft had technical problems just before the horrible situation of this week.
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urkles
Location : East Suffolk
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 09:23 |
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They were still flying at Cranwell yesterday
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Ben Montgomery
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Location : Loughborough University
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 09:51 |
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Still flying at Wyton, info courtesy of my CO. I think im right in saying that this weeks crash was the second ever accident for the RAF Grobs, the other being an engine failure gliding into a field.
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Aileron
Location : Ramsey, Huntingdon
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 10:35 |
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ben i believe your right. wyton is still flying as i have been passed a copuld of times since the inccident in wales
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Snafu
Location : Messingham
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 10:37 |
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The Grobs were flying most of the day at Coningsby...Cranwell 41, 422 and 424. Two were parked up outside the BBMF hangar as I left. Seials were G-BYXZ, G-BYXM and G-BYWB
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Nigel Gill
Location : Lat: 53*33'16N Lon: 0*07'08W
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Subject: Still flying this weekend 2009-02-13, 10:43 |
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I have daughter booked to be flying out of Cranwell on sunday
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Flaps
Moderator
Location : 478 miles NNW of Skegness.
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 11:41 |
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- Nigel Gill wrote:
- I have daughter booked to be flying out of Cranwell on sunday
Nigel,don't worry about it-I wish I was back in the Cadets,flying Chipmunks out of Turnhouse in 1971/2. She'll come back with the biggest smile imaginable.She'll be in very safe hands.
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Sgt_Chris
Location : Colchester, Essex
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-13, 16:48 |
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Flying the Tutors at No.5 AEF, RAF Wyton has been one of the best experiences I've ever had as a cadet, they are brilliant safe aircraft, and the pilots are some of the best most experienced pilots you'll ever come across...The last guy I flew with was a retired high ranking officer (cant remember what his actual rank was) he was a 1000+ hrs Lightning pilot and the most precise aviator I've ever met. Gp Capt Naismith who is the officer that has been on the news throughout the recent incident stated that he had no intention of grounding the Tutors as this was a very unusual thing and as of yet there is no reason to suspect that the incident could be attributed to something that might affect the entire fleet Chris
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Ben Montgomery
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Location : Loughborough University
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-14, 00:09 |
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- Sgt_Chris wrote:
- Flying the Tutors at No.5 AEF, RAF Wyton has been one of the best experiences I've ever had as a cadet, they are brilliant safe aircraft, and the pilots are some of the best most experienced pilots you'll ever come across...The last guy I flew with was a retired high ranking officer (cant remember what his actual rank was) he was a 1000+ hrs Lightning pilot and the most precise aviator I've ever met.
Gp Capt Naismith who is the officer that has been on the news throughout the recent incident stated that he had no intention of grounding the Tutors as this was a very unusual thing and as of yet there is no reason to suspect that the incident could be attributed to something that might affect the entire fleet Chris I had a guy who flew Vulcans and who test flew the Concorde!
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Aileron
Location : Ramsey, Huntingdon
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-14, 01:03 |
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some of you people are lucky to meet these people and experiance of a life time im sure even i would have a big grinn on my mug if i was able to ever fly closet ive got is flying power kites and r/c heilcopter
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paulh
Location : Humberston, NE LINCS
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-14, 13:05 |
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- Nigel Gill wrote:
- I have daughter booked to be flying out of Cranwell on sunday
To be fair she's probably more at risk travelling to Cranwell on the roads than flying out of there!!
Hope she has a fabulous time - just thinking back to the Chippy days flying out of Newton and at summer camp at Waddo 1980. For a young kid to experience flying like this is something they'll remember for the rest of their lives. To think back when I finally did my solo glider flight at Lindholme at 16 year old rather frightens me now I'm much older and wiser.
Report back as to how she got on :D .
Cheers Paul.
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Nigel Gill
Location : Lat: 53*33'16N Lon: 0*07'08W
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-15, 07:48 |
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Cadet Gill just got home from her first flight! "G-BYUB" Grob G-115E Tutor T1
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Pilot James
Location : Wakefield
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-15, 08:47 |
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- Nigel Gill wrote:
- Cadet Gill just got home from her first flight!
"G-BYUB" Grob G-115E Tutor T1 Congratulations to her! :)
I flew 2 tutors when i was in the Air Cadets out of Church Fenton, a brilliant expierance and never forgotton 8)
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paulh
Location : Humberston, NE LINCS
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-15, 11:33 |
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- Nigel Gill wrote:
- Cadet Gill just got home from her first flight!
"G-BYUB" Grob G-115E Tutor T1 Bet she's looking forward to her next flight already :D .
Cheers Paul.
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GOOSE
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Location : UK
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-15, 11:49 |
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Are Cadets allocated a flying allowance per year? ie 1 flight per cadet, per Sqn or are so many flights allocated to a Wing who then allocate to Sqn's? Hope you understand the question
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Street Hawk
Admin
Location : East Midlands
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-15, 12:01 |
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That's a good question. But it mostly boils down to how many cadets are interested, who is able to take the cadets from the drill hall to the base, and which staff members at the base are available to kit up the cadets and of course which pilots are available. Obviously those who have Sqns on base and those that are University Cadets get the best slots as they just turn up. In my day.... If we wanted more flying hours we put our name down on the list, if there was enough names then the CO would phone up RAF Newton and have someone take us. However to this day, I still have never had a go in Glider. No one was interested in my Sqn.
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GOOSE
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Location : UK
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-15, 12:14 |
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Wow Lee, RAF Newton. Did all my Chippy flying there too! And once a Bulldog. Was great flying over Nottingham and looking down on the mecca that is "The City Ground". Seem to remember Lightning T5 XS451 being stored there for ages too! Fantastic that she is flying in South Africa as ZU-BEX. HAPPY MEMORIES............
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Street Hawk
Admin
Location : East Midlands
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-15, 12:23 |
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I want to know what happened to the 3 hunters especially the white one that where there. Was it the Varsity that was on the dump near the railway line? When we were testing the L98 at the shooting range. Which was fun and games for us who were left handed, I tried to go over once with a few others during a break but RAFP stopped us.
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paulh
Location : Humberston, NE LINCS
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-15, 12:58 |
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Just checked my old 'Record of Service' Logbook. Back in 1981 at Lindholme whilst doing my Gliding Licence on my final day I had 14 flights, 7 in XN241 and 7 more in XA290. As for Chippie flights had one a year 80,81 and 82. WZ856 x 2 at Newton, and WG469 at Waddo summer camp.
That was many years ago though - things have changed a lot since then .
Cheers Paul.
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squawk
Location : Lincs
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-16, 13:33 |
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For the record Tutors G-BYUP and G-BYWB returned to Cranwell today, G-BYXM taxied out to RTB yet returned to dispersal at CGY. U/S
BFN
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Vulture 1
Location : Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-17, 06:16 |
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The AEF's budget on one flight per ATC cadet per annum. What surprises me about a lot of Aircadets (and quite a few instructors) is how few are really interested in flying and aviation! Why are they there in the first place? As a very old ATC instructor, one of the biggest 'kicks' is watching how the kids faces change around a first trip. Going out - terror, coming back, huge grins - I've yet to see one kiss the grouind though..... That makes the effort worthwhile!
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Street Hawk
Admin
Location : East Midlands
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Subject: Re: Grob Tutors. 2009-02-17, 06:29 |
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Put them in back of fast jet. However is the policy of back seat rides still minimum of 16 years or is it 18 years now?
- Vulture 1 wrote:
- As a very old ATC instructor, one of the biggest 'kicks' is watching how the kids faces change around a first trip. Going out - terror, coming back, huge grins - I've yet to see one kiss the grouind though..... That makes the effort worthwhile!
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