Lord Trefgarne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Trefgarne on 2015-12-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Vigilant motorised gliders are presently available for training RAF Cadets and potential aircrews.

Earl Howe

There are currently four Vigilant motorised gliders available for training RAF cadets, and a further four are about to return to service. Air experience opportunities have been afforded to our cadets in the interim. These include flights in other RAF aircraft, as well as opportunities to fly in civilian gliders. Vigilant is not used to train potential regular RAF aircrew.

We recognise how frustrating this has been for our Air Cadets, but safety has got to be our top priority.