Originally Posted by
Buster15
Vendee.
Just occurred to me. Did you do the Engine strip and build course at Cottesmore in D hangar and was the course conducted by RR.
Reason I ask is that I carried out the course with a colleague from early 1980 until the RAF took the course over.
My memory is a bit hazy there. I did six weeks at Cottesmore in 1988 on my Tornado course followed by two weeks at Bristol for the RB199 part. I've got a vague recollection of going back to Cottesmore for 3 days on what was described as a "deep strip course" but it was all classroom stuff of very little practical value. I learned the practical side "on the job" at Honington. Going back to your previous post, please feel free to PM me regarding anything you don't want to discuss in open forum.