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Old 13th Jul 2021, 18:50
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longer ron
 
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I certainly made a reasonable living out of Hawks (various marks) as a Rigger.
I helped introduce them into the weapons training role at RAF Brandy in 1977-80 as a fairly experienced J/T.Over the subsequent 35 years of what could laughingly be called my 'career' I probably did another 13 years on and off Hawks,by the time I quit working in 2015 there were probably not many techies still working on Hawks who had done the original Manufacturers 'Q' course at Dunsfold .
My last job 'somewhere in wiltshire' had a very eclectic Aircraft Fleet and I was qualified to work on 3 other aircraft types but always ended up being magnetted back to Hawks owing to my experience - it was a shame that the corporate management did not value the experience of us old wrinklies LOL (bitter ? - Moi ? ).
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