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Old 23rd May 2022, 10:08
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Old Bricks
 
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Teeteringhead - Re question about engines being acquired for Gazelle or Jetstream. I was working in Int at HQ BFFI in Stanley Nov 82 - Mar 83, and we were told to recover aircraft instruments and other useful parts that had been liberated by the troops and recovered from them before departure back to the UK. These were all wrapped up and sent Boscombe Down to assist in getting the recovered Pucara airworthy again. At some stage, probably in early 83, 2 chief techs arrived looking for directions and assistance to get to derelict Pucaras to recover some specific part of the engines for the RAF Jetstreams - not the whole engine. I seem to remember that they were either from Cranwell or Finningley.
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