Originally Posted by
Luqa Sid
One of the main tasks on the MU was to drill holes in things, all alloy, manganese steel, brass and extrusions, the standard RAF windy drill could only be selected ON or OFF, ON gave a very high RPM and this could only be reduced by kinking the airline to restrict air supply, absolute rubbish..
Bloody hell, windies, that takes me back, still got mine tucked up in my garage! The noise! I'll go to bed tonight and dream of 747 belly skins getting drilled off. 😁