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Old 25th Jul 2006, 11:55
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Thumbs up Happy in his work

Terry Cairns has been thanked here, and anonymously on the Waddington Airshow thread, for the excellent manner in which he showed off the old lady. Perhaps some readers are unaware of his own vintage. This is from the RAF Marham/39 Sqn website:-

Watching the arrival home was Sqn Ldr Terry Cairns, at 61 the oldest operational pilot in the RAF who has served for 35 years on Canberras, who said: “We've all got to come to the end of our working day.
“I shall be retiring along with the aircraft, which seems right to me. It means I won't be standing on the golf course watching other guys fly over in a Canberra!
“I've been lucky in that I've had a job that I really loved doing. I've had a wonderful time and I wouldn't mind doing it all again.”

So, there's at least one happy aviator still serving (just).
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