Thanks very much, i was an electronics apprentice at RAE Thurleigh, and remember doing compass swings on a god awful day in December. My apprentice master was in the cockpit putting his thumbs out of the window every now and again.
Many happy memories of RAE Thurleigh, from heading into the site on my little 80cc moped from bedford in the driving snow, to being caught using the phone to ring the Met Office, to get weekend weather report so could work out if I could met the girlfriend, urmmm to continue my education !!!
I also never dared to take a camera onto the site, and camera phones didn't exist.
I remember as a treat we were taken up in a BAE111 for a fly around. I also remember another apprentice had built a digital clock, that worked, but drew 3 AMPS !!!!
Just really looking for photo's to help jog the memories, i also recall a Jaguar coming in that had had some of it's wing ripped off, young pilot did not eject, brought it in safely