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Old 22nd October 2009 | 18:07
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Double Zero
 
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Oh for a time machine...

At Dunsfold in the 1980's, the Test Pilots held de-briefings on the weeks' projects & trials, on Friday afternoons straight after work.

The thing which put a spoke in this great idea was that most people travelled in shared lift syndicates in those days, so unless everyone in the car ( and their spouses ) agreed, it was a problem.

By pure luck I'd just decided that sharing a lift was a major pain ( there were enough stories there to fill a book, including the diabetic driver who took us up the runway one foggy morning ! ) so I was able to attend lectures by several T'P's at a time, including J.F, Taylor Scott, Heinz Frick, etc; the sort of experience money just can't buy...

As the attendances were embarassingly small the plan ran out of steam, but a great idea.
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