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Old 18th Jan 2013, 19:15
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windowjob
 
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So much of the original kit should have been saved - the original "data transfer system" beautifully engineered with rollers and said to have been made by the Fire service for example.

The "Air" Controllers used to put the dead strips into a tray on top of the desk before the ATSA took them for filling in the Movement book.
This was usually done with a well practised lob. Such was the expertise that a clearly impressed visiting pilot said "I've been here nearly an hour and they've not missed with one"
Twin DFTI's, proper anemometers, barrel lights, feather duster for the lighting panel (well that's what they said they used it for ) - ah nostalgia ain't what it used to be!
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