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Old 24th Feb 2014, 06:07
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tucumseh
 
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Many moons ago, mid 80s, the recently retired but still perfectly good FAA Wessex surplus was sent to Daedalus where RN apprentices kept them in tip top shape as part of their training; something that used to be common practice and very beneficial to the MoD as a whole. Others were in long term storage at Fleetlands; again maintained by, this time, civilian apprentices. But in time they fell off what was called the A/B/C Sheet plot in the LTC and there was little or no funding permitted.
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