Exec jet ops at Manch are intrinsically bound up with some very big figures in the history of that place.
G-LEAR the original a/c, David Antrobus, Gerry and countless others contributed to a continuous story that ran seamlessly through from Hangar 522 to the NEA Apron next the the Engine Test Bay to today.
It was fantastic and the people involved legendary.
I was only talking to someone today describing the spirit of MAN in all its guises and Gerry knows full well the collective... I dunno.. feeling that everyone who worked must have felt at some time.
So 1964, 1968, 1973, 1985 are all dates which matter.
Sorry, I sem to have something caught in my eye.
SGC