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Old 14th May 2014, 19:56
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Ian Burgess-Barber
 
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What's in a name?

Seeing the 'handle' "CoffmanStarter" reminds me of how my WREN mother came to be accepted as a valuable asset in the hangar when, as a teenage girl, she emerged from the training at "HMS Fledgling", Millmeece, Staffs. and started working on the Merlin 32s of 747 Squadron RNAS. This Merlin was fitted with the aforementioned Coffman Starter. The male Air Mechs.(E) hated working on them as they had many small "fiddly" components, but, once they saw that "THE GIRL" with her small deft fingers (and a pair of tweezers) could sort the things in no time at all, her value, and popularity soared, and they christened her "The Queen of the Coffman Starters". They later realised that her little fingers could get in and under to adjust "things" on the engine without them having to take accessories off - yet another "brownie point" in her acceptance in a proud, male, engineering arena.

Labore et honore

Ian BB
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