Thanks all for the replies!
Genghis - I'm in my last year of secondary school. I'm a glider pilot on an airfield that deals with a lot of light aircraft too, so I've been able to see and help out with the maintenance on some aircraft. Good lord have I fallen in love with seeing aircraft insides!!
Treadigraph - I've met Ron and his son Mike at their workshop. I fired them off an email some time ago regarding apprenticeships and where I should be looking but received no reply. Unsure if they saw the email or not.
I'm thinking I need to send off a few more emails. My previous email to Shuttleworth harvested no reply. A common theme
