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Old 3rd Jan 2003, 21:25
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Where are they now..........

Anyone know what happened to some of the characters of ATC.

Such as The Harkins twins, Jim McC, and TGP - all ex A watch of the 80s.

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Old 4th Jan 2003, 14:51
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One of the Harkins twins got a job with Eurocontrol in EBBR.
Last time we spoke he was trying to get back into NATS!!!! (mad Scottish Fool)

Jimmy Mac I last heard of was living with his father in Scotland.

TGP ??? Who he ? I know a TCP.

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Old 4th Jan 2003, 20:40
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Harkins is now in Rome!! duuno quite what he does there ....but it probably is female with a pulse
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...........but it probably is female with a pulse.

Stevie must be mellowing in his old age.
Obviously more discerning now.
Use to be 'a recent pulse' was enough !

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Why dont you

TRY POSTING ON THE NATS FORUM
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Old 5th Jan 2003, 17:33
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TT,

No need to shout!!

Perhaps some of the people concerned are now ex-NATS therfore they wouldnt see the post?
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I believe that TCP is alive and well as a Flow Manager (probably the incorrect title) on B Watch at Swanwick.

Anyone know what happened to 'Bucket' Mills?
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Old 5th Jan 2003, 19:28
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Sorry BB apparently my message was misunderstood

...post somewhere else
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Now there's a character. Tony 'Bucket' Mills.
I spent many hours alongside him on the south bank, D Watch LATCC in the seventies.

Great guy. Interesting to work with !

The last I saw of him he was driving out the main gate at LATCC on his last day, wearing a balaclava and driving his old Morris Minor back to Wiltshire.

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Old 6th Jan 2003, 15:01
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Excuse TT, he's had a bad weekend. I think someone accused him of being Lon More
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Could have been worse..

They could have accused you of being Traffic Traffic....or from Swan....oops better stop there!
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You live and learn, I never realised that Harkins came in pairs, one was enough!! Last I remember of Stevie, was working with him in EGAA back in the late 70's
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ex EGLL. I think the split happened after being at West Drayton for about 6 or 7 years.
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Old 6th Jan 2003, 16:08
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And where's Ron Hall, ex D watch
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HALIFAX

I was speaking to Ron yesterday.
He is alive and well living in Farnham, Surrey.

We will be having a beer soon. If you mail me your ID I will pass on any message. He is still the same. What a waste to ATC.

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Old 6th Jan 2003, 23:15
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I know I'm going off too far off topic but (a) I'm too tiddled to start a new thread and (b) those nice folk at Maastricht would get cross that I wasn't posting in a private forum.

Anyway - has anyone got a copy of Not Airway that they could scan in? Or upload to a website?

No connection with any previous posts intended of course

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Oh dear, I do believe that any mention of NotAirway contravenes Forum Rules and The Public Health Act.

Last I heard, those responsible had had their ears sewn to their knees, and placed in a septic tank in Arbroath.
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Old 7th Jan 2003, 12:55
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Harkins.........?

The last time I saw him (Sept 00) He had a bust nose and was shouting expletives with his pants 'round his ankles in a well known British bar in Luxembourg!


I wouldn't be where I am today without the professional and social guidance of Harkins....!



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Old 7th Jan 2003, 15:47
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Harkins Twins

A spectacular circus act as I recall. Previous correspondence on this subject is correct inasmuch as there was originally only one Harkins (mono version). The miraculous conversion came about during a particularly hectic inbound rush on TMA(SW) one day, summer, mid 80s. Stevie became so excited, he accidentally reproduced himself via binary fission, and became Nice Steve/Nasty Steve aka The Harkins Twins (stereo version). We can only hope and pray, in these days of Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound, that the process is complete.

I remember Stevie and Jim McC very well, good drinking buddies and v.dangerous to boot, and bloody good controllers.

Bucket Mills is now a doorstop at The Tate Modern.
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Old 7th Jan 2003, 19:02
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On a completely separate topic, what was that story about Uwe the eurocontroller who received a charming postcard ?

...or was that Grenville Padgett ?
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