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Old 4th November 2013 | 09:14
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Fascinating. Is this where the Blind Landing Unit operated from?

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Fascinating. Is this where the Blind Landing Unit operated from?

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It is - they offered me a job once. I turned it down to go and test training aeroplanes at Boscombe instead. Often wondered how my career would have gone if I'd picked that job - probably much the same in long retrospect.

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