Tornado upgrade
- Thread starter Jcloughie
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Would you believe it a couple of F35s just flew over our house. Not looking for me as I'd retired before getting my hands on that one.
I worked on JSF it didn't become F-35 until after my time...
...I'd previously worked on Tornado and Typhoon.
...I'd previously worked on Tornado and Typhoon.
I worked on FMCA as it was in circa 1997 as we didn’t know which aircraft would go onto the new aircraft carriers. Choice was JSF, Grippen, Rafael or even a highly modified Typhoon.
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Yes and a lot of advanced composites such as wattle -daub, willow and straw. Very eco friendly 😂That would have been string and sealing wax in that year
RAF wisdom.
Somewhere around the year 2000, give or take a bit. I was involved in the full cost retraining of an RAF airframe technician. He was only early 30’s and we had invested a few bob in training him in his current job. Nevertheless, because the aircraft was being phased out, the RAF were making him redundant.
(I forget the type of plane he was trained on).
He had already used some of his retraining money on a motorbike licence. I organised a 6 week course for him, again paid for by the RAF. He told me he would have been happy to be retrained on a new plane.
While he was with me, he had a call from the RAAF, Who planned to use that plane for some more years.
Come to Australia, they said, we will pay everything to relocate you, your wife and child. They were pleased to win a fully trained recruit. They also promised him substantially more money.
He was a very happy boy.
John
Somewhere around the year 2000, give or take a bit. I was involved in the full cost retraining of an RAF airframe technician. He was only early 30’s and we had invested a few bob in training him in his current job. Nevertheless, because the aircraft was being phased out, the RAF were making him redundant.
(I forget the type of plane he was trained on).
He had already used some of his retraining money on a motorbike licence. I organised a 6 week course for him, again paid for by the RAF. He told me he would have been happy to be retrained on a new plane.
While he was with me, he had a call from the RAAF, Who planned to use that plane for some more years.
Come to Australia, they said, we will pay everything to relocate you, your wife and child. They were pleased to win a fully trained recruit. They also promised him substantially more money.
He was a very happy boy.
John
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