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I work in aerospace and have done for 35 years. In the vein of its a small world I started working for Marconi Elliotts based in Rochester UK and they still occupy the factory hangars where the Short Stirling bombers were made during WW2. As crusader correctly stated, Shorts moved out to Belfast to get out of range of the Luftwaffe. Marconi Elliott became part of GEC and then part of BAE Systems in the late 90s. They are still at Rochester and are still supplying flight control computers to the major a/c manufacturers. It might surprise the forum members used to fighting with Norton electrical systems that most of you have flown on an a/c which is being kept in the sky with British fly by wire technology :shock:
I left Rochester in 1985 but still work for BAE, but in Seattle. While at Rochester I got my ppl and flew out of both Rochester and Headcorn airfields which were both WW2 Battle of Britain era grass strips.
Working in aerospace exposes you to a lot of design requirements that take care of "if it can go wrong it will go wrong" and I find this is an especially useful outlook to have when living with Nortons.
I left Rochester in 1985 but still work for BAE, but in Seattle. While at Rochester I got my ppl and flew out of both Rochester and Headcorn airfields which were both WW2 Battle of Britain era grass strips.
Working in aerospace exposes you to a lot of design requirements that take care of "if it can go wrong it will go wrong" and I find this is an especially useful outlook to have when living with Nortons.