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School
Grandad went to school in England. He enjoyed school and in 1942 he went to Flying School. -
First flight
During my Grandad's first flight he felt excitement and slight fear incase he couldn'd do it well.
His position was Captain, then Training Captain then Fleet Manager and finaly Chief Pilot. -
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Training to fly
My grandads training instructor was calm and cool and very helpful. -
WW2
My grandad flew a lancaster bomber as a training plane.The lancaster bomber is a big old 4 engined 4 propeler (big fans) plane. After that he set to fly the plane in the war ,but the war was over. -
RAF transport comand
My grandad was in the RAF (Royal Air Force) in England since 1945. He was trained to fight in world war 2 as a pilot. -
Parachutist
Grandad trained people in India to become parachutists. He was a role model and he had to jump out of a plane and also jumped off of a 100 ft hanger. -
Meeting his best friend
His best friend was his flight navigator. His name was Bob Cheyne -
British Airways
My grandad was a pilot for British Airways for 7 years. -
First Car
Grandad was 27 years old when he got his first car and in those days it was difficult to get cars. Besides he was flying in many contries and was based in Canada, India and Egypt. -
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First marriage
My grandad was 30 years old when he first got married. He got divorced when he was 37 -
Kuwait Airways
My grandad was also a pilot for Kuwait Airways. He worked with them for 20 years. -
Second marriage
My grandad was 40 when he remarried to my Grandmother and they had 3 children. There first born is my mom.