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My Apprenticeship, Part Two

15th July 2020 Going Postal 3243 Comments

Part one went through the first two years of my drawing office apprenticeship with Babcock and Wilcox Ltd. During the second year, Babcock and Wilcox Ltd became Babcock and Wilcox (Operations) Limited. The first of [more…]

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My Apprenticeship, Part One

8th July 2020 Going Postal 2594 Comments

I hated school, but I enjoyed technical drawing. One reason was that I got it from the very first day. For some reason, I could visualise in 3D those flat drawings. I guess my brain [more…]

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Concorde – End of an era

11th May 2016 Sweaty Dave 0 Comments

Initial thoughts of such transport were started in the 1950’s, focusing around the required wing shape necessary for both supersonic flight and low speed manoeuvrability, but it wasn’t until the Anglo-French accord of 1960 that [more…]

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