Visitor in our Hangar

[matty-hodgson]

do you mind me asking what your job title is/where you work?

[samcross]

The remarkable Hurri-Copter

[Gerrard]

do you mind me asking what your job title is/where you work?

Well, you could find out those answers with a little bit of research.

Location: Benson (nothing to do with beds)
(From my Profile)
Occupation: Aircraft Mechanic (Fairy)
And the helicopter in the background is a Puma.

[Dakaras]

Late to this one sweet sweet sweet, did know from 1st pic

Where were your lads off to last night then Gerrad had at least 3 helis from your place come dead low just after dark over goring

[Gerrard]

God knows. Probably training; especially after the slating they're getting from the inquest in the last couple of weeks.

[gtech]

Occupation: Aircraft Mechanic (Fairy)

What do you mean by fairy?

We have a spitfire + Hurricane museum down the road from us (Manston), my company actually part own it.
To think, out of about 22,000 spitfire's only 170 odd remain and most of those are wrecks.

[Gerrard]

Fairy is the nickname given to Avionic techies, due to working with pretty lights! Also called "Leckies" (electrical) and "Lights" after the combination of the avionic and elctrical trade (engine and airframe mechanics are referred to as "Heavies"). There is also an unfortunately nickname of Dog ers, after apparently someone, somewhere may have caught a leckie with a dog years ago.

[listy]

Fairy is the nickname given to Avionic techies, due to working with pretty lights! Also called "Leckies" (electrical) and "Lights" after the combination of the avionic and elctrical trade (engine and airframe mechanics are referred to as "Heavies"). There is also an unfortunately nickname of Dog ers, after apparently someone, somewhere may have caught a leckie with a dog years ago.

yeah i had heard about the dog name have a mate who be armoury and few in my old wow guild who were fairys and sootys

[Gerrard]

I was going to be an armourer, but I filled my name in correctly on the application form! (Armourers have a reputation for being dumb on account of wanting to work with explosives. Them and people who jump out of perfectly servicable aircraft!))

[gtech]

Cheers,
I must be a Heavie then cus i do engine maintenance, lol never heard of Fairy and Heavie though.

[Dakaras]

What do you mean by fairy?

We have a spitfire + Hurricane museum down the road from us (Manston), my company actually part own it.
To think, out of about 22,000 spitfire's only 170 odd remain and most of those are wrecks.

Only about 42 airworthy

[[GSV]Trig]

First thing on my want list after a lotto win would be a Mk.IX spit...

[Buzzsaw]

Heh,
I see spits & stuff flying around all of the time in summer, especially at weekends.
Never a quiet, sunny sunday morning around here!

But then, I do live near Duxford, and they use the village as a marker.