[Magdalen] Where Were You?

[Christopher Hart]

Nothing very exciting to report really. I was still in high school and
recall watching the moon landing on TV in my parent's home.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 9:38 AM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> On 17/07/2019 01:35, cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> > This is one of those days when one looks back where they were, in
> thiscase 50 years ago and the successful man on the moon flightof Apollo 11?
>
> I was in digs South of Manchester working for Hawker Siddeley Aviation
> (which became part of British Aerospace) as a Design Technician. It
> sounds grand but I was the most junior part of what was meant to be a
> progress chasing team for interim ground test equipment for the Nimrod
> maritime patrol aircraft. I say "meant to be" because in reality there
> was virtually no progress to chase. We met every 4 weeks to hear that
> everything was a further 28 days behind schedule. The contract was crazy
> because it was cost-plus, firms were paid what they had spent plus a
> mark-up for their profit. Not exactly an incentive to get on with the
> job in a timely fashion.
>
> At the time of the Apollo 11 flight I was working my notice before
> getting married for the first time and then starting my ordination
> training in mid August.
>
> Roger
>
>

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