Who remembers all the tales of Roger Mills? Almost everybody!

Who remembers Roger Mills? I see, not so many!

Yes, the apocryphal stories of the FTC staring Roger Mills are many. But he does exist, and to prove it, read on...

From 1986 to 1989 he Joined BAe as Specialist Avionics Instructor in Saudi Arabia. He wrote and taught the first Tornado courses to Saudi graduates. These were re-written by Chris and Colin to suit the customer better!!

From 1989 to 1992 he was an Avionics / Weapons Specialist on ALARM live firing trials in China Lake USA.  

From 1992 to 1993 he became a member of the Harrier wiring update team in Germany.  
 

From 1993 to 1997 he flew to Ecuador and became Avionic's Team Leader where he ran a team of four BAe and thirty five Ecuadorian technicians updating  their Jaguar fleet. This was completed on time and to budget!!

From 1997 to Present he has become the Senior BAE SYSTEMS Field Service Rep on the Avionics Ground Training Rig. 

He joined the AGTR programme during Warton

commissioning and then led the team in the installation at RAF Marham, TMS.  Being back on an RAF station it rekindled Roger's interest in sports, being a former RAF Hockey team player. He is currently lying second in the TMS squash ladder and regularly beats players 20 years younger. 

Presidents statement on gps

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 1, 2000

Today, I am pleased to announce that the United States will stop the intentional degradation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signals available to the public beginning at midnight tonight. We call this degradation feature Selective Availability (SA). This will mean that civilian users of GPS will be able to pinpoint locations up to ten times more accurately than they do now. GPS is a dual-use, satellite-based system that provides accurate location and timing data to users worldwide. My March 1996 Presidential Decision Directive included in the goals for GPS to: 'encourage acceptance and integration of GPS into peaceful civil, commercial and scientific applications worldwide; and to encourage private sector investment in and use of U.S. GPS technologies and services.' To meet these goals, I committed the U.S. to discontinuing the use of SA by 2006 with an annual assessment of its

continued use beginning this year.

Alexandra born

Congratulations to Alison, Giles and Ben for the addition to their family. Alexandra Mary was born an Wednesday morning at 6:40 weighing in at 8lb 2 1/2 oz.

Check the Newcomers Page

Charlie Biggs Doing well

Charlie Biggs is doing well after his move to Taif. He left Dhahran a little over two years ago to move to Jeddah on promotion. After some time there he then transferred to Taif where he is third in line to the Base Manager. Maggs and Victoria-Plum are also well, Vicky is looking forward to continuing her education at Kirkham Grammar near Warton, next year.

EADS Expects A3XX Jet Approval Soon 

 (Associated Press)

The European aerospace consortium that controls 80 percent of Airbus said Thursday that ``outstanding issues'' remain to be cleared before an announcement will be made on development of the A3XX superjumbo jet, meant to compete against Boeing's long-haul-jets.

Squabble May Stall Airbus' A3XX  

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