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A group in Milton Keynes are making a PA28 cockpit simulator, which they hope will be at the Astrasim Expo at the RAF Museum, Cosford on October 22-23 2011.
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John
Marshall, Director of Astrasim Expo Ltd welcomed the opportunity for young
people to get involved in this engineering project. “Engineering in the
UK as we all know is suffering at this time. Britain needs young people to
come through the system and keep this country as one of the world’s
leading players in development and research”. John
who is also Vice Chairman of (YES) Youth & Education Support went on
to say “This project will give people involved a taste of engineering
and the processes required. It is vital that we maintain education on this
level, and of this nature, our aim is to develop other projects in the
future to allow all an opportunity to go forward within this sector of
industry”. The
Piper Warrior is a very popular aircraft amongst pilots, and ideal for
learning, it is also used extensively at airfields around the UK being
either privately owned or club. The
cockpit, which was originally from the Netherlands, unfortunately has no
historic documentation as to when it flew or where it was based. Credit: John Marshall and Andre
Faehndrich (Chairman YES – Youth & Education Support –
www.flyers.org.uk) working together with Community Action:MK (http://www.communityactionmk.org/). COCKPIT
WORK COMMENCES
Thursday
5th May 2011, RailCare Wolverton John
Marshall and myself met at the RailCare Wolverton works, where we were
introduced to the RailCare Training Officer Gerald Digby, and after a site
induction, we proceeded to where the PA-28 cockpit is being housed, in its
own project area, where we met apprentice Project Co-Ordinator Rory Price.
Rory (20) had already split out all the parts and components that had been
delivered to Wolverton a few weeks earlier. Panel
Oheneampong (15), Brian Ringrose (14) and Brandon Street (13) took to the
task at hand with gusto and were very keen to get on with the work. We
will have regular updates as work on the cockpit refurbishment progresses
over the next few months.
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