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A VIEW FROM ON SHORE

Was there any particular reason you entered the marine industry?

It was really by accident. I spent my early working life as an Avionic Technician in the RAF, mostly on Tornados. My father had been in the RAF and I had spent my childhood round various RAF bases, so I

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