16-06-2013, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bribie Island
Posts: 5,068
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At the age of 16 ( closer to 17 )... I applied to join the Army to be a Apprentice Radio Technician.
They wrote back to me and said....apply again when your 17 ( 15 and 16 year olds can be an apprentices ...your too close to being 17 ...sorry don't want you just yet. )
Well ....stuff you I thought ( typical cheeky kid I was  ) ....I'll try the Airforce,....so......sat all their ' entrance ' exams....6 weeks later  ..I was on my way to 1RTU at Edinburgh SA....that was 40 years ago this year.
As it turned out...........I did Aircraft Engineering ...specializing in Aero Engines ( sumpy's as we were known as )...went to Amberley when the 1st F111-C's arrived.
Good luck Mike with your Son's endeavors....
Flash..........
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