Ex-pat from Fleet in north-east Hampshire, grammar school in Farnborough, Fleet UDC Engineer and Surveyor's Dept from '59 to '64, British Eagle at Heathrow '64/65, moved to Frankfurt for a job in Sales & Customer Service at Jeppesen, a leading producer of aviation charts and approach plates, owned at the time by Times-Mirror (the LA Times), acquired by Boeing in 2000. Retired 2008 and enjoying photography, family and friends.