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[Red Eagle]

Were you an Eagle Apprentice We have very little about the apprentice scheme that Eagle set up to train young men to become professional aircraft engineers. If you were an apprentice with Eagle and would be willing to  pass on some information about your time with Eagle then contact the archivist on britisheagleint@aol.com.

[Olympic Eagle]

Hi Red Eagle

Not one myself, but my Best Man in 1970 was (Dennis Powell), as was a flatmate of mine in 1969 (Hamo Sariyan, who later emigrated to Canada). Eagle's practice then I was led to believe was to licence their ground engineers internally, with the result that when the Company ceased to operate the guys couldn't get work immediately elsewhere as their authorisations only applied to Eagle. Is this correct?

[Red Eagle]

Hello Olympic Eagle.
Thanks for your comments. Eagle Licenced engineers were passed out by the ARB (CAA) so their licence went with them. As with any airline. Eagle  also operated an approval system. Individuals were recommended for an approval by their section head, you then went before the airline Chief Inspector or his assistant who examined you technically. If approve you were issued with an approval stamp. This approval could only be used within the Eagle operation with stated limitations.

Below is an approval stamp

the letters are as follows         APP
                                       BE 228
                                        MECH
Have added a copy of an approval cert from the archives.

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