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Old School Visit

  • Balbir Flora
  • Interview by: Jess Boydon-Juckes

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And we've got to think about.

Some of the inner city schools and

you know,

but never, ever associated it

So if you can turn up, and,

like a big asset,

I went back to my old school in 2005,

So I went back to my old school to say,

you go to, you know, you can do

you know, we went back to the school

show the kids that that

here’s a helicopter come to your school

from that school.

We went back you know, that day

I think it's wing commander Mick Williams

who joined at the at the same time and,

it could be from an inner city school, but

you can have a good career

and you can work hard

And what reaction to get from the kids

They,

on such a adrenaline rush.

I mean, one of the pictures,

Sir John Day, who the, I think

was the deputy chief of staff of the chief

And he was there,

next door as well,

So they'd come along.

And so I'll have to watch this helicopter

And I think what set it all was

I can remember who it was

the senior officers

jacket and saying, sir,

and you could see him jumping up and down

and little things, all that.

You know, it just makes their day

And to actually see

the Air Force and experience

you know, is the buzz

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