30MU, RAF Sealand - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

David Simpson · 1st Jan 2016, 5:58 pm

Just wondering, having read Geoff Titcombe's earlier thread, are there any other Forum folk who were acquainted with the avionics & test equipment at Sealand?
My last visit, in the early 70's, as a Cosford Instructor, was to assess recently qualified RAF apprentices who had been posted there. Amazingly, some of them had been trained at the Liverpool Dental School(not far away), to use dental tools to de-encapsulate & repair solid state components & chips. Cant for the life of me remember which equipment they were working on. Possibly Radar, but I'm just not sure. But it was American.

Regards, David

1st Jan 2016, 5:58 pm	#1
David Simpson Nonode Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Aberdeen, UK. Posts: 2,853	30MU, RAF Sealand Just wondering, having read Geoff Titcombe's earlier thread, are there any other Forum folk who were acquainted with the avionics & test equipment at Sealand? My last visit, in the early 70's, as a Cosford Instructor, was to assess recently qualified RAF apprentices who had been posted there. Amazingly, some of them had been trained at the Liverpool Dental School(not far away), to use dental tools to de-encapsulate & repair solid state components & chips. Cant for the life of me remember which equipment they were working on. Possibly Radar, but I'm just not sure. But it was American. Regards, David