British Air Transport Auxiliary
Phil Rogers
Posted to No 263 Squadron, at RAF Wattisham, 27, March 1951 through July 1953 serving as an operational pilot, as a gunnery Instructor, and Instrument Rated. Assigned as Adjutant to the Wattisham Wing August 1 1953 through September 3, 1953. Posted as a Gunnery Instructor to 233 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Pembrey October 3, 1953 through April 1954. Accepted for Flight Instructor Training at RAF South Cerney, and RAF Little Rissington, April 9, 1954, and graduated as a B2 Flight Instructor August 18, 1954, and posted to Oxford University Air Squadron, to March 9, 1957, during which time was graded from B2, to B1, and finally to A2. Completed my 8 years Short Service Commission with the RAF, March 9, 1957, and Emigrated to Montreal Canada. March 1957 through October 1963, worked as Chief Flight Instructor, at Montreal Flying Club, Skylane Aviation, Curtiss Reid, and Laurentide Aviation. Hired as an Instructor to Rolls Royce Customers at Rolls Royce Canada, Montreal, on the Rolls Royce Dart, and Spey, October 1963 through August 1966. Assigned by Rolls Royce as a Service Representative in the U.S., providing Customer Support to Rolls Royce Corporate operators using Gulfstreams I and II, and airlines using BAC-111, AW Argosy, HP Jetstreams, from January 1967 through May 1972. Resigned Rolls in May 1972 to join Ozark Airlines at St. Louis, Missouri, as a Maintenance Planner, and Reliability Manager. Assigned as Power-Plant Manager at TWA in Kansas City in June 1986, for all engines in the MD-80, DC-9, and B7272 fleets, until retirement in January 1991. Set my own consulting company, providing technical support to Banks
and Leasing companies, leasing aircraft to the major airlines world-wide,
from January 1991, until full retirement in 2001. There is no doubt
in my mind, that my service and experience gained during my 18 months
with the ATA, during WW II, and the encouragement the Ladies of 15 Ferry
Pool gave me, was the MAIN contribution in allowing me to enjoy a career
in the aviation industry. |
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