Neville Taylor started at BAE in 1961 as an office boy. He started in the training school and went in Vineys and then the tool room. He served his time as a tool maker until 1975 when he started work on quality and inspection.
In 1988 he went on to quality investigation and changed to an engineer in 1999 until he finished.
Neville served 38 years in total at BAE. During his time at the company, he worked in 1 shed, two shed, four shed, 36 shed.
He worked on all the tooling for the Tornado, quality for the Tornado and Eurofighter and ended up working on the Airbus.
Neville recalls when a team of apprentices refurbished a spitfire over a 12 month period.
He said: "I remember us all coming out to watch it fly away at Samlesbury, It was a magnificent sight to see. That's probably my best memory of working at BAE."
Neville praised the events hosted by the committee.
He said: "These events are great. We are in a great club - but it doesn't run on its own. It takes time, effort and finances to ensure it continued to run for years to come.
"These events recognise the years' served and what we have all done for aerospace.
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