• Question: were you inspired by anyone

    Asked by 09tolat1 to Becky, Carrie, Kelly, Robin, Usaid on 14 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Robin Stafford Allen

      Robin Stafford Allen answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      @09tolat1: I had the most amazing father who was an aeronautical engineer (designs aeroplanes) and was a flight engineer in the RAF in the war. He used to encourage me to take the lawnmower or the rotovator to bits and repair them, and then I had a small motorbike (BSA) and my first car when I was 12, which of course could only be driven about 50 yards as it was not, of course, allowed on the roads (it was too old and i was too young!), but I could take it to bits and put it back together to keep it going. Regards Robin

    • Photo: Becky Selwyn

      Becky Selwyn answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I didn’t know anyone who was an engineer before I decided to become one, but since then I have met a lot of people who encouraged me. At the moment my supervisor probably inspires me the most because she works very hard but still has a life outside work and she never gets put off when something goes wrong.

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