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Webmaster's Note; This page has been introduced following the issue of the new style "Pulse" publication in place of "NATS News." The RSA feels that our members will appreciate an Obituaries page. They are not in any particular order, just as received. If there are any errors with regard to names, spelling, dates, locations or grades please let me know. Future contributions to webster@caa-rsa.org.uk by e-mail please. Details will be retained on this page for a month or two, then transferred to an archive list.

Cummings	D	SMG 1	Redhill	2 July 2008
Maher	R	ATSA 2	LATCC	3 July 2008
Mason	L M	CA	CAA House	7 July 2008
Harte	G B	ATCO 2	Birmingham Airport	13 July 2008
Seal	A C	B 12.3	Gatwick	22 July 2008
Coster	D A S	Snr.Supt. Typist	AIS Pinner	22 July 2008
Pendall	D L	C.A.	Heathrow Airport	24 July 2008
Michael	T J E	ATCO 2	Manston, Kent	28 July 2008
Bosssomaier	R P	C O	Aviation House, London	16 July 2008
Glazier	J	Band 2	CTE Bletchley	31 July 2008
Middleton	G E	ATE 1	CAA House	5 August 2008
Lacy	D	Typist	AIS Pinner	24 July 2008
Rogers	A M	JMG 7	CAA House	30 July 2008
Kelly	W E	SMG	London	25 July 2008
Shaw	D J C	O.O.2	CAA House	2 August 2008
Cohen	M	E O	Steers House, Liverpool	27 July 2008
Thompson	J	ATCO 2	Liverpool	11 August 2008
Allan	N E	ATE !	Stansted Airport	20 August 2008
Evans	J E	A O	Derby	28 August 2008
Russo	V	MSGB	Spectrum House Gatwick	28 August 2008
Prince	E G	ATE 1	TEE Gatwick	31 August 2008
Berriman	D G	ATCO 2	LATCC	6th September 2008
Timms	J M	STPO	Heathrow Airport	11th September 2008
Jenkins	P D V	STPO	Liverpool Airport	12th September
Yates	R G	E O	CAA Office Heston	28 July 2008
Simonds	F R	HEO	Liverpool	1 September 2008
Deans	J V	ATCO 1	Edinburgh Airport	13 September 2008
Richardson	J	Grade C	CAA House	18 September 2008
Anderson	P D	C A	Northern Office, Liverpool	13 August 2008
Cotton	M S	ATSA 2	Gatwick Airport	30 September 2008
Hawes	C J F	ATCO 1	CAA House	8 October 2008
Parslow	L W T	Storeman	Gatwick Airport	13 October 2008
Prince	E G	ATE 1	TEE Gatwick	31 August 2008
Gregory	J L G	Investigations Off.	CAA House	12 October 2008
Dias	G L	ATSA 4	LATCC	8 October 2008
Ashford	R	Group Director	Safety Reg. Gatwick	6 October 2008
Burke	A E	Band 10, prev.ATCO2	Swanwick Centre	29 October 2008
Barrett	A F	PTO4	Gatwick	29 October 2008
McLaughlin	N	ATE2	Gatwick Airport	30 October 2008
Travis	H F	ATE 1	CTE Bletchley	3 November 2008
Elliot	R A	TA 3	Gatwick	11 November 2008
Sinfield	K D	ATSA 4	Bournemouth	12 November 2008
Sorbie	L	Cleaner	ScOATCC	5 November 2008
Stewart	J G	ATE 2	Hurn	15 October 2008
Fraser	J H H	ATCO 1	Atlantic House	18 November 2008

I am very sorry to have to tell you all that our dear friend and colleague Eric Prince died on Sunday the 31^st of August after an illness that started earlier this year.

Eric started work at TEE in the 1960s as a Radio Technician after transferring from an MOD department in Wiltshire where he worked on tank radio communication systems. In those days jobs in other parts of the Civil Service were advertised throughout the Civil Service and anyone could apply for a transfer. Following a successful interview they could carry over all their pension and service credits to their new post. This system was quite successful in that it transferred experience and skills from one area of Government work to another.

Eric’s first job at TEE was in the Radio Workshops where he spent a few years assembling equipment for use in a number of different systems for installation at locations all over the country. During this time he attended Crawley College on day release where he was awarded an HNC.

He then moved to one of the Radar Labs where he worked on Closed Circuit Television and other equipments that were used at our Control Centres.

His last job before he took early retirement in 1996 was as a Project Engineer in the Installation Group specialising in Radar Data Transmission Systems. Here, he led the way in developing the first Fibre Optic systems to be installed in the Civil Aviation Authority; systems which are now very common.

Eric had many interests; he was a keen golfer and in later years developed a very active interest in bowls and wood turning. I have seen some of the items that he turned on his lathe, he was very talented and they are real works of art.

Following their move from their family homes in Wiltshire, Eric and his wife Mavis have always lived in Burgess Hill with their two daughters, Tracey and Julie, who live locally and now have families of their own.