Naval Airmen by Michael Mcmanus
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Naval Airmen Aircraft Handlers Wright and Paice, Gannet nose arm team, Flight Deck Party. 6B pencil. From a photo from the 70s. What strikes me as relevant is the look of complete focus on the faces of the two lads as they watch the director in front of them and the lethal whirring props a few feet behind them. This is a look of ‘survival’. Having done chocks on Gannets myself and towed them hundreds of times by tractor, the word that comes to mind is an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm, I.e. ‘fear’.
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Michael Mcmanus
I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…
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