In 1963 Group Captain Brian Entwisle was a young Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force serving at No 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton where he regularly flew de Havilland Chipmunk Aircraft, taking his young cadets as passengers. One cadet in whom he took particular interest, and to whom he provided much flying as well as helping him with his future flying career, was Leading Apprentice Terry Holloway.
Terry Holloway, then a young 18 year old Aircraft Apprentice Engine Fitter, went on to be commissioned and retired from the RAF in 1995, also in the rank of Group Captain. Terry Holloway then came to Cambridge to work for Marshall of Cambridge as the Group Support Executive, where he continues to work.
The two had not been in contact since Terry graduated from Halton 49 years ago in 1964 and a chance conversation which revealed that Group Captain Brian Entwisle was the father-in-law of a Marshall Design Engineer, Carl Tucker, led to the reunion.
Terry Holloway said: “It was wonderful to meet Brian again and in view of his enormous encouragement of me into flying when I was much younger man, the most appropriate thing to do seemed to fly Brian in one of the Cessna 172 Training Aircraft of the Cambridge Aero Club. It was fantastic to be able to return the favour by flying Brian, who had retired from flying in 1972.”
Group Captain Brian Entwisle said: “It was an enormous pleasure to meet Terry again and I thoroughly enjoyed a very memorable flight. It was very good to see what a success he had made of his life and it was also a wonderful way to celebrate my 80th Birthday.”
Image: Terry Holloway with Brian Entwisle.
Terry Holloway joined the Royal Air Force as a Halton Apprentice in 1962 having earlier flown solo in a glider at the age of 16 in 1961, as a member of the Air Training Corps. He was commissioned in 1965 and served in the Royal Air Force until 1995, when he joined Marshall of Cambridge. He has flown continuously for the last 52 years and has amassed over 8,500 flying hours in 191 different types of aircraft and glider. One particular aviation distinction was that he led the first Royal Air Force Gliding Expedition to fly over the Andes from Chile to Argentina in 1995. Terry is a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, is a Freeman of the City of London and is Deputy Chairman of the Air Squadron. In his spare time he is an active supporter of the Air Training Corps and regularly flies young Air Cadets from No 104 (City of Cambridge) Squadron of the Air Training Corps in Cessna 172s from the Cambridge Aero Club. The Air Training Corps was founded by The Air League in 1937 and Terry is also currently Vice Chairman of The Air League.
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For further information contact:
TERRY HOLLOWAY
Group Support Executive
The Marshall Group of Companies
The Airport, Newmarket Road
Cambridge, CB5 8RX
Tel: 01223 373227 (Office)./ 07785 316763 (mobile)
Email: th@marcamb.co.uk
www.marshallgroup.co.uk
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