PERSONAL DATA

ADDRESS : 61, Gilbert Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4PX

NAME : Ian Kenneth McLaren

DATE OF BIRTH : 18 JAN 45

TEL. No : 0121-533-0596

MOBILE : 0771 983 2261

E-Mail : ex120sqn@hotmail.com

NATIONALITY : British

MARITAL STATUS : Single

HEALTH : Details available from my GP on request from your consultant

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

G.C.E. “O” Levels :

English Language ; Mathematics ; Geography ; Human Biology ; Air Navigation.

ET1 & ET2 Electrical Tech.Course (ULCI) 1962-1964

RAF St.Athan(Electronic Mech:Navigation Systems) FEB-JUN 1965

RAF Cinematograph Corporation(16mm/35mm. Projectionist) AUG-SEP 1967

BAC Warton (Lightning Mks.53/55 Avionics Course - IFICS) MAR 1970

Edwards of Canada, Toronto (Fire Alarm - UL Approvals) JAN-APR 1981

Sandwell TEC (Business Skills Start-up Course) AUG 1992

Sandwell HeartStart (Emergency Life Support Course) 09 NOV 96

Hon. Ph.D (Cardiovascular Science)[Mercian Order of St.George] 11 JUL 97

Inclusion in the 1999 “Who’s Who In The World" & "Who's Who in the World of Medicine (Year 2000 Edition)

Sandwell Enterprise (Business Skills[Owner-Manager] Course) DEC98-JUN99

(which led to GNVQ Level III [Owner Management - Business Planning])

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES                           SINCE

Royal Institute of Navigation (M.R.I.N)                                         01 MAR 88

Royal Meteorological Society (F.R.Met.S)                                    11 APR 90

Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)                                              11 JUN 90

Expedition Advisory Centre (M.E.A.C)                                          18 JUN 90

Universal Life Church (Ordination)                                                 23 JUN 97

Mercian Order of St.George (Doctor of Divinity)                          09 AUG 97

WORK PROFILE

Apprentice Instrument Maker (Record Elec.Co) SEP60-JAN65

Royal Air Force (Instrument mechanic-Navigation) JAN65-JUN69

Carlson-Ford Ltd (Cable loom Production Engineer) JUL69-MAR70

Royal Saudi Air Force, Dhahran (Avionics Commissioning Eng) MAR70-OCT70

Cadbury-Schweppes (Electronic Technician[Nights]) JAN71-JUN74

SINCE 1974 : Contractor in the following specialist sectors :

ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN & COMMISSIONING ENGINEER :

PCB Assembly & Test ; Prototype R&D ; Technical Reports ; Technical Storeman ; Production Engineering ; Progress Chasing ; Inspection.

SPECIALISATION IN : Fire and Intruder Alarms ; Linear Power Supplies ; C.C.T.V Studios ; SCR/Triac Lighting Control Systems ; Timers ; Sequential Switchers ; AC Line Conditioning Units ; Nurse Call Systems ; Emergency Lighting ; Audio Signal Generators ; T.E.N.S (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulators)

TUTOR / RESEARCHER : Cardiovascular Science ; Diabetes ; Anatomy and Physiology ; Cardiology ; Anaesthesiology ; Haematology ; Pharmacology ; Environmental Science (renewable energy systems)

METEOROLOGIST : Maintaining a local weather observation station and supplying data to the University of Birmingham. Manufacturing weather stations and teaching meteorological principles as a guest speaker at schools.

EXPEDITION ORGANISER : Planning and participating in desert and wild country expeditions and adventures in Europe, North Africa and Saudi Arabia. Teaching survival and adventure planning skills as a guest speaker at schools.

AVIONICS TECHNICIAN : Maintenance of primary flight instruments for a fleet of 75 light aircraft (especially gyroscopic, compass and navigation systems). Compass swinging of G.A. and military aircraft. Volunteer on Saturdays at RAF Cosford Aerospace Museum until July 25th.2000.

WEB PAGE DESIGN AND PUBLISHING : Design & launch of  Educational, Commercial and Charitable Web Pages on the WWW, including  :

Photographs ; Logos ; Hypertext  links to other pages  and keywords within a text.

E-Mails ; Hit Counters ; Selection Boxes  (Drop-Down Menus) ; Buttons ;

Anchor Words (jumps to a specific subject if listed in Index)

Visitor Books ; Response  and Enquiry Forms.

Averaging 200 pages per month launched. Web Space on Lycos-UK, Xoom, Geocities, Driveway and AOL. Registration of pages on Search Engines. Experience in writing in HTML using Front Page Express, AOLPRESS, HP Wizard, Tripod,  & Lycos.

CONTRACT COMPANIES INCLUDE :

• British Broadcasting Corporation : Manchester (Audio Crossbar installation [wire-wrapping]), BBC Training Centre (installation of audio & video mixing desks), Birmingham [Pebble Mill Studios] (Assisting BBC technicians in the installation of a fifth camera channel for all studios with feedback to Central Technical Area)
• British Aerospace (prev.B.A.C) : Commissioning Engineer at RSAF Dhahran to establish the Avionics & Instrument test centre. Training Saudi personnel in the use of the test equipment for the calibration & maintenance of I.F.I.C.S. (Integrated Flight Instrument & Control System) as used on Lightning Mk.53/55 aircraft.
• Iraqi T.V. : The manufacture of the entire Baghdad T.V. studio system including audio / video control and mixing desks, telecine, monitors but excluding transmitter system.  
• Redifon Radar : Technical storeman, responsible for making up kits for production areas, booking in of completed sub-assemblies, stock control, packing  & despatch.
• M.E.L (Mullard) : Assembly & test of Multiway (<120) cable looms for submarine applications.
• British Steel : Control panel assembly & wiring
• British Sugar Corporation : Control panel assembly & wiring
• Redifon Flight Simulators : Technical storeman (duties as at Redifon Radar)
• Technitron(UK)
• GEC / Plessey : Prototype wiring (Numerical Control technology)
• Midland Aircraft Maintenance : Aircraft Primary Flight Instrumentation maintenance, calibration, modification & workshop/air test.
• Lucas Aerospace : Solar battery chargers for battery powered vehicles including design of regulated P.S.U.
• Marconi Space & Defence : Cable loom assembly (all multiway connectors)
• Aerospace Communication Systems : Intercom development
• Carlson-Ford : Cable loom assembly & test (Production Engineer)
• Leeds and Northrup : 6 months in R&D ; then 6 months as a Production Engineer where I introduced automated testing using equipment from A.T.E. Systems Ltd., enabling automated testing of P.C.B's offering a time benefit of 400% over manual testing techniques. At that time we had enough orders to increase productivity by 400% meaning taking on additional staff and increasing company turnover and profits significantly.
• Saudi Min. of Education : Design & installation of cable TV studios and associated classroom equipment allowing pubescent/adolescent girl pupils to be taught higher science (including biological sciences) & maths by male teachers, via a TV studio set up as a laboratory. Under Islamic law, girls of that age may only see and communicate with women or elderly men. Each girl had a telephone on her desk and a call facility to the teacher. The studio included audio & video mixing from live, semi-professional dolly-mounted cameras, microscope camera and U-matic multi-standard (PAL/SECAM/NTSC) video recorders/players and 8mm/16mm/35mm Telecine. I also included spot & flood lighting control as well as a telephone switchboard. The contract including training Saudi technicians at each school prior to handover of the completed system.
• Saudi Min. of Defence & Civil Aviation : Security manager at the Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport at Jeddah, where the pilgrims arrived from overseas for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Responsible for CCTV, Access Control, Airside Screening Systems for personnel & baggage. Contract for the month preceding Hajj, then Hajj & the month after for rectification as required.
• Cadbury-Schweppes : Instrument Technician (nights) on metal detectors, Photo-Electric Cells, temperature & pressure controllers, data loggers.
• Klockner-Moeller : Fill-in holday cover contract to manufacture Stop/Start Variable Speed controllers for conveyor belt systems for use on Iraqi farms for sorting and packing of seed, grain and vegetable produce.
• Royal Saudi Air Force : As given above via BAC, Airwork Services Ltd., Field Aircraft Services (Commissioning Engineer & Staff training) [April-October 1970].

LEISURE INTERESTS

• Tow-launch paragliding using my own 9-cell Ram-Air canopy
• Sport Parachuting (Ram-Air and Aeroconical)
• Wilderness and adventure travel
• Writing for technical, medical and leisure magazines / conferences
• Flying a PA-38 (Tomahawk) and D.H.Chipmunk
• Short Wave Listening
• C.B. long distance communication, using skip
• Construction of a 33ft. span, 2-seat, Self-launching Motor Glider

ASSIGNMENTS SOUGHT (CONTRACT OR PERMANENT)

Web Page Design, Marketing and Publishing / DTP

Medical Research (Cardiovascular Disease ; Diabetes ; Fitness Assessment ; Sports Medicine)

Aviation Meteorologist : Max.12 hour shifts

Avionics Technician : Navigation & Flight Control Systems ; Aircraft Power Supplies ; Gyro & magnetic compass swinging (3rd.line ; Bay servicing)

[Overseas contracts to include : free air-conditioned villa accommodation ; free messing ; free air travel return to the U.K. or equivalent value ; One month paid leave after 11 months service including return air travel to the U.K., or of equivalent value to a destination of my choice ; Free Medical & Life Insurance ; Visas/Work Permits].

Aviation Skills

During my RAF service, I worked on the following equipment:

Bombsights; Drift Recorders; Ground Position Indicators; Air Position Indicators; Gyro-Magnetic compasses (Sperry Mks.GM2, GM4 and GM7); Magnetic Compasses (E2A, P10, P11); Automatic Dead Reckoning systems; Sperry Mk.10 Autopilots.

Tasks undertaken: Testing  and calibration of the above equipment using Bay Servicing Schedules and repair of all the above equipment to component level in a Bay Servicing situation; Compass Swinging; Air tests of the navigational equipment, flying as supernumery aircrew (Navigator trainee) with Shackleton Mk3 Phase 3 aircraft of 120 Squadron (RAF Kinloss) and on Dominie Mk.1 (HS-125) and Avro Anson navigator training aircraft of the No.1 School of Air Navigation, RAF Stradishall.

During my service with the Royal Saudi Air Force, Dhahran (on contract to Field Aircraft Services, on behalf of Airwork Services Limited & B.A.C):

Commissioning Engineer and staff training, on the navigational equipment and Flight Management System on the Lightning Mks.53/55; I.F.I.C.S (Integrated Flight Instrument and Control System). Establishment of the Avionics Servicing Centre at Dhahran. Teaching Saudi students in the operation of test equipment and maintenance at Bay Servicing level of the above equipment.

Midland Aircraft Maintenance, Halfpenny Green Aerodrome, U.K.

Contract maintenance of primary flight instruments (Mk.20A Altimeter, Airspeed Indicator, Directional Gyro, Turn & Slip Indicator, Rate of Climb & Descent Indicator, Artificial Horizon) and airborne navigational equipment for a fleet of 75 light aircraft, comprising amongst others: PA-38 (Tomahawk), D.H.Chipmunk, Tiger Moth, Cessna 152, Citation, Scottish Aviation Bulldog.

Compass swinging, repair, maintenance, calibration and air testing of all the above equipment and systems.