User:David Sergent/sandbox

“Introduction”  This website is dedicated to my Grandfather Henry ‘Harry’ Sergent, and his amazing adventures in early Aviation. Harry’s story is an incredible one, from growing up in New Zealand, to becoming one of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s engineers by the age of 20. His skills in aviation saw him work in amazing locations such as Kenya, Sudan, Egypt, South Africa, Italy and England. In his life, Harry experienced such vast developments in machinery and aviation. From working as a mechanic on Model T Fords at age 14, through to seeing men land on the moon, and later viewing A380 super planes which could travel half the world in one day. However, this website is based on the period of Harry’s life, from when he met Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in 1934, up until World War Two. This part of his life, Harry fondly referred to as, “Those Were The Days”