ROBBIE SHAW was educated at Govan High School in Glasgow. He became an aircraft enthusiast at the age of twelve, after attending the last ever air show at Royal Naval Air Station Abbotsinch (HMS Sanderling), which is now Glasgow International Airport. In March 1969 he joined the Royal Air Force as an Assistant Air Traffic Controller. Following training as an Air Traffic Controller, he undertook tours at Brawdy, Scampton, when it became the base for the Central Flying School (CFS) after it moved from Leeming, Sek Kong (Hong Kong), and Benson. He left the RAF in 1991 and the following year he went to Gatwick where he spent the next nineteen years, retiring in 2011. An enthusiastic aircraft photographer, he travelled the world, being fortunate in having many flights in military aircraft including seven with F-4 Phantom units, six with the RAF, and one with the USAF.
