The Curriculum Vitae (and other notes) of Robert James Powditch

CURRICULUM VITAE

(typewritten c1984)

Sheet 1.

Born:

Robert James Powditch, 21st February 1937, in a clinic in Recoleta,

suburb of Santiago, Chile, South America.

Nationality:

British, born of British parents and registered at birth with the

British Consulate in that country.

Education:

1941 - 1942 Saint George's Kindergarten School, ages 4 to 5 years.

1942 - 1948 Saint Peter's School, ages 6 to 11 years.

1948 - 1953 The Macky School, ages 11 to 16 years.

1952 - 1955 Polytechnic, ages 16 to 18 years.

''0'' Levels:

(Cambridge) English, Spanish, Maths., Physics, Chemistry and

History.

'A' Levels:

Physics and Maths.

ONC

Physics.

National

Service:

1956 - 1960 Royal Air Force, extended due to Suez crisis.

Employment

Rolls-Royce, Derby, Aero Engine Development Department,

specialized in fluid dynamics, with particular attention to aero

engine fuel systems, including advanced electronics.

1964 - 1967 Rolls-Royce representative in Italy.

1967 - 1970 Senior Rolls-Royce representative in Italy.

1971 - 1979 Returned to England so that my children, then aged 2, 6

and 7 years old could benefit from a continuous English school

education - during this period I served in local politics as a

Councillor and Governor of the local High School.

1979 - 1984 Bought a Glass Merchants business and a Funeral

Directors business.

1984 - Liquidated the Glass Merchants business due to my divorce,

have now made other arrangements for the Funeral Directors

business which will, hopefully, allow me to prepare a small yacht,

that I may set sail around the world. Later I intend to write about the

various and many experiences that have crossed my way.

I have climbed

Ojos Del Salado	22539 feet
Tupungato	22310 feet
Kilimanjaro	19158 feet
Kenya	17058 feet
Ararat (Great)	16916 feet

I have walked:

Alone, across the Atacama desert, South America.

From Tubruq to Darnah to Al Bayda to Benghazi, Libya.

From Santiago to Valparaiso in Chile, South America.

I have sailed:

I have variously, built three small wooden dinghies and a sea-going

canoe, that I have sailed to the Juan Fernandez group of islands,

where I spent several months fishing for lobster. I have sailed-

drifted down the Euphrates, from R.A.F. Habbaniyah to Basra and

beyond. In the sea-going canoe I both sailed and paddled from

Valparaiso to Valdivia and back again, living mainly from the sea.

I have flown over 800 hrs. in:

Anson, DC3, DC6, York, Meteor, Shakelton, Comet, Hastings,

Beverly, Valiant, Argosy, Victor, Vampire, Camberra, Hunter,

Viscount, Bonanza, Sycamore, Trident, Pembroke, Caravel,

Jet Provost, VC10, PD8080 HS125, MB326, CONCORDE and many

others.

Sheet 2

I have piloted:

Gliders, Anson, Tiger Moth, R.A.F. Chipmunks, etc.

I have been to:

Chile, Argentine, Brazil, Peru, Germany, Holland, France,

Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Syria,

Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Gibraltar,

Spain, Portugal, Channel Islands, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates,

South Yemen, Oman, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,

Rhodesia, etc. etc.

I have in the past:

Instructed in the following subjects:-

Basic electricity, basic electronics, motor mechanical engineering,

aero engine technology, fluid dynamic control systems, desert

rescue, mountain rescue, survival techniques and glass processing

in regard to re-silvering of mirrors.

Next:

I intend to try and break a sailing record or two, maybe even set a

new one, who knows?

After that:

Write a book, design, build and sell a sailing boat that is not yet

available in today's market.

Bob Powditch.

Other Notes (written c1984)

I was born in Santiago, Chile, South America, of British parents. My father was

a British Foreign Office military and security adviser in that country.

I later left Chile for England to join the Royal Air Force to complete my

National Service requirements. I served as an Aero Engineer Defects Investigator

and travelled, in that capacity, over most of the middle eastern countries. I later

married an English girl and by her had three children:

Andrew Robert Powditch

Paul Antony Powditch

Caroline Sarah Powditch

Andrew	is now 22 years old ( c1984) and is a Master of Science in Bio-Chemistry, and is working at a leading hospital in research into premature baby deaths. He is married, and his wife, also qualified in the same capacity, is doing similar research.
Paul	is now 20 years ( c1984) old and is in the process of becoming a commercial artist.
Caroline	is now 18 years old (c1984)and will, in the next few months, be joining a leading London hospital, where she will study for four years in the hope of becoming a Physiotherapist.

When I left the Royal Air Force, I joined Rolls-Royce Ltd. in the capacity of a Fuel

Systems Development Engineer. Later I was asked to research fluid/dynamic/

electronic systems in fighter aircraft. This lead to extensive travelling commitments

all over Europe. Later I was to become a permanent Rolls-Royce representative in

Europe, mainly in Italy, Yugoslavia, Rumania and sometimes France. After seven

years in this post I returned to England and, realizing that promotion from my

position in that company would be very unlikely, I decided to enter business on

my own. This I did, but unfortunately, due to xxx xxxxxx, the economic situation

at that time and various other factors, I decided to lead a more leisurely life and

liquidated one company and kept the other. I now manage a small guest house,

which I find most enjoyable to do.