An interview with...... Mike Savage on selling with Handley Page & his de Havillands apprenticeship

Published: April 23, 2019, 2:08 p.m.

b"Aerospace public relations legend Mike Savage tells stories about his apprenticeship at de Havillands, including his interview that ended up with Mike, Geoffrey de Havilland and the entire interview board firing off toy rockets and being part of a recording-breaking team to break the long-distance record for driving a lawnmower from Edinburgh to London. After his time at Hatfield and a spell in the RAF, Mike\\u2019s move to Handley Page's public relations department created more anecdotes including a bid to sell Handley Page Heralds to Air Bremen was spectacularly lost during a dinner reception and a plan to dig a swimming pool for Sudan Airways. \\n\\nMike Savage FRAeS was interviewed in January 2019 by Bill Read FRAeS and the podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS."