--- gilbert menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > btw,What *technical* function did you perform for > the Brazilian Navy?
Procured spares for engines and allied equipment for Niteroi-class frigates, Humait�-class subs, Sea-king and Lynx helicopters, IFF equipment etc. in the European market, and purchased repair and maintenance manuals for the foregoing. My technical knowledge came into the fore in translating Portuguese technical requirements into English technical terms, when suitable substitutes were required to be procured for obsoleted electronic spares, and to handle telex machines in a couple of emergencies when no telex operator had turned up for work (there were no fax machines in popular use until the late 1980s). Next I moved into the field of software development, developing an on-line purchasing system and an on-line accounting system to be compatible with the Brazilian federal SIAFI system on mini-computers, and before I left, set up a Netware LAN. > How many times did you step on the deck of the > carrier *Minas Gerais*? None. But read enough about it and other aircraft carriers on Janes publications when I was working there in the '80s. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Australia. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
