Brit named world’s best young aircraft maintenance engineer

Posted on 30 Aug 2019 by Jonny Williamson

Haydn Jakes, aged 23 from Cambridge, took home the gold in Aircraft Maintenance at the 45th ‘Skills Olympics’, which took place in Kazan, Russia.

Haydn Jakes celebrates winning gold at the WorldSkills 2019 finals – image courtesy of WorldSkills UK. Haydn Jakes was reportedly overcome with emotion having been crowned the best young Aircraft Maintenance engineer in the World. He said:” This means the world to me – I can’t stop shaking. I have sacrificed…

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