MKAS Meeting Schedule & Lecture Programme Doors open at 7:00 pm for an 8:00 pm Lecture start. 2010 Lectures |
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Tuesday 10th August 2010 |
Flying for Life Mission Aviation Fellowship is a charity but it is also an airline, which operates 130+ aircraft in 38 countries worldwide. Founded in 1945, Mike Fawdrey gives us a unique insight into its operations around the world supporting various mission agencies in remote places where there are no roads. |
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Tuesday 14th September 2010 |
Heroes All – Airmen’s Stories In Their Own Words The result of over 20 years of interviewing wartime veterans, Steve Bond presents a very personal view of the World War II air war from all sides of the conflict. |
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Tuesday 12th October 2010 |
The Worlds Largest Single Engine Biplane Bill Leary, Chief Pilot of the An-2 Club, who operate HA-MKF based at Popham, tells us all about spending “£500 per hour on a 9 Cylinder, Gas Guzzling, Oil Drinking, Hissing Bi -plane” and still be able to fly it on a PPL. |
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Tuesday 9th November 2010 |
The Worlds First True Rocket Aircraft – the Heinkel He 176 Douglas Downer-Smith’ speciality is the study of the jet and rocket aircraft of World War II and tonight he tells us the story of the Heinkel He 176 and what brought about its emergence in 1939, just before world’s first turbojet flight of the He 178. |
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Tuesday 14th December 2010 |
The Evolution of the British Aircraft Industry Dr Ron Smith (author of the excellent British Built Aircraft Series) takes us through the changing shape of the aircraft industry in Britain, from the pioneers of 1908, through two world wars, and rationalization in the 1960’s, up to the formation of British Aerospace/BAe Systems. |
See our 2011 Lecture Programme
All meetings are held in the Kents Hill Community Centre, Frithwood Crescent, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes, MK7 6HQ.
Doors open at 7.00 p.m. and lectures begin at 8.00 p.m.
We look forward to welcoming you to one of our meetings soon.
Temporary Lectures Organiser is Andre Faehndrich
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