Lectures2000

Meeting Schedule & Lecture Programme

Doors open at 7:00 pm for an 8:15 pm Lecture start.

Please note that we are looking for a new Lectures Organiser - if you are interested in taking on this role, then please contact MKAS by e-mail.

DATE	LECTURE
Tuesday 13th April 2010	British Regional Airports Alan Foster returns to tell us about the UK's Regional Airports - how they started, how they developed and how they now attempt to survive in the 21st Century.
Tuesday 11th May 2010	Air Atlantique - the Past, the Present and the Future. Steve Bridgewater, Commercial Manager of Air Atlantique Classic Flight gives us the full story.
Tuesday 8th June 2010	A Day in the Life of LAA Engineering Ken Craigie, Chief Inspector, Light Aircraft Association, discusses some of the many light aircraft flying and engineering issues he has dealt with.
Tuesday 13th July 2010	Cold War Aircrew Forum 2010 The 4th MKAS Air Crew Forum, the theme this time will be the Cold War. As per the previous formats, Air Vice Marshal Peter Dye, Curatorial Director of the RAF Museum, will chair the assembled panel of guests, who have unique experience of activity at the height of the Cold War, from an operational and historical perspective. Venue: The Hunt House, Paulerspury, near Towcester, Northants NN12 7NA Tickets: Ł7.00 MKAS Members Ł10.00 Non-MKAS Members
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.
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.
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 “Ł500 per hour on a 9 Cylinder, Gas Guzzling, Oil Drinking, Hissing Bi -plane” and still be able to fly it on a PPL.
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.
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.

DATE

LECTURE

Tuesday

13th April

2010

British Regional Airports

Alan Foster returns to tell us about the UK's Regional Airports - how they started, how they developed and how they now attempt to survive in the 21st Century.

Tuesday

11th May

2010

Air Atlantique - the Past, the Present and the Future.

Steve Bridgewater, Commercial Manager of Air Atlantique Classic Flight gives us the full story.

Tuesday

8th June

2010

A Day in the Life of LAA Engineering

Ken Craigie, Chief Inspector, Light Aircraft Association, discusses some of the many light aircraft flying and engineering issues he has dealt with.

Tuesday

13th July

2010

Cold War Aircrew Forum 2010

The 4th MKAS Air Crew Forum, the theme this time will be the Cold War. As per the previous formats, Air Vice Marshal Peter Dye, Curatorial Director of the RAF Museum, will chair the assembled panel of guests, who have unique experience of activity at the height of the Cold War, from an operational and historical perspective.

Venue: The Hunt House, Paulerspury, near Towcester, Northants NN12 7NA

Tickets: Ł7.00 MKAS Members

Ł10.00 Non-MKAS Members

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.

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.

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 “Ł500 per hour on a 9 Cylinder, Gas Guzzling, Oil Drinking, Hissing Bi -plane” and still be able to fly it on a PPL.

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.

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.

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 8.15 p.m.

We look forward to welcoming you to one of our meetings soon.

Temporary Lectures Organiser is Andre Faehndrich

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