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DATE |
LECTURE
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Tuesday
11th January
2011 |
Flying the Hunter and Venom in RAF Service
Peter Sawyer talks about his
experiences in Aden, the Arabian Peninsula, Bahrain and Kuwait together with
The Oman and Kenya between 1958 and 1961, when he was flying Venoms and
Hunters on 208 Squadron.
This is the lecture that was originally scheduled for
January 12th 2010 |
Tuesday
8th February
2011 |
Hurricanes
over Russia
Air Commodore Phil Wilkinson (ret’d) tells us the story of
Hurricane Wing 151, which was rapidly formed and deployed to Murmansk
immediately after the German invasion of Russia in 1941. A new documentary
featuring the veterans of this exploit will be shown.. |
Tuesday
8th March
2011 |
Annual
General Meeting & Photographic Competition
Our annual report to the membership and the results of the 11th Annual
Photographic Competition.
|
Tuesday
12th April
2011 |
The past, present and
future for aircraft and their engines
Dr Ken Ramsden BSc MSc PhD presents an illustrated talk ranging from the
TSR2 and Olympus engine development to novel concepts and materials
currently under review at Cranfield University.
. |
Tuesday
10th
May
2011 |
The Battle of Britain Beacon - Transforming the RAF Museum
In May 2010 the RAF Museum unveiled plans for an iconic
addition to the London site - The Battle of Britain Beacon. Peter Dye OBE,
Director General of the RAF museum, will talk about the background, current
status and intentions of this exciting project. |
|
Tuesday
14th
June
2011 |
Air to Air Refuelling Operations in the South Atlantic
Wing Commander Barry Neal participated extensively in AAR
operations in the South Atlantic in all roles in various detachments from
April 1982 to April 1983, and flew two sorties on Operation Black Buck 1,
the first Vulcan bombing raid on the Falklands Islands. |
|
Tuesday
12th July
2011
|
8th Group
Pathfinder Force
Andy Campbell - Curator of the Pathfinder Museum - explains
the formation, organisation and expansion of the PFF, including details of
the technology and target marking techniques used. He will also relate
personal stories of the Pathfinders and give an overview of the Museum. |
Tuesday
9th August
2011
|
Lecture
Title to be Confirmed Lecture
details to be confirmed.
|
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Tuesday
13th September
2011 |
The role of RAF and
NATO Maritime Air assets during the Cold War
John Cairns talks about surface and sub-surface surveillance
of Soviet Naval activity during the Cold War, including details where
permitted of developing tactics and equipment to counter the evolving Soviet
technology. |
|
Tuesday
11th October
2011 |
UFO’s: Weapons of Mass
Deception
Writer Mark Pilkington explores the premise that far from
denying the existence of UFO’s, US intelligence agencies promoted them as a
useful smokescreen for experimental aircraft, crashes and covert operations. |
|
Tuesday
8th
November
2011 |
Lecture
Title to be Confirmed Lecture
details to be confirmed. |
|
Tuesday
13th December
2011 |
Lecture
Title to be Confirmed Lecture
details to be confirmed. |
