MKAS Lectures in 2002
Date
Lecture
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Tuesday 13th August 2002
To War In A Halifax
Jack Bromfield was a Halifax crewman on 158 Squadron at Lisset, and this was the long awaited second part of his story.
Tuesday 10th September 2002
Testing and certifying a Rebuild for Display flying
Dodge Bailey is Chief test Pilot at Cranfield, and also spends much of his time flying some of the very challenging aircraft at the Shuttleworth Trust.
Tuesday 8th October 2002
Buccaneer Carrier Operations
During his Royal Navy career, Stuart Leeming flew the mighty Buccaneer from HMS Ark Royal, Eagle and Hermes.  His talk was supported by photographs & videos - an unmissable talk!!.
Tuesday 10th December 2002
Luton Airport
A presentation on the current status and future developments at our local airport, given by Managing Director Paul Kehoe.
Tuesday 9th July 2002
The Royal Air Force Abroad
Third in an occasional series of slide lectures by MKAS Chairman Steve Bond.  The topic this time was the RAF's Middle East and Near East Air forces in the 1960s, with lots of Canberras, Beverleys, Shackletons, Twin Pioneers & the like to drool over.
Tuesday 11th June 2002
San Francisco & Miami 1979
A very last minute stand-in, as the scheduled speaker was ill.  MKAS newsletter Editor Andre Faehndrich delved into his slide collection to show us some of the aeronautical gems that were to be seen in the San Francisco and Miami areas in the summer of 1979.
From Lightning to Mirage
Renowned RAF pilot, aviation photographer and author, now a Virgin A340 captain, Ian Black presented a stunning illustrated journey through his military flying career.
Tuesday 14th May 2002
AGM and Annual Photographic Competition
Our second annual report to the membership, followed by the second annual photographic competition for the John Cox Memorial Trophy.
Tuesday 9th April 2002
Cardington and its Airships
A talk by Group Captain Peter Garth of the Airship Heritage Trust covering the fascinating history of the airship industry from its beginnings, through the R100 & R101, right up to today.
Tuesday 12th March 2002
Pushing the Limits - NASA Flight Testing
Professor David Peake, late of NASA, took us through the history of Muroc, Edwards and dryden and described some of the exciting testing that goes on there.
easyJet
Postponed from September, the airline's Public Relations Manager Toby Nicol, made his eagerly awaited return visit.
Tuesday 12th February 2002
Tuesday 8th January 2002
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The Royal Air Force Museum
David Keen, Education Officer at the RAF Museum, took us through its history & the exciting plans for the future.
Tuesday 12th November 2002
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