| MKAS Lectures in 2006 |
| Date |
| Lecture |
 |
| Tuesday 10th January 2006 |
| Annual General Meeting & Photographic Competition Our annual report to the membership, as well as the 6th Annual Photographic Competition for the John Cox Memorial trophy, topped off with a quiz to keep the grey matter active.. |
| Constellation to Concorde A hilarious tale of working the line by John Manucci, who had a long and distinguished engineering career with BOAC and BA. From tech problems with Connies, bent props on Britannias, corrosion on 707s, electronic glitches on 757s to fun and games with Concorde - John had a story for all of them. Excellent stuff. |
| Tuesday 14th March 2006 |
| D-Day Bombers A welcome return by author Steve Darlow, who this time took us through the major Bomber Command operations in support of the D-Day landings. |
| Tuesday 14th February 2006 |
| Tuesday 11th April 2006 |
| James Nicolson VC Flt Lt James Nicolson was Fighter Command's only Victoria Cross winner during the last war. His nephew Jim Nicolson gave us a fascinating illustrated talk about his uncle's incredible career. |
| A Very Special BAC 1-11 Nik Read gave us a superb lecture on the fascinating history of test flying that has been undertaken by G-ASYD, a BAC 1-11, now in his tender care at the Brooklands Aviation Museum |
| Tuesday 13th June 2006 |
| Just How Safe Is Flying??? Steve Bond, who runs an Air Safety Management programme at City University, in his annual President's lecture, described the current state of air safety around the world. |
| Tuesday 9th May 2006 |
| The Rebirth Of A Halifax Gerry Cullen told us the incredible story of the unveiling of Halifax NA337 at Trenton, Canada, resplendent after a 10 year total restoration, having spent half a century underwater in Norway. |
| Tuesday 8th August 2006 |
| From Lightnings to Whirlwinds - Living with Aircraft Graham Perry reviewed over 40 years working with aircraft and the vital contribution made to aircraft operations by aviation people, both military and civil, and in particular how they mixed openness and good humour with a firm professionalism to produce safe flying. With plenty of excellent slides and some cracking anecdotes. |
| Tuesday 11th July 2006 |
| Replaced the John Hutchinson Concorde Lecture - "The Death of a Legend" - which will be re-scheduled for 2007 |
| Tuesday 12th September 2006 |
| Replaced the Stuart Powney Catalina Lecture - "The Plane Sailing Catalina" - which has been re-scheduled for August 2007 |
| The History Of Haddenham Airfield MKAS member Peter Chamberlain stepped in to give us a very interesting illustrated history of this little known airfield near Thame, where he learned to glide in the early 1970s. |
| The RAF Museum & The Cold War Dr Michael Fopp, Director General of the RAF Museum, gave us a superb update on the latest developments at Hendon, and the exciting new Cold War complex at Cosford, due to open in February 2007. |
| Tuesday 14th November 2006 |
| Jet VTOL since 1951 Another excellent and informative lecture by former Royal Aircraft Establishment pilot John Farley, who recounted the early development of the P1127 and Harrier. John OBE AFC spent 19 years contributing to the development of the Harrier, retiring as Chief Test Pilot BAe Dunsfold. |
| Tuesday 10th October 2006 |
| Tuesday 12th December 2006 |
| Flying Legends Not the Duxford Air Show, but a fascinating lecture from Mark Davis about the people and places associated with flying through the years. Including the story of the most successful British airliner of the 30s/40s - the Rapide. Also an update on the tremendous work of the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust which covers our area. |