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FORTHCOMING EVENTS from RAeS Christchurch Branch Lecture Secretary
Please find details below of forthcoming local aerospace, aviation and engineering events 
in the South West.
Featured events:
RAeS Yeovil Branch
Flying War Birds a test pilot's perspective of the greatest piston engine fighters ever produced - Presented by Dave Southwood
18:00 in Dallas Conference Room 1A, AgustaWestland, Lysander Road, Yeovil, Somerset. BA20, 2BY
RAeS Christchurch Branch joint event with Poole Flying Boat Celebration
The Flying Boats of Poole - Presented by Leslie Dawson
19:00 in Cobham Lecture Theatre, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus
Summary of local events:
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19/01/2012 |
RAeS Yeovil Branch - Flying War Birds a test pilot's perspective of the greatest piston engine fighters ever produced, presented by Dave Southwood |
18:00 |
Dallas Conference Room 1A, AgustaWestland |
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26/01/2012 |
RAeS Christchurch Branch & PFBC joint event - The Flying Boats of Poole presented by Leslie Dawson |
19:00 for 19:30 |
Cobham Lecture Theatre, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus |
Non members £2 on the door |
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27/01/2012 |
Lymington Local History Society :: “Southampton’s Flying Boats – Ships of the Sky” Illustrated talk recalling the Golden Years of the commercial flying boat era, when Southampton and its Empire flying boats led the world. From the beginnings in 1913 to the swansong in the 50s and later. Presented by Colin van Geffen |
19:15 |
Robert Hole Room, Lymington Community Centre, New Street Lymington SO41 9BQ |
Non-members £3.00 |
Contact carolinebirch@clara.co.uk or colin@cvg.flyer.co.uk |
01/02/2012 |
IMechE event - Survivable loads on the pilot and the crashworthiness of Glider Cockpits presented by Dr Tony Segal |
18:00 for 18:30 |
Wiltshire College, Salisbury |
Refreshments available from 18:00 |
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07/03/2012 |
Christchurch Aviation Society event - Operating the Sea Vixen presented by Paul Kingsbury |
20:00 |
Druitt Hall, Christchurch |
£2 on the door; refreshments served |
Stephen Robson, stephen.robson10@btopenworld.com 01202 300 763 |
17/04/2012 |
IET event - Network Rail signalling modernisation on the Salisbury to Exeter Line presented by Network Rail |
18:00 for 18:30 |
Wiltshire College, Salisbury |
Refreshments available from 18:00 |
John Savage 01725 510397 |
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Following recent negotiations, Sembcorp Bournemouth Water has agreed a lease with the RAF Ibsley Airfield Heritage Trust to take over responsibility of the control tower and to restore it for use as a heritage centre. The Trust was formed in 2010 to work alongside the RAF Ibsley Historical Group, which has researched the airfield (built in 1941) and collected material since 1992. The Trust’s project plans include interactive displays, education outreach initiatives for local schools, oral and filmed stories from surviving RAF Ibsley and local residents, and a flight simulator experience over a ‘virtual’ RAF Ibsley.
This control tower, whilst similar in design to many others built before and during WW2, is believed to be the only surviving unaltered example in the country whose floors and balcony were formed entirely from concrete. Others have disappeared due to part timber construction. The Trust will work closely with the New Forest Park Authority which itself is commencing a WW2 heritage project to cover the whole of the New Forest.
The Trust is holding a ‘RAF Ibsley Revival’ open day in the grounds of Moyles Court School (Station Headquarters in WW2) on Sunday 3rd June 2012 just North of Ringwood. This will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the release of 'The First of the Few', a wartime film made at RAF Ibsley relating the story of the Spitfire and the 20th Anniversary of RAF Ibsley Historical Group. See www.ibsleytower.info
