New Forest Aviation Group
Chairman: Alan Brown
Website: www.nfagroup.tk or www.baps-orch.co.uk/NFAGroup

 

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WE ARE THE NEW FOREST AVIATION GROUP, AND WE ORGANISE MONTHLY FRIDAY EVENING MEETINGS TO HEAR ABOUT AND DISCUSS ALL INTERESTING THINGS OR PERSONS THAT TAKE TO THE AIR.

 

 

2009 TALKS

(all talks start at 7.30pm)


.January 9th 2009. "Recovery of Hercules from Norway" by Dave Atton.

February 13th. "The Crowded Skies" by Philp Holt,instructor at the College of Air Traffic Control, Bournemouth.His presentation takes a look at the history and organisation of the "three dimensional chess" going on above our heads.

March 13th. "Flybe Operations" by Capt.Robert Heath.

April 17th "Flying Boats of Southampton" by Colin van Geffen.

May 8th. "Reno Air Races and Mustangs" by Malcolm Lee.

June 12th."The Hawker-Siddeley Trident" by Neil Lomax.*

July 10th. "Rocketry on the I.O.W. by Hannah Griffiths.

August. No meeting.BUT DON'T FORGET THE FREE BOURNEMOUTH AIRSHOW, ON THE BEACH, 20-23 AUGUST.

September 11th. "Saunders-Roe and the Princess Flying Boat Story" by Bob Wealthy, Secretary of the

Gosport Aviation Society and author of the
Saunders -Roe Princess
Flying Boat book.

Princess flying over over Hurn

 

October 9th. "Bournemouth Airport".: Sally Windsor.

November 13th : "Seaplane - Prospect for the Future" by James Lambouchere.

December. No meeting.

2010

08 January : "The Belfast and I" by Dick Frampton (NFAG member).

12 February : "The Silent, but Listening, Service", by Eddie Neylon.

Although a submariner, Eddie Neylon has been involved in many situations
with aircraft and has a selection of anecdotes and incidents, some high
profile, others low profile including the search for the black box
following the Air France disaster off the coast of S America.

12 March : "Boscombe Down Collection", by Ron Fulton.

09 April : "An Airborne View" by Ian Haskell, NFAG member.

14 May : "The Brabazon Committee" by Mike Phipp.

* See the Trident Preservation Society website http://www.hs121.org:80/


Please send any contributions, ideas or comments for newsletter or website to:

Chris Gilbert-Norton,
Email:  gilbey70@hotmail.com

and suggestions for speakers or topics to:

Stephen Robson
Email: stephen.robson10@btopenworld.com

 

See Events page for forthcoming local aerospace, aviation and engineering events in Dorset and the South West

 

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