2007 TALKS
July 13th “Albatross across the Atlantic” by Melvyn Hiscock
August No meeting
September 14th “The Aircraft I Flew” by Clive Rustin
October 12th “Air Accident Investigations” by Philip Taylor,
Senior Inspector of Accidents (Operations)
November 9th “The Strathallan Collection” by Dick Richardson,
Manager, Popham Airfield
December No meeting

Paul Kingsbury, Director of Engineering at De Havilland Engineering has followed up the talk on operating the “Sea Vixen” he gave to the June meeting, by sending NFAG website editor George Barker a selection of rather nice images of other classic aircraft operated from Bournemouth airport by the company. Included below is a superb shot of DH Sea Vixen XP924 sporting her smart new Royal Navy 899 Sqn colours, complete with 899’s “clenched fist” on the tail, last seen at Yeovilton on 899 Sqn Sea Harriers, before the SHAR’s retirement. Previous to this scheme, XP924 sported its sponsor’s rather garish “Red Bull” colour scheme, which proved controversial amongst purists, when it first appeared on the airshow scene some six years ago. Unfortunately, CAA issues and rising insurance costs look set to keep the Sea Vixen grounded this year. Some might say aircraft should wear “correct” paint schemes, but if this keeps a classic aircraft grounded, perhaps we should not become too judgemental over non-standard paint schemes adorning aircraft?
Good news however, in that the ex “Red Arrows” HS Gnat is soon to fly, when the Sea Vixen’s regular pilot, Brian Grant (a prev

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM DE HAVILLAND ENGINEERING DIRECTOR PAUL KINGSBURY

DH Sea Vixen XP924
	DH Vampire
AW Meteor NF11 WM167

ious NFAG speaker) returns from work commitments in the USA.

NEW FOREST AIRFIELDS EXHIBITION
Alan & Margaret Brown will be staging another of their successful “Airfields of the New Forest” exhibitions in the Pine Room, Lyndhurst Community Centre, which is situated in the main Lyndhurst car park on Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd September. The opening hours for the exhibition will be 7pm-10pm Friday and 10.30am-8.30pm Saturday and Sunday.

NFAG COACH TRIPS
I would just like to say on behalf of the group a big THANK YOU to Doug Hare for all the hard effort he has put in organising two trips recently for members of the NFAG. A small group had a trip to the RNAS Yeovilton Air Day last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed themselves, with the added bonus of the Swiss AF aerobatic team “Patrouille Swiss” performing at the show. The recent visit to Tangmere Aviation museum and the Southsea D-Day museum were also a big success. Can I also thank all who booked up for these outings. The trips will continue to be run if the support from the NFAG members is forthcoming, so please do your best to help Doug make future outings a success. The RAF museum at Hendon seems to be the next trip being considered, watch this space….

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