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Archived
News Items 2003 updated
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Items that have been on the News page but are no longer current are generally transferred to an archive. |
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The Committee wish
all
members a |
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Xmas
Lunch |
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The
excellent Xmas
Lunch at the Hawker Centre on Wed 10th Dec was enjoyed by 62
members. |
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On
Wed. 10th December
the Xmas Lunch
will be in the Hawker Centre at 12:30, note earlier time; advanced
Booking ESSENTIAL. Committee members will also be meeting at 11:30 am. |
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The
date of the December meeting given in Newsletters 2 and 3 is wrong; it
should be 10th instead of 19th. |
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24Oct03
The Autumn
2003 newsletter is online |
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On
3 Sep the
evening visit to BAE Systems at Farnborough was superb. There was a
tour of the amazing TAG hanger on the far side of the airfield, a talk
on supporting the BAE Systems Heritage, and it was rounded off with an
excellent supper. Many thanks to Ron Hedges for setting it up and BAE
Systems for the hospitality. |
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Members
attending
the 9 July social had an unexpected treat in the form of a very
enjoyable video of historic flying and events celebrating Sir Tommy
Sopwith’s Centenary. |
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The
video at the 13 August meeting was of the Red Arrows tour of the USA in
April 1983. |
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Talk
by John Farley at the Association’s meeting on |
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On
12 Nov 2003
there will be a ‘Few Words from a Salesman’ by John
Crampton (note that the date has been moved from the 10 Sep). Committee
members will also be meeting at 11:30 am. |
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On
21 Oct 2003 John
Arthur is having another walk for the BAES Retirement Association;
Hawker Association members are invited. Details |
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On
8 Oct 2003
there will be a talk by David Ince, Typhoon pilot, on “Ground
Attack and the Typhoon”. Committee members will also be
meeting
at 11:30 am. |
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On
10 Sep 2003
there will be a video and social gathering in the YMCA Hawker Centre at
2 pm. The Committee meeting scheduled for the morning has been CANCELLED. |
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NOTE: There has
been a change to the Programme.
The talk by John Crampton has moved from the 10Sep to the 12Nov. There
will be a video and social gathering on 10 Sep. |
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On
Wed 3 Sep 2003
there will be a Talk “BAe Heritage” by Ron Hedges;
6:30 pm at BAES Farnborough Park
Centre. Route |
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On
13 Aug 2003
there will be a video and social gathering in the YMCA Hawker Centre at
2 pm. Committee members will also be meeting at 11:30 am. |
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On
9 July 2003 at 2 pm there
will be an informal social gathering of members at the YMCA Hawker
Centre. The next committee meeting will be on Wednesday 13th August at
11:30 am, before the get-together in the afternoon. |
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Visit to Tangmere Museum
on 14 May 2003 |
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There
will be a social meeting (2 pm) at the Hawker Centre for members not
visiting the Tangmere Museum. |
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Members
will be meeting inside the Museum main entrance at 2 pm. For help in
arranging car sharing go to the list
of members visiting Tangmere. |
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The
Tangmere web site tangmere-museum.org.uk/ includes a map of the location. |
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A
feature from the May 03 Aeroplane Monthly Magazine. |
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With
the BAE Systems Retirement Association on Wednesday 16 April 2003. |
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On
Wednesday 16 April 2003
members are invite to join a walk organised by John Arthur for the
Kingston Retirement Association. Details |
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Talk
given by Ralph Hooper at the
Association’s meeting on 9 April 2003. |
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Biennial
lecture given by Ralph Hooper at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Bristol
Branch's president's evening on March 24th 2003. |
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Talk by Dick
Poole on 19th March 2003 to the RAeS Weybridge Branch. |
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The
Association’s First Talk by John Glasscock on |
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Inaugural Meeting Saturday 8
February 2003 |
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Number
of people originally surveyed to gauge interest 200 |
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Positive
responses 155 |
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Number
of people now circulated with a membership form 356 |
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Fully
signed up members 226 |
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Those
still outstanding from original survey 27 |
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Newly
proposed members 17 |
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Current
potential membership 270 |
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MEMBERSHIP
BREAKDOWN |
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Local
membership 72.5% |
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Distant
membership 24.8% |
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Overseas
members 2.7% |
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The
inaugural meeting
of the Association will be held on Saturday 8 February 2003 beginning
at 2:30pm. We have chosen as a venue the YMCA Hawker Centre in Lower
Ham Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, known to all of you as the Hawker
Sports Club. This seemed to us very suitable and will bring back a few
old memories to some I am sure. |
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The
objectives of the meeting will be to: |
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1.
Bring members up to date with the status of the Association membership. |
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2. Present the ideas that the provisional committee already have for such activities. |
