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Archived Future Event Items 2018




Future Events that have been on the News page but are no longer current are generally transferred to an archive. As there are generally more announcements of Future event than News; each have their own archive page from 2017.

On Wednesday 12 December there is the Xmas lunch; details. There is not a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wed 14 November David Hassard will talk on “The Aircraft Industry in Surrey in the Great War”. There will be a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wed 10 October there is a John Farley Commemoration at Brooklands Museum (by invitation) so there will NOT be a meeting at the Hawker Centre at 14:00 or a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wed 26 September there is the annual visit. This year it's to the Heritage Centre at RAF Wittering, 'Home of the Harrier.'  There's no charge by them but we're asking for a £10 donation fee from each visitor which will be presented to them.  Use own or shared transport to get there, about 120 miles from the Kingston area, and we're meeting there at midday. We were offered places for up to 30 Members and guests and there are some places left so if you'd like to come please contact Frank Rainsborough via frank@rainsborough.me.uk or phone 01784 247888. Your application will be acknowledged and you will be given further information and joining instructions.

On Wed 12 September there is a special social meeting at the Hawker Centre at 14:00. The committee is asking members to share their hobbies and interests; details. There will be a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wed 8 August  There will be a social with Video. There will be a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wed 11 July  Dick Wise will talk on ‘Ernest Hemingway visits Dunsfold, D-Day, and Divorce’. There will be a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wed 13 June there will be the Summer BBQ at 12:30; note the earlier time. Book and pay Ken Batstone, by Saturday 9th June, details. There will NOT be a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wed 11 April there is the Annual General Meeting; please support your Association. After the formal AGM business is completed videos will be shown. Notice of AGM and membership Renew 2018. There will be a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wednesday 14 March Dick Poole will talk on “Harrier Ski-jump trials - a flight test engineers viewpoint”. It will cover the ski jump trials and some details about the Farnborough and Paris ski-jump demonstrations.

Also Graham James, a Brooklands volunteer and key member of the Harrier Special Interest Group section of the IPMS (International Plastic Modellers Society) is setting out a display of some his Hawker aircraft models. They are somewhat more delicate than the full-sized versions, so Graham asks 'no touching please, for viewing only.

There is a committee meeting in the morning.On Wednesday 14 February Chris Roberts will talk on "Airline Flight Safety". There is a committee meeting in the morning.

On Wednesday 10 January there will be some videos including a BAe film ‘Dress to survive’, length 22 minutes; introduction by Jim Hawkins. And a video introducing SkyHook, length 9 minutes  There is a committee meeting in the morning.