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Newsletter 11
Winter 2005
Updated on 18Nov2005
Published by the Hawker Association
for the Members.
Contents © Hawker Association

Contents
Editorial
Agenda for Aerospace
Duxford Visit
Harrier First Delivery
Hawker People News
Heritage Memorial Project
HMS Invincible Retires
Last Pegasus
Members
Programme 2005-6
Sopwith Stories
Tangmere Hawker Weekend
Ties
Unified Flight Control
 
Programme For 2005-2006



2005
Wednesday 14th December Christmas Lunch. Hawker Centre, 12.30.
2006 * = to be confirmed
Wednesday 11th January Social and 'Hawker' quiz with Les Palmer
Wednesday 8th February Competition Sailplanes - Afandi Darlington.
Wednesday 8th March "My Three Jobs in the Front Office" - Chris Roberts.
Wednesday 12th April AGM
Wednesday 10th May "The Kestrel Tripartite Evaluation Squadron" - Air Cdr David Scrimgeour.
Wednesday 14th June Summer Barbecue -  1.00pm
Wednesday 12th July *"Boeing Training in the UK" - Keith Hertzenberg
Wednesday 9th August *Social with video
Thursday 21st September *Social with video
Wednesday 11th October *"The Royal Navy's Future Carrier" - Cdr P Lloyd.
Wednesday 8th November *"A Life in Aviation" - Duncan Simpson
Wednesday 13th December             Christmas Lunch - 12.30 pm

 Unless stated otherwise, meetings are at the Hawker Centre, Kingston - the old Sports & Social Club - and start at 2.00 pm. Lunch and drinks are available beforehand, tea afterwards, and there is a large, free car park.

Afandi Darlington is an experienced aerodynamicist and expert competition glider pilot who has worked for BAe and Richard Noble. Currently he is a partner in Optimal Aerodynamics, a consultancy working on the Noble aircraft, now American owned and nearing completion in the USA. Chris Roberts, best known to us as a Chief Test Pilot at Dunsfold, had an earlier career in the RAF and a later one in civil aviation, hence the three front office jobs. David Scrimgeour was the CO of the Kestrel Evaluation Squadron so will talk to us from first hand experience.


Christmas Lunch
Following the successes of the last two years Percy Collino has arranged another lunch for this year at the Hawker Centre and negotiated the low £15 price. Phone Percy on 020 8337 8143 then send him a cheque payable to The Hawker Association. Seating is limited so again it will have to be a 'no partners' event.