Programme For 2009

Programme For 2009 at February 2009

Wednesday 11th Feb	"Testing V/STOL Aircraft". Dr Michael Pryce
Wednesday 11th Mar	"Folland and the Spirit of Hamble". Chris Hodson
Wednesday 8th Apr	Annual General Meeting, Harrier flying model demonstration by Jim Morely, and video
Wednesday 13th May	"The Kestrel Evaluation Squadron - and More". Don Spiers. John Farley book signing.
Wednesday 10th June	Summer Barbecue - 12.30 for 1.00 pm
Wednesday 8th July	"America!". Dick Wise.
Wednesday 12th Aug	Social and video.
Wednesday 9th Sep	Social and video.
Wednesday 17th Sep	Visit to Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust museum.
Wednesday 14th Oct	To Be Decided
Wednesday 11th Nov	"The BAE Systems Heritage Programme". John L Parker.
Wednesday 9th Dec	Christmas Lunch

Historian Michael Pryce spoke to us about Kingston projects in November 2005 (see NL. 12), and Chris Hodson, son of Gordon, is Military Programme Manager, GE Aviation Hamble, and a Hamble enthusiast.
Don Spiers's distinguished Ministry career included the positions of Controller Aircraft (CA) as well as Director General Aircraft (DGA), and Dick Wise will probably be best remembered as the Harrier Project Director before he was posted to the USA.

Project Manager John Parker now has responsibility for BAES heritage activities, and at the AGM Jim Morely will demonstrate his remarkable indoor radio-controlled Harrier, based on the German Schnellflight helicopter model.
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.