Programme of Events 2010

Programme of Events - 2010 updated 29Dec2010

At 2:00 pm on the second Wednesday of each month there will be a meeting, normally at the YMCA Hawker Centre (was the Hawker Sports and Social Club), Lower Ham Road, Kingston on Thames, unless indicated otherwise.

There is a well stocked bar, and good inexpensive lunches and snacks are available. We hope members will avail themselves of these. There is plenty of free parking space.

2010 PROGRAMME
Wed 13 January	Social gathering with annual quiz by Les Palmer
Wed 10 February	Aviation Art - Colin Wilson
Wed 10 March	Harrier Conversion Unit - AV-M Peter Dodworth
Wed 14 April	Annual General Meeting and video
Wed 12 May	The Pegasus engine - George Dow
Wed 9 June	Summer Barbeque at the Hawker Centre
Wed 14 July	Experiences with New Technologies - Mick Mansell
Wed 11 August	Social and video
Wed 8 September	Social and video
Wed 6 October	Visit to de Havilland Museum. Map. Meet there at 13:50.
Wed 13 October	The Royal Aero Club Trust - Dick Poole
Wed 10 November	BAE Systems heritage plans - John Parker
Fri 19 November	P.1127 50th Anniversary Lunch at Brooklands Museum
Wed 8 December	Xmas Lunch (8th) at the Hawker Centre, Note date corrected from the 15th, it was also wrong in the Summer and Spring newsletters

Colin Wilson was Production Director at Kingston and is a Member of the Guild of Aviation Artists.
    AV-M Peter Dodworth was one of the original HCU members.
    George Dow has written the definitive history of the Pegasus (see Book Reviews in NL.25).
    Mick Mansell will be remembered in Systems Engineering at Kingston but became Technology Director at Warton.
    The DH Museum is found off the M25 at junction 22, map. It is being specially opened for us and we will be guided. Please contact Barry Pegram (01306 631125) if you would like to come as he needs to know numbers. The entrance fee is £7. The tour starts at 14.00 so aim to get there by 13.50, please.

Dick Poole was Chief Flight Test Engineer at Dunsfold and now works for the Royal Aero Club Trust.
Project Manager John Parker now has responsibility for BAES heritage activities.

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.