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Programme of Events 2022 updated 12Jan2023
    At 14:00 on the second Wednesday of each month there will be a meeting, normally at the YMCA Hawker (was the Hawker Sports and Social Club), Lower Ham Road, Kingston on Thames, Kingston, KT2 5BH 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.
 Unfortunately due to Covid-19 all activities are provisional and may be changed to Zoom only, most talks should also be available by Zoom with notification and registration by email.
 Hawker Centre


2022 PROGRAMME
Wednesday 12 January
 No meetings
Wednesday 9 February
Robin Trewinnard-Boyle - ‘F-35B Flight Tests and Sea Trials’
Wednesday 9 March
 Angela Bailey - ‘Frank Murphy, from Fighter Pilot to Test Pilot
Wednesday 13 April Annual General Meeting followed by a Chris Hodson talk on the Hawk XX154 last flight, Boscombe Down to the Old Sarum Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Museum.
Wednesday 11 May
 DVDs, including featuring Ralph Hooper
Wednesday 08 June
 Summer Barbecue at the Hawker Centre
Wednesday 13 July
 “A picture is worth 10,000 words - exploring aviation drawings and paintings”- David Hassard.
Wednesday 10 August There is a committee meeting at 11:00.There is not a meetimg in the afternoon.
Wednesday 14  September The building of Concorde - Tony Butler at YMCA Hawker, recent addition, also available by Zoom.
Wednesday 23  September
 Visit to Boscombe Down Aeronautical Collection (BDAC)
Wednesday 12 October Peter Bedford - will talk on "RAF Hercules in-theatre operations - Gulf War 1 in 1990",
Wednesday  09 November
 Chris Wilson - Jet Art Aviation
Wednesday 14 December
 Xmas Lunch at YMCA Hawker from 12:00 for 13:15

Speaker Profiles




  

 


       Chris Hodson, son of Gordon Hodson the origanator and Project Director of the Hawk.       
Chris Wilson is the Managing director of Jet Art Aviation, providers of museum standard aircraft restorations.
     Group Captain Peter Bedford AFC is the son of our CTP, Bill Bedford.
    Tony Buttler is a leading aviation history writer. 
     General note. It is planned that meetings will be both live and by Zoom but may be affected by the Covid situation, as may the barbecue and FAST visit. Members will be kept informed by e-mail (as long as the Secretary has your address!)
     The next speaker is first in the list; after the event the speaker will be moved to the end of the list.
     Details of the BDAC visit will be distributed later but it will be up to Members to get themselves to Old Sarum, by arranging car sharing, perhaps. Hawk XX154 function demonstrations will be the star attraction.    
 Robin Trewinnard-Boyle had a long and varied career in the Royal Navy in engineering and flying, including the Sea Harrier and Harriers GR7 and T10. He also participated in the UK F-35B operational flight testing at NAS Pax River and at sea.  
Angela Bailey is Hawker test Pilot Frank Murphy’s daughter and has researched Frank’s life.