Programme For 2016
Wednesday 9th March
Aviation Art and Life in the RAF -
Graham Cooke, Guild of Aviation Artists
Wednesday 13th April
Annual General Meeting and Video.
Wednesday 11th May
Operation Allied Force, Combat Operations in the GR7 - Mark Zanker
Wednesday 8th June
Summer barbecue
Wednesday 13 July
UK F-35B Lightning - Gp Capt Ian ‘Cab’ Townsend
Wednesday 10 August
Social and video
Wednesday 14 September
Social and video
Wednesday 12 October
Title tbd - Gp Capt Peter Bedford
Wednesday 9 November
So What Have We Done Since 1866? - Sir Donald Spiers
Wednesday 14 December
Christmas lunch
   
Graham Cooke is a well known aviation artist, Mark Zanker is an experienced Harrier GR3-GR7 pilot/QWI and Red Arrows pilot, Ian Townsend is Group Captain Lightning responsible for the introduction into service of the F-35B, Peter Bedford is Bill Bedford’s son with a long and varied RAF career including air transport and Sir Donald Spiers was Controller of Aircraft in the MoD and President of the Royal Aeronautical Society.



Unless stated otherwise, meetings are at 'YMCA Hawker', 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.