Oxfordshire Aviation Group....2009 Meetings

Location : Didcot,Oxon Spotter Watch Member : No

Guys...Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Oxfordshire Aviation Group will be holding it's first meeting of 2009 on Jan 12th,with a presentation on 101 Sqn,RAF Brize Norton and the VC10 aircraft as used in the air-to-air refuelling role
Venue for OAG meetings is the Marlborough Club,Broadway,DIDCOT with meetings "technically" starting at 1930hrs with a hand-over to the speaker at 2000hrs(having said that,I'm usually on-site from appx 1900hrs)
You're all more than welcome to visit on 12th Jan and if you feel so inclined to join OAG then subs will be just £12 covering the twelve monthly meetings of 2009 plus a quarterly newsletter

Other presentations in the first half of 2009 include Peter Vacher discussing the recovery and restoration of his Hurricane(G-HUPW/R4118),a talk on the Pooleys Dawn-to-Dusk light aviation competition(with a military bias...the speaker is Steve Bridgewater who flew fis Cessna to as many Spitifre related airfeilds as poss for his entry),the story of RAF Fairford during WW2,and the art of collecting and restoring aircraft for museum display(emphasis on Newark Air Museum)

2nd half of 2009 has some as-yet unconfirmed speakers,so watch this space

Colin

Location : A secret airbase in Oxfordshire

Ha ha... that'll be me in Jan then... hope to see some of you there!

Tonks

Location : Didcot,Oxon Spotter Watch Member : No

Excellent presentation last night...thanks again,Tonks

hope to meet up with you again at some future date

Happy Landings
Colin

Location : Didcot,Oxon Spotter Watch Member : No

Our second meeting of 2009 is next Monday(9th Feb) and Mr Peter Vacher will be visiting us to describe the recovery and restoration of his Hurricane based near Didcot

Colin

Location : Didcot,Oxon Spotter Watch Member : No

Next Monday(9th March) sees the next OAG meeting when we'll be welcoming Steve Bridgewater talking about......
: "In 2007, to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the King's Cup air race, aviation journalist Steve Bridgewater and his flying partner Amanda Harrison flew to 14 former race venues in a single day. Their flight, in a Brize Norton Flying Club PA-28, formed an entry into the Pooleys Dawn to Dusk competition. From carb icing to torential rain and a suspected burst tyre the day was not without its snags - but their 10hr flight earned them the Tiger Club Trophy for the second year running."

Colin