January 2010 lecture
Our first lecture of 2010 takes place on 22nd January at BAWA, and is an illustrated talk by Dick Richardson on '
The Rise and Fall of the Strathallan Collection'.
This museum, located in Perthshire in Scotland, was wound up in 1988, and had an enviable collection of aircraft, some airworthy, including a Lancaster, Mosquito, Hurricane, Lysander and Hudson. Dick flew the Lancaster from Canada to Strathallan in 1975.
It take place at the BAWA Leisure Centre, Southmead Road, Filton, and starts at 7:15pm. Our Winter lecture series are intended for members, but non-members are welcome to come along and find out about membership.
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Kemble hangar Christmas times
As per usual, the Bristol Aero Collection at Kemble will be closed between Christmas and New Year, due to the closure of industrial park. This means that the hangar is open to visitors on Monday 21st December and Monday 4th January, but closed on Monday 28th December.
Winter talks - dates for the diary
We have two more talks coming up in the next couple of months. The first one is an illustrated talk by Graham Pitchfork on '
A History of Aviation in Gloucestershire'. This takes place on Friday 13th November at BAWA. We then have an illustrated talk by John Bartlett on '
From Scales to Concorde', A history of Parnalls - Bristol's other aircraft manufacturer. This takes place on Friday 11th December.
Both of these take place at the BAWA Leisure Centre, Southmead Road, Filton in Room 4, and start at 7:15pm. The talks are intended for members, but non-members are welcome to come along and find out about membership.
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BAC 2009/10 lecture season starts 23rd October
The 2009/10 Bristol Aero Collection lecture season gets underway soon, with the first talk on Friday 23rd October. Our guest speaker for the evening will be Major Shugart, a United States Air Force Exchange Officer, currently based at RAF Lyneham. He will be talking about the story of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, which first flew in 1954, and is still in production today.
The talk takes place at the BAWA Leisure Centre, Southmead Road, Filton in Room 4, and starts at 7:15pm. It is intended for members, but non-members are welcome to come along and find out about membership.
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Bolingbroke Restoration project - latest report
The latest six-monthly report on the restoration of Bolingbroke 9048 is now on the website.
Click this link to view the report.
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