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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Brabazon anniversary
On 4th September 1949, 60 years ago this month, the huge Bristol Brabazon airliner made its first flight from Filtons runway. The prototype was powered by eight Bristol Centaurus piston engines, coupled in twos. Although it never entered production, the project helped to develop many features we take for granted today, including pressurised cabins. It also led onto the manufacture of the Britannia airliner, and secured the factories future in airliner development and construction. Enjoy these news clips from time!
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Military Vehicle Trust Show - 29th - 31st August
The 2009 Military Vehicle Trust National Show takes place at Kemble airfield off the A429 on Saturday 29th, Sunday 30th and Monday 31st of August. The Bristol Aero Collection in hangar E2 will be open on those days at a discounted price for visitors to the Military Event. Transport by vintage bus to and from the Museum and Showground will be provided free of charge.
