The AGM will take its usual form, with a pie and peas supper for all attendees. For further information (AGM), please contact the Society Secretary, Chris Wood.

For further information on the Photo Prints Competition, please click here.

The model competition will be organises as in previous years. For information on the type and number of entries, and how to enter, please see page two of the December Newsletter. Paul will show us images taken on his 2007 travels.

Dennis is Head of the Flight Test Department at Warton.

Dennis is a very entertaining lecturer and has prepared this presentation to mark the 60th Anniversary of the start of flight testing by English Electric, at Warton, in 1947.

David Blades will tonight show us a selection of slides from the 1970s, the main feature being the Royal Review of the RAF held at RAF Finningley in 1977. David is well known for his large collection of military aircraft slides, especially of the RAF.

Our regular guest, Alan Scholefield, returns with another chapter in the fascinating history of 'Ringway'.

Tonight we welcome Bob Fairclough, who will give a presentation on two recent visits to both the USA and Canada.

Tonight we welcome Neville Beckett who was involved in the design and development of the Buccaneer.

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Guest Glenn Wheeler will tonight tell us about a recent 'adventure' to India, using his bike!

Cancelled - as a result of expected interest in the Champions League Final - between Manchester United and Chelsea. The competition will be organised for a future date.

Tonight we welcome Neil Airey to the Society who will tells us about his collections of Lightning's and Lightning cockpits – and a Harrier and Hunter as well!

Neil is a former RAF pilot whose day job is flying the North West Air Ambulance.  He is also chief pilot of ‘Huey’ 72-21509 (G-UHIH) and his talk will touch on these activities.  It promises to be a very enjoyable evening so do not miss it.

For some notes on Neil’s career see his profile under the Team tab at http://www.huey.co.uk/

Chris and Paul joined the Alpha Mike Tours visit to Central America in November 2007.  Tonight they will recount their adventures to us.  The countries visited were Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela – It all sounds a bit Spanish to me so bring your sombreros for an entertaining evening.

Our annual quiz is presented by last years winner, Martin Powell, who has changed the format this year to widen the appeal of the event.

Any was a member of the Society before he went to live in New Zealand. Now on a visit back home, he will tonight show us more of New Zealand and its aviation. On a previous visit to the Society, he had a most interesting storey and excellent photos.

Gordon is one of the permanent team of guides for the visitors to the Concorde display at Manchester Airport. Tonight he will tell us about the Concorde project, illustrated with his usual high standard of photography.

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Tonight our guest is Dr. Eric Grove, Professor of Naval History at the University of Salford, who will address us on the History of the Aircraft Carrier.  Eric Grove is a leading authority on the history of naval power and during a varied career has taught at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and several universities. 

He has had several books published including ‘From Vanguard to Trident’ the standard work on post-1945 British naval policy, and ‘The Price of Disobedience’, a study of the Battle of the River Plate.  Do not to miss this presentation which is sure to be most interesting and informative.

Tonight, Paul Henshaw, Hon. Society Chairman, presents this year's Recognition Competition. The competition will be followed by a selection of slides of 'Aircraft at Manchester Airport in the Nineties' by Chris Wood.

Our guest, Rob Hallam, was the director and producer of the television programme, 'Vulcan - Return to the Skies', made for the Discovery Channel and tonight will tell us how the programme was made.

Another excellent selection of images from our much-travelled member, who has been on a recent visit to Canada.

Our guest, Carol Bell, is the Regional Community Relations Officer (Cumbria and Tynedale) for the Royal Air Force. Carol is an excellent presenter and we are promised a very informative evening.

Tonight we welcome Richard Arquati (Head of Press and Public Relations) and Ian Revell (member of the air traffic control team) at the Royal International Air Tattoo, who will this evening give us a presentation about the annual Air Tattoo.

The presentation will look at the RAF Charitable Trust Enterprises, the Air Tattoo in general, the build up to this summer's airshow and circumstances leading to its cancellation, a perspective from an air-trafficker, a look at plans for 2009 and finally, concluding with a question and answer session.

A welcome return to the Society by Ken Ellis, editor of both FlyPast magazine and Wrecks and Relics, who will relate the chequered storey of Aircraft Preservation in the U.K.

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Archive of historical evenings and presentations

All Society meetings are held at Haslingden Cricket Club, starting at 20:00 hours. Please try to arrive by about 19:45 hours, so that you can visit the bar and help set-up the room. Meetings normally finish by about 22:30 hours.