Aeroplane Magazine Forums: Historic Aircraft Association, Brooklands, Saturday 15th November

A blatant plug, for which I apologise, but I know it will be an event not to be missed!

Each year the Historic Aircraft Association hosts an Annual Symposium for fellow enthusiasts, engineers and pilots to meet and to learn from, some of the best in the business.

The Association offers an amazing source of experience and information, simply by meeting the experts. It could be said that nowhere is this better demonstrated than at this event, where you’ll find display pilots, restorers and fellow enthusiasts, sharing their passion for keeping old aeroplanes flying.

On Saturday 15th November, at the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, the all-day seminar, which includes morning coffee and lunch, will get attendees up close and personal with some of Britain’s most significant aeroplanes.

Admission, lunch, and the seminar is available to HAA guests (non-members) for just £20, all of which represents fantastic value for money. Normal admission to the Museum (jolly good value too!) is normally £8.

This year, there is a special offer to Aeroplane Monthly readers which will also entitle guests to free membership of the Historic Aircraft Association for the remainder of the membership year, till next spring in fact. So invite as many of your friends and colleagues as you can!

Speakers this year are:

John Forbat on Dr Barnes Wallis and the Wellington;

Eric Verdon Roe, the grandson of British aviation pioneer A. V. Roe, will talk about the race for Britain’s first powered flight, one hundred years ago;

George Ellis, former senior test pilot with British Aerospace, will be talking about handling early aeroplanes such as Bleriot, Blackburn and Roe, as well as First World War types from a pilots-eye perspective of the machines in the Shuttleworth Trust collection. He might also be open to questions on the challenges of flying the DH88 Comet and Mosquito, as he is among the few to have flown both!

Captain Chris Orlebar one of the first BOAC, later BA, pilots to be selected to fly Concorde is to chat on the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the early days of Concorde service and will give a new insight into the Brooklands’ prize exhibit.

Weather permitting there is to be a live demonstration of the 1908 Roe biplane replica during the lunch break. The Brooklands Museum and the Concorde will also be open to HAA Symposium attendees as part of the day’s attractions.

To register for the HAA Symposium, log on to www.haa-uk.aero to download the form. Following completion send it with your cheque and SAE to the Secretary as instructed on the form.

Set aside Saturday the 15th November and see you at Brooklands!