News updated 07 Oct 2024
Kingston Aviation Centenary Project (KACP)
The website continues to be updated with very interesting weekly stories of Sopwith 100 years ago, Hawker People stories and photos added to the gallery.
There is a very interesting set of PDF files giving a short history of the Ham factory; best to return to the Menu, from a pdf file display, using the back arrow or backspace key.
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The museum needs volunteers; could you spend a few hours a week helping out. More.
There are 6 Newsletter Indexes of stories appearing in newsletters. Each index displays a list of stories and a link to display the story in a new window.
From November 2020 we have provided talks to members using Zoom; catalogue of talks recorded and available as unlisted on YouTube by a link.
Most of the talks given to the Association are videoed by Richard Cannon. If you missed a talk many are available as a video DVD; the List 2003-
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Next Event
13 November “Sir Thomas Sopwith -
The talk covers all aspects of Thomas’ extraordinary 101 year life whilst exploring his role in creating Sopwith Aviation, Hawker Aircraft and Hawker Siddeley, and their development under his leadership.
We are encouraging people to arrive from 13:00 to socialise before the 14:00 talk.
There will be no live Zoom link from this particular talk but we intend to provide Hawker Association members with a link to a video recording soon after the event.
11 September Ian Whittle gave us a fascinating presentation on the Genesis of the Turbofan jet. The talk covered the earliest development of turbojet propulsion and include some details of developments in Germany and the USA. He flew the earliest British jets – the Gloster Meteor, the De Havilland Vampire and the Hawker Hunter.
12 June Although cold for June 26 members were able to be outside and enjoy a good BBQ prepared by YMCA Hawker.
10 April At the AGM there was no change to the Committee. The following documents were approved
1 A revised version of the Constitution, Issue 5 (previous Constitution, Issue 4)
2 Minutes of the 2023 AGM
3 2024 Accounts (Notes)
13 March Anthony Inglis LRCM brought us a most interesting talk entitled ‘9 pilots – 1 Family’. The recording is available in the usual library. Please remember that the recording is only for members of the Association and the link must not be shared. David Priddy
14 February Nick Anderson gave a very interesting talk ‘Life in a Hornets Nest describing how he was posted to Australia to fly their brand new F/A18 Hornets on No 77 Squadron RAAF. Nick returns to tell us about his experiences mastering this remarkable fighter aircraft and his eventful time in a land Down Under
The ‘Hawker Archive’ channel of YouTube, which operates in a similar way to the main HA Video Library, has some DVD videos of early talks. Access to this is restricted to Hawker Association Members; the link can be obtained from a committee member. David Priddy.
10 January Rear Admiral David Snelson RN gave us a very interesting talk on the Five HMS Ark Royals from around 1582.