Programme For 2016

Programme For 2016
Wednesday 14 December	Christmas lunch - see below
Programme For 2017
Wednesday 11 January	Quiz - Chris Farara
Wednesday 8 February	F-105 Thunderchief - Gp Capt Jock Heron
Wednesday 8 March	Title tbd - Simon Hargreaves
Wednesday 12 April	Annual General Meeting and videos.
Wednesday 10 May	Title tbd - Lt Cdr Ian Sloan.
Wednesday 14 June	Summer barbecue.
Wednesday 12 July	tbd
Wednesday 11 October	UAVs - Lambert Dopping-Hepenstal.
Wednesday 8 November	Life with the Red Arrows - Mark Zanker.
Wednesday 13 December	Christmas lunch

Jock Heron was an RAF exchange pilot with the USAF and was with the Harriers in Germany, Simon Hargreaves was a RN Sea Harrier pilot, a Dunsfold and F-35B test pilot and deputy CTP at Warton, Ian Sloan flew with the RN Historic Flight and with the Aeronavale flew the Super Etendard, Lambert Dopping-Hepenstal was a Kingston systems engineer and is now Engineering Director, Systems and Strategy at Warton, and Mark Zanker had a long and varied RAF career flying Harriers and in the Reds.
Unless stated otherwise, meetings are at 'YMCA Hawker', Kingston - the old Sports & Social Club - and start at 2.00 pm. Lunch and drinks are available beforehand, tea afterwards, and there is a large, free car park.

Christmas Lunch will be held as usual at the YMCA Hawker Centre, Richmond Road at 12 for 12.30 pm. The price is the same as last year at £16.50 per head. If you are unable to be at the November meeting to book and pay for your lunches, please send a cheque, payable to the Hawker Association, to Ken Batstone, 42 Kings Road, Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12 2RA, with your choice of dishes. Phone him on 01932 229938 with any queries. The menu will be: a glass of wine on arrival, prawn cocktail or soup, followed by roast turkey with trimmings, or poached salmon. There will be a vegetarian option. Dessert, being negotiated, will be followed by coffee and mince pies or chocolate mints.