(Updated 21st June, 2009)
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About the Rossendale Aviation Society
The Rossendale Aviation Society is probably the largest and most active organisation for aviation enthusiasts in Lancashire, with nearly one hundred registered members from the Lancashire / Greater Manchester / Cheshire and Yorkshire areas of the United Kingdom.
Meetings are held fortnightly, usually on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Haslingden Cricket Club, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancs., starting at 8 pm. The venue is within easy reach of the M60, M62, M65 and M66 motorways. (For details of how to find us, click here).
The society caters for a wide range of aviation interests, including:-
Lectures,
Slide Shows
and
Film/Video Shows,
by guest speakers and members;
Organised
trips
to Air Shows, Aircraft factories, Aviation
Museums
and Airports;
Aircraft
recognition contests,
Aviation knowledge quizzes,
annual Photographic and Model
competitions
to sharpen
your skills;
Both
Civil
and Military
aviation
interests are catered for;
Regular
Newsletters,
giving future programme details, trip reports, book reviews, airfield movements
etc;
Regular
'E' newsletter (distributed by e-mail) 'RAS military
updates, news and review';
The
Society maintains a forum on Yahoo
for the benefit
of members with Internet access.
The current meetings programme is as follows:
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1st July, 2009
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'A
Clockwork Orange – Life within
Easyjet and Living with the Airbus’ by Matthew Atherton (please see below for further information)
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Next
five meetings
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| 1st July, 2009 |
'A
Clockwork Orange – Life within Easyjet and Living with the Airbus’,
by Matthew Atherton Matthew is a locally based Easyjet pilot and .will tell us about various aspects of the Easyjet operation and the A319 Airbus
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| 15th July, 2009 |
‘Soviet Aircraft 1941-1991 – Part 1’, by Jim Newton Our well travelled member Jim Newton has made himself a specialist in Soviet Aircraft and tonight will present the first of his coverage of the subject.
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| 5th August, 2009 |
‘Aircraft Carrier Battles of World War II’, by Eric Grove One of last year’s most popular guests was Eric Grove, Professor of Naval History of the University of Salford. We welcome him back to tell us about the major Aircraft Carrier Battles of World War II.
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| 19th August, 2009 |
‘The 2009 Annual Recognition
Competition’ and ‘Down Under – Autumn 2008’, both by Martin Powell We start the evening with the 2009 Annual Recognition Competition and after the break continue with a visit to Australia in the Autumn of 2008.
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| 2nd September, 2009 |
‘Soviet Aircraft 1941-1991 – Part 2’, by Jim Newton Jim Newton concludes his coverage of Soviet Aircraft 1941-1991. |
| 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. |
For articles and reports of some previous meetings and trips, click here
The Society operates an extensive 'visits' programme, to a range of sites of interest in the UK throughout the year, including air bases, aircraft factories, airports, air displays, historic aircraft collections, visiting naval ships and museums. These trips are normally restricted to members of the Society and are notified at meetings and also via the Society's bi-monthly Newsletter.
Trip logs are only (except public museums) circulated to those participating in the visit and are not published for public view.
The
Society made a visit to the Imperial War Museum on Saturday, 16th May, 2009. For
a trip report,
please click here to view the PDF
In addition the Society organises an annual coach trip to the Royal International Air Tattoo which is also open to members of the public. This trip picks up at a number of locations in East Lancashire and Greater Manchester on the Friday evening, traveling overnight and arriving at the venue early Saturday morning for a full day at the Tattoo. As the Society normally only aims to cover its costs on this trip, it is a particularly cost effective way of attending RIAT for enthusiasts in the NW area of England. To make a reservation on this years trip, please click on the link below and complete the application form.
The
2009 coach trip to the Royal International Air Tattoo is now available for
booking. If you are interested, please click
here to see/print the booking form.
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Drew Steel reports on progress with the Nimrod Mark 4 programme at BA Systems, Warton.
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Martin Powell undertakes here to compile a list of all surviving Mustangs in Europe. This list will be updated as more information becomes available to him.
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In this article Martin Powell traces the history of the Douglas Thor ICBM in service with the RAF from 1958 to 1963
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Tom Dugdale’s flying career in the RAF commenced in WWII and continued until his retirement from the service in 1960. In this period he flew a considerable number of aircraft, ranging from the DH Tiger Moth biplane to Vickers Valiant jet bombers and Gloster Javelin delta wing fighters. This meeting report summarises his talk to the Society. |
Membership is invited from Aviation enthusiasts in NW England. Please download, print off and complete the Membership Subscription Form and return it with the appropriate subscription to the address stated on the form, or just bring it along to any of our meetings and contact our Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer.
Annual subscription rates:
Associate
members £16
(For
those living outside a 30 mile radius of Rawtenstall, Rossendale)
Junior
members £15 (Under
18 - Parental permission is required)
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RAS Member's Sites |
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Tony's website contains photos taken at a number of UK air events in the 50s, 80s, 1990 and 2000. |
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Enthusiast Sites |
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The UK's most extensive aviation links site |
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The Manchester Branch of Air Britain |
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| Air Radio UK | The web-site of Air Radio UK | |
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The Air Yorkshire Aviation Society (meeting at Leeds/Bradford International Airport) |
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| The Assault Glider Trust | The web site of the RAF Shawbury - Assault Glider Trust | |
| Avro Lancashire | The web-site of Avro Lancashire | |
| British Aircraft Preservation Council | The web-site of the British Aircraft Preservation Council | |
| Buccaneer | Andy Brook's Buccaneer pages | |
| Flight History | This site is dedicated to capturing aviation history and feature a growing collection of photographs, stories, aircraft specifications and aviation artwork. | |
| Flighline UK | UK Airshow Information and Photography | |
| FRADU Hunters | The FRADU Hunters web-site | |
| JetPhotos.Net | Online aircraft photo database | |
| Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team | The Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team | |
| Lowdown | How to get information on the UK low flying areas, vantage viewing points, scanner frequencies, etc | |
| Lowfly.net | Home for the low flying photographer | |
| Manchester TMA Over-flights Group | Manchester TMA over-flights group - everything you need to know about over-flights | |
| Milavia | Military Aviation Photography and Journalism | |
| Pacific Wings | Pacific Wings Magazine | |
| P-3 Orion Research Group | Lockheed P-3 Orion Research Group | |
| Reporting Points (Air Traffic) | Nick Locke's Reporting Points | |
| Royal Air Force Squadron Histories | Royal Air Force Squadron Histories - Official Mod/RAF Site | |
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The most comprehensive European Military Aviation information database and news service |
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The Aviation Society (Manchester) |
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| UK Military Serial Numbers | UK military aircraft serial numbers - WA - WZ, XA - XY and ZA - ZZ | |
| USAF/US Army Serial Numbers | Joseph Baugher excellent USAF/US Army serial listings - 1908 to present | |
| US Navy /US Marine Corps Serial Numbers | Joseph Baugher excellent US Navy / US Marine Corps serial and bureau number listing - 1911 to present | |
| Warplane.co.uk | The original and best low-level photography site in the UK | |
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Museums / Airfields / Airports etc. |
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Our local mecca for civil enthusiasts |
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Information on the Abingdon Air Fayre 2006 |
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Our 'almost' local mecca for military enthusiasts |
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The Imperial War museum Airfield at Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
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The RAF Museum home page provides links to the RAF Museums at Hendon and Cosford |
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The Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, York |
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The famous UK 'Cold War' Jets collection |
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Site dedicated to returning XH 558 to flying status |
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Southend Air Museums Vulcan |
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Commercial |
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Scanners, Air Band Frequency lists etc. |
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| Flying-Art | Flying Art Digital Illustrations - by Andrew Hay | |
| Flying Tigers | Flying Tigers - The Aeroplane People | |
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The Aviation Voucher Specialist - Visit this site if you're interested in any type of aerial activities, from Ballooning to flying Fast Jets! |
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The World's No.1 supplier of Aviation Models |
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The monthly UK Aviation magazine |
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| Rossendale online | Rossendale Online Website | |
| UK-Airport-News.Info | UK Airport News | |
| Others (of interest) | ||
| East Lancashire Railway | Web site of our local railway preservation group | |
| Imperial War Museum North | The official web-site of the Imperial War Museum North | |
| Irish Sea Shipping | Irish Sea Shipping - to keep you updated on Irish Sea shipping activities | |
| Museum of Science and Industry | Web site of the fabulous Museum of Science and Industry - Manchester | |
| Museum of Transport - Manchester | Web site of our local transport museum | |
| RNLI | Royal National Lifeboat Institute | |
| Shipfoto | Quality maritime photography | |
| Ships of the Mersey | Ships of the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal | |
| World Navies Today | Details of all the worlds navies | |
Do you know of any UK aviation enthusiast WWW sites to add to the list? If so please Email details to RAS Webmaster
