Rossendale Aviation Society

"Serving aviation enthusiasts throughout the North West of England"

(Updated 7th February, 2010)

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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.

Current Meetings Programme

The current meetings programme is as follows:

For articles and reports of some previous meetings and trips, click here

Trips

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.

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 next coach trip to the Royal International Air Tattoo will be advertised and available for bookings in Spring 2010. For further information, please click here.

Articles and Reports

Society Notices, Events and Functions

	Bob Fairclough - 1941 - 2009 Obituary by Martin Powell
	Photo report from the 2010 members annual dinner

How to join

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:

Senior members £18

Junior members £15 (Under 18 - Parental permission is required)

Links

Do you know of any UK aviation enthusiast WWW sites to add to the list? If so please Email details to RAS Webmaster