(Updated 25th July, 2010)
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Travel with Rossendale Aviation Society to the 2010 Royal International Air Tattoo Friendly, full-day at the show, all at a very competitive price |
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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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Next Meeting |
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4th August, 2010
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‘An Evening with
David Gibbings' - by David Gibbings (please see below for further information) |
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Next
fourteen meetings
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6th January, 2010
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‘Annual General
Meeting' and 'Annual Photographic Competition - Prints', judged by
Gordon Bartley Meeting postponed (due snow) and subsequently re-arranged for the 20th January, 2010 (see below).
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| 20th January, 2010 |
‘Annual General
Meeting' and 'Annual Photographic Competition - Prints', judged by
Gordon Bartley The AGM will take its usual form, with a pie and peas supper for all attendees. For further information (AGM), please contact the Society Secretary, Chris Wood. This years competition will be judged by Gordon Bartley, with the winner receiving the Societies coveted trophy. For details of how to enter and competition rules, please click here.
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| 3rd February, 2010 |
‘Remembering the
TSR-2', by Alan Mann Given the anticipated driving conditions, tonight's speaker has re-arranged his presentation for the 17th February, 2010 (see below).
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17th February, 2010
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‘Remembering the
TSR-2', by Alan Mann (re-scheduled from 3rd February) Alan Mann had a long career in both the aviation industry and academia, and was a specialist in simulator design. He designed the simulator forTSR2 and has developed a major interest in that aircraft. Tonight he will present the results of his studies.
The planned 'internal' presentation by Martin Powell and Ivor
Tamplin will be re-scheduled for a later date.
‘British Turbine-engined Transport Aircraft since World War ll', by Martin Powell and Ivor Tamplin Martin and Ivor continue their review of Britain’s post war transport aircraft moving on to the turbo-props and jets.
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3rd March, 2010
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'Flight Testing the
Jaguar', by Dave Ward Dave Ward is a member of BAe Systems North West Heritage Group and was heavily involved in the flight test phase of the Jaguar. Tonight he will tell us of those times.
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17th March, 2010
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'2009 - a Busy
Year', by Jim Newton Our much travelled member Jim Newton had a busy year in 2009 visiting Hong Kong, China, Russia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Switzerland, photographing as he went. For us to enjoy his images tonight.
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7th April, 2010
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'Jet Blast and Wings
Past', by Gordon Bartley Gordon has been looking through his slide collection and his show tonight will include RIATs from 2000 onwards, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster Air-to-Air, final Jaguars at Coltishall, final Canberras at Marham, the Bleriot Centennial at Dover, and some airliner shots from Heathrow.
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21st April, 2010
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'Aviation Brain of
Rossendale 2010', presented by Martin Powell and the '2010 Annual
Model Competition' Two competitions on the same night with our annual members quiz the Aviation Brain of Rossendale and the 2009 Annual Model Competition delayed from the 20th January. The 'Aviation Brain of Rossendale 2010' was won by Harry Holmes. The result of the annual model competition are as follows (a full photo report will be published in due course): -
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5th May, 2010
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'British Secret
Projects - Supersonic Fighters', by Tony Buttler We welcome the well respected aviation author Tony Buttler to the Society who will give us a presentation on ‘British Secret Projects –Supersonic Fighter’ which is the subject of one of his very successful books
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19th May, 2010
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'Gulf War One
'Desert Storm' -
images', by Tom Gibbons Tonight we give a warm welcome to Tom Gibbons, who will give a presentation on images he took during the Gulf War 'Desert Storm' of 1991. An evening not to be missed.
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2nd June, 2010
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'RAF Lakenheath',
by Gary Loveday Our guest, Gary Loveday, spent several years as the only civilian working in Airfield Management at RAF Lakenheath, the home of the USAF’s 48th Fighter Wing. Fortunately he took his camera to work and tonight we will see a selection of those images – it promises to be another interesting evening. |
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16th June, 2010
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'British Turbine
Engined Transport Aircraft' - by Ivor Tamplin and Martin Powell Tonight Martin and Ivor continue their look at post war British Transport Aircraft with the look at the turbine-engined variety. There will be plenty of images of a variety of types, many successful and some less so. |
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7th July, 2010
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'Austrian
Experiences' - by Martin Powell and Chris Wood Last year Martin holidayed in Austria and apart from mountains, cakes and palaces, saw quite a few aircraft. Chris also visited Austria but his lens was focussed on trains. He has also photographed trains elsewhere in Europe and we have allowed him to share his enthusiasm with us.
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21st July, 2010
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'Planes, Names and
Dames' - by Colin Duckworth A collection of images of nose art and other interesting markings on military aircraft over the last 25 years. Colin is a keen modeller and photographer and he will show the meeting a selection of the images collected over the last 25 years.
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4th August, 2010
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'An Evening with
David Gibbings' - by David Gibbings David is a former Flight Test Engineer with Westland Helicopters, a member of the Westland Helicopter Archive Team and, aviation author and artist. Tonight David will dip into and tell us about his various aspects of life and times. In 2002, David was diagnosed as having Parkinson's Disease. Although the illness has slowed him down, it has not seriously affected the standard of his work. Anything he has painted since 2000 is classified as 'In the Parkinson's period. David is undeterred by his affliction, stating "sorry Mr Parkinson, I'm too busy. Sod off!" David is a truly remarkable guy and it's an honour to welcome him to the Society this evening. An evening not to be missed. |
| 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
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.
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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. |
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Society Notices, Events and Functions
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Bob Fairclough - 1941 - 2009 Obituary by Martin Powell |
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Photo report from the 2010 members annual dinner |
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:
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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| Aircraftprofiles.dk | A spook approved resource for US Naval Aviation | |
| Airlineroute.net | Airline route updates | |
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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 | |
| Air Transport Data Bank | Online aircraft production list | |
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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 | |
| BMAL | British Military Aviation List | |
| British Aircraft Preservation Council | The web-site of the British Aircraft Preservation Council | |
| British Military Aircraft Designations | British military aircraft designation systems - Wikipedia | |
| Buccaneer | Andy Brook's Buccaneer pages | |
| European Airline Scene | European Airline Scene - weekly updates | |
| International F-104 Society | International F-104 Society | |
| 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 | |
| Flight Radar 24 | Flightradar24.com | |
| Fly-by.nl | Military aviation photography | |
| FRADU Hunters | The FRADU Hunters web-site | |
| ICAO Type Designations | ICAO - Aircraft Type Designators | |
| JetPhotos.Net | Online aircraft photo database | |
| Jethro's | Jethro's - UK and Ireland Airline Fleet Listings | |
| Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team | The Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team | |
| Libhomeradar | Easy collect aircraft information | |
| 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 | |
| LowFlyMedia.net | Home of LowFlyMedia | |
| Manchester TMA Over-flights Group | Manchester TMA over-flights group - everything you need to know about over-flights | |
| Milavia | Military Aviation Photography and Journalism | |
| Milscanners | Online home of Milscanners (including frequency listings) | |
| NATS | Aerodrome information (including aircraft parking charts) | |
| Pacific Wings | Pacific Wings Magazine | |
| P-3 Orion Research Group | Lockheed P-3 Orion Research Group | |
| Radarvirtuel.com | European virtual radar (five minute delay) | |
| Reporting Points (Air Traffic) | Nick Locke's Reporting Points | |
| Rotorspot | Rotorcraft Registrations Database | |
| Royal Air Force Squadron Histories | Royal Air Force Squadron Histories - Official Mod/RAF Site | |
| Rzjets | Online aircraft production list | |
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The most comprehensive European Military Aviation information database and news service |
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| Search and Rescue | Types, bases and radio call-sign | |
| SkyStefs Aviation Page | Contrail pictures of airliners | |
| Spyflight | The Spyflight website | |
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The Aviation Society (Manchester) |
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| Thunder and Lightning's | UK Airfield Viewing Guides | |
| 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 date | |
| US Navy /US Marine Corps Serial Numbers | Joseph Baugher excellent US Navy / US Marine Corps bureau number listing - 1911 to date | |
| US Coast Guard Serial Numbers | Joseph Baugher excellent US Coast Guard bureau number listing - 1927 - to date | |
| Valley Aviation Society | The web-site of Valley Aviation Society | |
| 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) | ||
| Airport Hotels | A 'blog' about airports and airport accommodation | |
| 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 | |
| National Collection of Aerial Photography | Aerial images from around the world | |
| National Weather Service | Internet Weather Source | |
| Port Arrivals | Worldwide Port Arrivals | |
| Railway Herald | Railway Herald Organisation | |
| RNLI | Royal National Lifeboat Institute | |
| Shipfoto | Quality maritime photography | |
| Ships AIS | Watching the ships go by | |
| Shipspotting.com | The worlds largest ship photo community | |
| Ships of the Mersey | Ships of the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal | |
| Vessel Tracker | Vesseltracker.com | |
| 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
