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Guild News Design Grid FEBRUARY 2010 No.179 THE GUILD OF AIR PILOTS AND AIR NAVIGATORS Guild Diary FEBRUARY 2010 26th Education and Training Committee Cobham House 10 Guild Luncheon Club RAF Club 11 10 th General Purposes and Finance Committee Cobham House 25 Aptitude Assessment RAF Cranwell MARCH 2010 11 11 th General Purposes and Finance Committee Cobham House 11 6 th Court Meeting Cutlers' Hall 16 6th Technical and Air Safety Committee Cobham House THE GUILD OF 17 Annual Guild Service St Michael's Cornhill AIR PILOTS AND 17 Annual General Meeting, AIR NAVIGATORS Installation and Supper Merchant Taylors' Hall 18 Lord Mayor's Dinner for Masters Mansion House PATRON: 19 United Guilds Service St Paul's Cathedral His Royal Highness 19 Lunch with Fan Makers' Company Skinners' Hall The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT APRIL 2010 GRAND MASTER: 6 Benevolent Fund Board of Management Cobham House st His Royal Highness 8 1 General Purposes and Finance Committee Cobham House st The Prince Andrew 13 1 Education and Training Committee Cobham House Duke of York KG KCVO 15 Flight Instructor's Forum RAF Cranwell 22 Pilot Aptitude Assessment RAF Cranwell MASTER: 24 Flyer Show Sofitel, Heathrow Rear Admiral 28 Guild Luncheon Club RAF Club C H D Cooke-Priest 28 Cobham Lecture Royal Aeronautical Society CB CVO FRAeS MAY 2010 CLERK: 11 1 st Technical and Air Safety Committee Cobham House Paul J Tacon BA FCIS 13 2nd General Purposes and Finance Committee Cobham House The Guild, founded in 1929, is a Livery 13 1st Court Meeting Cutlers' Hall Company of the City of London. 27 Livery Dinner Drapers' Hall (Letters Patent 1956) PUBLISHED BY: GUILD VISITS PROGRAMME The Guild of Air Pilots and Air 16 February NATS, Swanwick Navigators, Cobham House, 9 Warwick Court, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5DJ. 23 March Naval Firepower and Submarine Museums, Gosport EDITOR: Please see the Flyers accompanying this and previous editions of Guild Group Captain T Eeles BA FRAeS News or contact Liveryman David Curgenven at [email protected]. EMAIL: [email protected] FUNCTION PHOTOGRAPHY: Gerald Sharp Photography View images and order prints on-line. TELEPHONE: 020 8599 5070 EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.sharpphoto.co.uk PRINTED BY: Printed Solutions Ltd 01494 478870 Except where specifically stated, none of the material in this issue is to be taken as expressing the opinion of the Court of the Guild. Cover Picture: A seasonal flying scene. Glenn Martin and Denis Schryer head EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: north over frozen Lake St Clair in Stearman C- FAPG. Photo by George Mock The copy deadline for the April 2010 from Chipmunk C-FBNB piloted by Jim Wilson. Both aircraft belong to the edition of Guild News is 1 March 2010 Canadian Historical Aircraft Association based in Windsor, Ontario, and should be sent to: The Editor, Guild News, Cobham House, 9 Warwick Court, Canada, website www.ch2a.ca. Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5DJ. TELEPHONE: 020 7404 4032 FAX NO: 020 7404 4035 EMAIL: [email protected] 2 WEBSITE: www.gapan.org In this edition of Guild News Page 4 News Round Up Page 13 Cathay Pacific Crew News - an article from Hong Kong Page 14 RAeS Women in Aviation And Aerospace Conference Page 5 Editorial and Clerk’s Column Page 6 The Master’s Final Message Page 8 Visit to South Australia by The Master of The Guild Page 15 Jet Conversion 1950’s Style Page 11 Adelaide Soaring Club Page 16 Aviation Disaster at Graveley Page 12 Snowbirds Page 18 David Shepherd Gallery and Studio Visit Page 20 Visit to OASC at RAF Cranwell 3 1932 two fields were made into a flying strip at Mount Stewart, the family home in County Down, and in 1934 Ards Airport, the first permanent civil airfield in Northern Ireland, was built on Lord Londonderry's land at Newtownards; it is still owned by the Mount Stewart estate. Having learned to fly when still too young to hold a licence, Lady Mairi became a Freeman of the Guild in 1964 and a Liveryman in 1976. Although unable to attend functions in recent years Lady Mairi was always RAF MUSEUM DIRECTOR GENERAL Elect and the GP&F Committee and interested in the Guild and its activities and DR MICHAEL FOPP TO RETIRE. Dr Michael welcomed by the Court. So, from 2010 in July 2006 she hosted a visit to Mount Fopp, Director General of the Royal Air Force onwards, David Curgenven will take full Stewart, details of which can be found in Museum for the last 22 years, will retire in responsibility for running the Guild Visits Guild News issue 158; her enthusiasm for June 2010, but will be retained by the and Garden Parties programmes assisted, flying was always evident. Lady Mairi lived Museum to assist a fund-raising campaign for where appropriate, by the small team (now through fascinating times and was herself a new visionary project to commemorate and including myself, from time to time) that has part of those times; she had met Hitler and celebrate the enduring legacy of the Battle of been helping me over the past year. other Nazis, owned a stamp collection of Britain. “Michael Fopp has led the Museum national importance and her stable won the for many years with a commitment and I am especially grateful for the support and Irish One Thousand Guinea Stakes in 1953 energy which is unsurpassed”, said Air Chief encouragement I have been fortunate enough and the Ascot Gold Cup twice in the 1960s. Marshal Sir John Day. “The Trustees and the to receive from many Guild members over Royal Air Force owe him a great debt of the years and I'm sure David will be equally With her death the Guild has lost a gratitude for making the RAF Museum the privileged. Don't hesitate, by the way, if any significant link with the early days of success it has become.” of you have ideas or special requests for aviation. “I have worked for the RAF Museum for Visits to contact David. I know he would CORRECTION. The article in December more than half my life and I am delighted much welcome this.' that, even in retirement, I will still have a role Guild News 'International Water-Guard' was Liveryman David Curgenven's contact details to play in its success and development”, said incorrectly attributed to Donna Farquhar, are on page 2 in the Guild Visits Programme. Dr Fopp, who is also looking forward to his Administrator, GAPAN(Canada). The correct author is Deborah Folka of International year as Master of the Guild of Air Pilots and UK AIRPROX BOARD. Professional Water-Guard. Air Navigators during 2010/11. helicopter pilot volunteer required. The UK Dr Fopp's career has been marked by an Airprox Board, which normally meets THE CITY LIVERY energetic approach to all aspects of monthly at RAF Northolt, seeks to find an CLUB AERO SECTION. curatorship and development with, for experienced commercial helicopter pilot to The City Livery Club example, the Museum's collection join the Board. Anyone interested should e Aero Section held its management systems making millions of mail the Guild Office. Annual General Meeting objects held by the Museum available to the and dinner in Farmers' NEW YEAR'S HONOURS. Congratulations to public via the internet. and Fletchers' Hall on Liveryman Michael Marshall, who was In recent years, major projects at Hendon the 23rd October 2009. awarded a knighthood in the 2010 New Year's have included the “Milestones of Flight” and The evening was well attended by members Honours List, for his services to business, Grahame White factory buildings and at and their guests some of whom are also charity and the local community. Cosford the opening in 2007 of the members of the Guild. The guest speaker was Congratulations also to Guild members immensely successful National Cold War Air Commodore RS Peacock-Edwards CBE Commodore Chris Palmer and Group Captain Exhibition, shortly to welcome its one- AFC FRAeS FCIM who recounted some of his Andy Turner who were both awarded the millionth visitor. experiences in his interesting career in the CBE. Royal Air Force. CHANGE OF GUILD VISITS ORGANISER. LIVERYMAN LADY MAIRI BURY. Liveryman Captain Arthur Creighton, Fellow Assistant Mike Glover writes: 'Following my Lady Mairi Bury, who died on 16 November request, ''Seeking a new Guild Visits of the Royal Institute of Navigation was Organiser'' in the August 2009 issue of Guild 2009 aged 88, was the youngest daughter of elected Vice Chairman. His design for a new News I am delighted to say that Liveryman the 7th Marquess of Londonderry, the Guild's badge (see above) was adopted by the Aero David Curgenven has volunteered to take on third Master. Her father, who was Secretary Section. It is hoped the badge will be in the task. His appointment has been of State for Air in the early 1930s was a keen formal use early in 2010. unanimously approved by the Master, Master pilot and most of his family learned to fly. In j SIGNIFICANT FIRST FLIGHTS. December the torque effect. The Dreamliner uses a large airliner. The future prospects of both 2009 saw two significant first flights take considerable amount of carbon fibre projects will doubtless be watched with great place in both military and civil aviation composite material in its construction, the interest. sectors. The Airbus A400M military airlifter first time this technique has been used in a j narrowly beat the Boeing 787 Dreamliner The Airbus A400M takes off on its first flight... ...closely followed by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner into the air for the first time.
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