On 9th February a team of nine of us visited Martin Baker in Denham for a tour of the iconic British ejection seat factory. Our tour guide was MB employee Tony Gaunt whose encyclopedic knowledge of ejection seat development and production had us hanging off his every word as we toured the plant. The visit was arranged by Sqn member Clive Baylis ...
HISTORIC HELICOPTERS AT CHARD
Can I commend to all the open days shown below held at Chard to visit Historic Helicopters ‘hangar days’ and move amongst a varied collection of ex Military and civil helicopters at the equestrian centre. Yes, we share the ...
As expected it's been a slow start to 2024. Floods, gales and unusable grass runways have put paid to most of our flying ambitions. A few intrepid aviators seized brief weather windows for mini scrambles to Nottingham, Conington and Middlezoy. In the meantime, I've added a legacy photo from our visit to Shawbury in 2006. A great turnout for that ...
Dear Squadron Member,
2023 has been a good year for the FAA Squadron, marked by multiple fly ins, fun socials, a successful dinner and the addition of new members bringing our squadron strength to its present level of 140. Sadly, it’s also been a period when we’ve said goodbye to long term squadron members Bob Beese, John Ford, John Marriott ...
Last Saturday 4th November saw us at the Abbey Hotel Malvern. Our guest of honour was Captain David Lilley RN, who entertained us royally, (if I can use the expression), with tales of his duties as Gentleman Usher to the King. An excellent evening was had by all, as confirmed by the 3am finish by some of our stalwarts. The Abbey provided an excellent ...
FAA Sqn themed pork pie
The first part of September was hot. It was +36°c in the hangar during the day of the BBQ. By my reckoning that’s quite warm. One of the priorities for the BBQ was to get the draught beer settled and cooled. ...
Our Flypro closer at Turweston tuned out to be a great success with twenty members and guests as well as eight a/c flying in. We were blessed with excellent weather, a good social and despite being short staffed, the café provided us with an excellent service!
