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BWPA Diamond Jubilee White Waltham Airfield 30/31 May 2015
Programme
30th May
Time
Items
MORNING SESSION
10:00 Registration & Coffee
11:00 Welcome by Pauline Vahey (Chair of BWPA)
Dr Heather McGregor ('Mrs Moneypenny' of the FT)
11:10 - 'Fat, female and 46 but I learned to fly'
Dorothy Saul-Pooley (Master, Honourable Company of Air Pilots, 2014-15)
11:45 - 'The Long and Winding Road"
Prof Monica Grady
12:20 - 'Meteorites, Space Research and Space Travel'
12:55 LUNCH
Stands, exhibitions and book signings in snug
Book signing: Anneli Christian-Phillips
AFTERNOON SESSION
14:10 Chair - Dorothy Saul-Pooley
Tracey Curtis-Taylor (Vintage aeroplane pilot)
14:15 - Cape Town to Goodwood in a Biplane
Dr Vivienne Lee
14:50 - 'The aeromedical challenges of modern fast jet flight'
15:25 Conference Close by Pauline Vahey
15:30 Move to snug for tea/coffee
GALA DINNER
18:30 Champagne, drinks & canapés
Clare Phoenix Band playing
19:30 Dinner - Starter & Main Course
After Dinner Speaker - Clare Walker CRAeS, inaugural chair of the RAeS Women in Aviation
Committee
Dessert & Coffee
Clare Phoenix Band playing and raffle draw
23:00 Carriages
BWPA Diamond Jubilee White Waltham Airfield 30/31 May 2015
Programme
31st May
MORNING SESSION
Early am
Fly-in
Coffee & Welcome
Pauline Vahey (Chair of BWPA) To include: Launch of BWPA Bursaries/scholarships/awards for the
Jubilee year. Outline plans for the 'Jubilee WES link' initiative; outreach to encourage girls to study STEM
11:00 subjects
Richard Poad, Maidenhead Heritage Centre
11:15 - History of the ATA generally
Candida Adkins, daughter of Jackie Moggridge
12:00 - Spitfire Girl
Buffet Lunch, plus vintage aircraft flying by (if weather permits)
Stands, exhibitions and book signings in snug
12:30 Book Signing - Midge Gillies - ‘Amy Johnson: Queen of the Air'
AFTERNOON SESSION
Alison Hill
13:45 - Introduction and Poetry based on Sisters in Spitfires
Midge Gillies & Jane Priston
14:05 - ' Amy Johnson: Lone Girl Flyer'
14:50 Announcement of Silent Auction winners
15:00 Chair to Close - Tea & Coffee
Depart/fly-out