You can now pay online for tickets to the 2010 HAA Symposium, which will again be held in the main auditorium of the RAF Museum at Hendon. Simply download the attached form, complete it and either post with payment or e-mail and make a BACS payment straight to the HAA account!
The date for your diary is SATURDAY 27th NOVEMBER.
The theme of this years event is:
ALTERNATIVE ANGLES ON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Speakers include former Battle of Britain Spitfire and 617 Sqn Lancaster pilot Tony Iveson, historian Brian Milton and display pilot Charlie Brown, with more to come.
This year’s Seminar, will add a new perspective to the many recent activities around the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
As with previous HAA events the prime aim of the Symposium is to give members and guests the chance to meet and share in the passion of pilots and engineers from every field and era of flying.
Charlie Brown has flown Spitfires, Hurricanes, their biplane predecessors and their enemy, the Messerschmitt Bf109. He is ideally placed to give a view on all from the pilot’s seat.
Brian Milton is a well-known historian and the author of ‘Hurricane – the last witness’. His book is based around seventeen interviews with survivors from the war who flew the Hurricane. He will investigate why it, in comparison with the Spitfire at least, could be labelled ‘the Forgotten Warrior’.
The keynote speaker at the 2010 Symposium is Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC, who offers the unique perspective of one who both flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain and Lancasters with the legendary 617 Squadron. ‘From Defender to Aggressor’ will give a first hand view of two very different theatres of war.
Tony Iveson joined 616 Squadron as a Sergeant pilot at Kenley on 2 September 1940. On the 16th of September, he was forced to ditch into the sea after running out of fuel following a pursuit of a Ju88 bomber and was picked up by an MTB. He joined No.92 Sqn the following month, before being commissioned in 1942 and undertaking a second operational tour with Bomber Command. He took part in most of 617 Squadron’s precision bombing operations, including their three sorties against the pocket battleship Tirpitz.
Tickets for the day-long event, which includes coffee on arrival and private buffet lunch, cost £20 for HAA members or £25 for non-members.
You can download the booking form, via the link below or contact Stuart Powney on 01926 831324 for more details.