History of the BMPA

History of the BMPA  >  1985

1985 Spring Meeting, March 2, St. Johns Wood

Film presentation by Hoecht UK Ltd on medical confidentiality and then lectures by Mike Bagshow and David Reader and the first video made by a member, Brian Pickard, entitled "Ears in my Chipmunk". Formal dinner in the evening.

1985 Autumn Meeting, September 6-8, Leeds Castle, Maidstone

Visit to GEC Avionics to see Computer Assisted Design (CAD) equipment, moving maps, image intensifiers and Head-up displays (HUD). Our guide was engineer Michael Tooze, who told us on Sunday morning of the trials and tribulations of building and flying his Rutan "Vari-Eze". Saturday was spent visting Romney, Hythe and Dimchurch light railway and Canterbury, followed by a reception and a tour of Leeds Castle, with dinner in its Fairfax Hall.

1985 Lectures

  • Ears in my Chipmunk (Video: Pickard)
  • USAF School of Aerospace (Reader)
  • Current general aviation medical problems (Bagshaw)
  • Building and flying a Rutan Vari-Eze (Tooze)