1980 spring meeting
1st March 1980, Cafe Royal, London
The George and Marquise banqueting suite (one of 21, in addition to 2 luxury restaurants) at the Cafe Royal was reserved for the BMPA. Dinner of Ananas en surprise Norvegienne, creme cressus de la fontaine, contre filet do beouf and mouse doe creme brulee et oranges au curacao was enhanced by candlelight, chandeliers and a Scots piper and was attended by 57 people. Both of the RAF's medical officer pilots, Wing Commander Shaun Marshall and Squadron Leader Michael Bagshaw, were present and spoke about Medical Rehabilitation of RAF aircrew and Flying Training in the RAF respectively. There was a film of the ditching of a Boeing 747 and Brian Pickard spoke about the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, a City Livery Company, of which he had been Master for the past year. The President, Prof. Maurice Hallett, was newly resplendent with the BMPA medallion.Lectures
- Flying training in the RAF (Bagshaw)
- Medical rehabilitation of RAF aircrew (Marshall)
- Individual variation on decision-making under stress (Schapira)
- Oxygen tension under hypo- and hyper-baric conditions (Poolyet)
- Ditching of a 747 Jumbo (film: Foster)
- The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (Pickard)