Historic aviation groups/clubs etc

Loads, but in the last year:
Croydon Airport Society
Club Imperial (Imperial Airways and HP42 Project)

I am a member of Buccaneer Restorations preserving XW544. And British Aviation Heritage at Bruntingthorpe.

Milton Keynes Aviation Society
Air Britain
DH Moth Club
Royal Aeronautical Society

So Crazymainer doesn’t feel all by his lonesome, I’ll chime in for the Yanks as well…

20th. Fighter Group Association (Honorary Member since 1999)
8th. Air Force Historical Society
Former member of the CAF (I totally agree with crazymainer’s comment on the name change)
Former member AOPA (It was a gift from a former employer)

Cheers!

Well,

I guess a Yank should jump in here,

Past memeber of the Maine Avaition Historical Society, Past memeber of the CAF refuse to join again because of name change to PC for me.

rejoining the EAA/Warbird of America and just sent my $$ in for Historical Air Group these are the folks who put on Geneseo Past memeber of National Warplane Heritage.

Cheers Crazymainer

not a member of any societies anymore, (used to be an active member at Newark Air Museum) but am helping Paul (relightflynn9) with the restoration of Jet Provost T4 XS186.
Greg

Just two;
Air Britain & the CL44 Association 😀

I can perhaps provide a few different ones to the list (although some have been mentioned already):

RAF Association
Air-Britain
Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland
Friends of RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
Flypast Subscriber Club

ex-member of RAF Historical Society
ex-member of Fortress Study Group

I remember the Vampire from my days as a Cadet at 955. Whenever we had a wing activity and went somewhere by coach we’d pickup 1066 enroute. I always thought it would be excellent to have a gate gurdian like their Vampire.

Unfortunately by the time I joined 1066 and became CO the Vampire was long gone. I think it went to an aircraft museum, possibly the de Havilland Museum.

I am sure that either Bruce or Learning Slowly will have lots of info.

Thanks for this merlin70. Just to explain why I asked – I recently acquired the pod of a Vampire T.11 and I suspect it may be this one. I have obtained some info and some copies of press cuttings from the time from the current CO of 1066 but there are some dates and details which don’t tie up with other bits of the history of the aeroplane.

The serial of my pod is known to be XE985 (and it did indeed go to the Mosquito Museum) but I am trying to confirm whether 985 was the same aircraft that 1066 owned back in the ’70s and parked at Knebworth. Any info on XE985 or the Vampire at Knebworth (ideally photos and the serial no.!) would be most gratefully received. 🙂

Hi All

Im a member of The South Yorkshire Aviation Museum (Aeroventure)

Scott C

SVAS
Grace Spitfire
Shoreham Aircraft Museum
Air-Britain

merlin70, when were you with 1066 Sqn ATC? Do you remember a Vampire T.11 owned by the squadron?

I remember the Vampire from my days as a Cadet at 955. Whenever we had a wing activity and went somewhere by coach we’d pickup 1066 enroute. I always thought it would be excellent to have a gate gurdian like their Vampire.

Unfortunately by the time I joined 1066 and became CO the Vampire was long gone. I think it went to an aircraft museum, possibly the de Havilland Museum.

I am sure that either Bruce or Learning Slowly will have lots of info.

Oxfordshire Aviation Group
Vintage Aircraft Club
Spirit of 1875 Aviation Group
PFA
Lincs Lanc Assn
Soc of Friends FAA Museum
Aerospace Museum(Cosford) Society
Spitfire Society
Hurricane Society
Blenheim Society
Tiger Sqn(OFMC)
Friend of TFS
SVAS
Sally B Supporters Club
Solent Aviation Society
Catalina Society
Flypast Subscribers Club
Friends of Brooklands Museum
Handley Page Assn
Vulcan 558 Club
Vulcan Restoration Trust
Grace Spitfire ML407
Friends of Sywell Aerodrome
RAF Assn(Wantage&District Branch)
Air-Britain
Red Arrows Club
Wallingford Model Club(IPMS Branch)
Plus others being added all the time

Lincolnshire Lancaster Association, worth the subscription for the members day alone!

SVAS
Friends of TFC
PFA (not historic, but…)
Oh, and does FPFMC exist? (FlyPast Forum Members Club) If not, it darn well oughtta! 😉

Moggy C

Pleasantly surprised to see you’re a member of Friends of Metheringham !

Do you get chance to get there very often ?

I ask as i don’t know if you’ve had chance to see my / indeed our JP XS186 since she’s been on site ?

Regards

Paul

DaveB,

SVAS, you and I both appear to be in the same boat there. Live just down the road and not yet joined. very much on the list to do.

Stupid isn’t it! I’ve been to about 5 shows at OW already this year…..

DaveB,

SVAS, you and I both appear to be in the same boat there. Live just down the road and not yet joined. very much on the list to do.

I currently support:

The Grace Spitfire

Friends of Duxford

And if we include ATC units:

134 (Bedford) Squadron – check out our website at www.134.org.uk!

Friends of Duxford
OFMC Tiger Squadron
Friends of TFC
Friends of Sally B

Think I should add some more though – particularly SVAS and Lincolnshire Lanc Association.

SVAS (Old Warden)
Friends of Methringham

Moggy