40 members had an enjoyable August meeting where they were asked to display up to 5 pages of anything to do with ‘Air Travel’ meaning anything that leaves the ground. The competition is named after a former member, Roy Gilbert. It is a two-part competition, the second part in November with the title ‘My most interesting item.’ The overall winner will win the Roy Gilbert Cup which will be presented by Roy’s wife Frances at our December meeting.
There were 8 entries:
Simon McArthur: The Third Reich – Pre-war civil aviation in Germany.
Elizabeth Philpot: Deutsches Reich WWII – 1942 Military Field Post for Airmail Lufteldpost.
Paul Taylor: Austrian Air Mail Service.
Denis Littlewort: The Inverted Jenny.
Peter White: Monaco.
Michael Miller: First Flights across the Atlantic.
John Palfrey: Birds and Flight.
Julia Todd: Flyingfishes.
The winner of this month’s competition was Simon McArthur.
In the second half of the meeting we had a further three presentations from Simon McArthur on the ‘Third Reich’, Peter White with ‘Crash Mail’ and Michael Miller with a PowerPoint presentation on the ‘First flights crossing the Atlantic’, and Julia Todd on the subject of ‘Birds’.
