Two meetings were held in 2013.
Spring Meeting: Saturday 2nd March 2013, London.
Venue: The Ballroom, Royal Air Force Club, 128 Piccadilly, London.
| Chairman: David Hillam, BMPA President | |
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| Registration and coffee | |
| President’s welcome and opening remarks | |
| Peter Saundby, Medical Advisor to British Gliding Association “Air Sport Pilots: What is the medical problem?” |
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| Stephen Gibson, General Practitioner and Occupational Physician “EASA – Where are we now with LAPL medicals?” |
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| Coffee | |
| Prof Mike Blundell, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Coventry University “Recent research on helicopter design to prevent injury in the event of a crash” |
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| Lunch | |
| Chairman: Liana Middleton, BMPA President-elect | |
| Stephen Gibson, General Practitioner and Occupational Physician “Alpine Gliding Safety” |
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| David Joyce, Consultant Gynaecologist (rtd.), Europa Builder and flyer “Ditching – how would you cope?” |
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| Coffee | |
| Glen Friswell, Aerosafe “Sea Survival Equipment” |
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| Discussion | |
| Close of meeting | |
Autumn Meeting: 6th to 8th September 2013, Cheltenham.
Venue: The Cheltenham Chase Hotel, Shurdington Road, Brockworth, Cheltenham.
Programme
| Friday 6th September 2013 | |
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| Arrival at hotel and evening meal | |
| Saturday 7th September 2013 | |
| Coach left the hotel to visit Hercules Propellers at Brimscombe. This small company specialises in making wooden propellers for vintage and other aircraft. | |
| Departed Hercules Propellors for a short visit to The Rococo Gardens, Painswick, where we also had lunch. | |
| After lunch we departed for Gloucestershire Airport to visit the Jet Age Museum. This is a new museum, not open to the general public at the time of our visit but is now fully operational. | |
| We reverted to our previous custom of having the AGM prior the black tie dinner. | |
| Pre-dinner drinks and dinner at the Chase Hotel, Brockworth. | |
| 19.30 Black tie dinner at Chase Hotel (Avon & Abbey dining room). | |
| Sunday 8th September 2013 | |
| Coach left hotel for The International Centre for Birds of Prey near Newent. There are over 200 birds to see here; falcons, hawks, buzzards, eagles, owls, etc. and we enjoyed a wonderful flying display. | |