2014

There were two meeting in 2014.

Venue: The Ballroom, Royal Air Force Club, 128 Piccadilly, London.

Programme

Chairman: Liana Middleton, BMPA President
	Registration and coffee
	President’s welcome and opening remarks
	Peter Thomas, Divisional Vetinary Officer “A history of animal transportation and health implications”
	Robert Quest, Heathrow Animal Reception Centre, City of London Corporation “Animals by Air”
	Discussion
	Lunch
Chairman: Jeremy Radcliffe, BMPA Secretary
	Jerry Mudford “High speed escape – the Martin-Baker story”
	Alec Stevenson, QinetiQ Senior Scientist “Escape from Earth – the Gravitational consequence”
	Coffee
	Jeff Milsom, Leader Tiger 9 Aeronautical Display Team “Displaying a Vintage Flock”
	Break
	Discussion

Following the meeting, an association dinner (dress lounge suits) was held at 7pm for members at the same venue.

Accommodation: The Holiday Inn, Garden Court, Gifford Bridge, London road, Sandy, Cambridgeshire.

Arrivals by air were made to Biggleswade, Old Warden Airfield (standby/alternate – Cranfield).

Programme

Friday 5th September
Arrival and informal dinner at the hotel.
Saturday 6th September
	Coach left the hotel to visit the newly refurbished Swiss Gardens and Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden.
Lunch at the Old Warden airfield. Then return to hotel by coach.
	Departed hotel for guided tour of Shuttleworth Collection, pre-dinner drinks and black tie dinner, again at the Shuttleworth site.
Sunday 7th September
	The AGM was held at the Holiday Inn, Sandy.
	Members took their own transport to Old Warden.
	Members and their guests had group ticket access to a special BMPA enclosure at Old Warden, with packed lunch. The world-renowned late-summer airshow was enjoyed by all and included a demonstration of the amazing de Havilland Comet Racer.