CAT 18 - Midlands Air Museum - Sept 15th / 16th

Announcements about the BATC's Flagship Event and BGM on 15/16 September 2018
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g8gtz
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CAT 18 - Midlands Air Museum - Sept 15th / 16th

Post by g8gtz » Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:44 pm

This is advance notice that CAT18 and the BATC General Meeting will be held at the Midland Air Museum on the weekend of September 15th and 16th 2018.

The Midland Air Museum http://www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk/about.php is a small aircraft museum run by enthusiasts on the perimeter of Coventry Airport, where BATC will have exclusive use of the lecture room seating 60+ people and a small hanger where the demo area, test and fix it area, members bring and buy and a few trade stands will be held. There is plenty of car parking and access in to the site will be available for any special interest vehicles.

The full program will be published in due course but provisional timings are as follows:

Saturday 15th doors open 9.30am
Show and tell and demo area
* Members bring and buy
* Lunch available to purchase in the museum tea shop
* Talks program starts at 1:30am

There will be an informal dinner in the evening at a venue nearby.

Sunday 16th doors open 9.30am
* Talks program starts at 10:00am
* Lunch available to purchase in the museum tea shop

The BATC general meeting will be held at 2pm.

The CAT18 ticket price will include full access to the museum and free passes will be available for those only attending the General meeting on Sunday afternoon.

The venue is centrally located with good transport links and close to the M1, M6, M42, M40 and M69 giving easy access from most areas of the country and there are a number of competitively priced hotels nearby.

The museum houses the Sir Frank Whittle jet heritage centre and displays include an English Electric Lightning and a Tornado GR4. Visitors also have the unique opportunity to visit the crew compartment of Avro Vulcan B2 XL360.

More details to follow, but put the date in your diary and we look forward to seeing as members as possible during the weekend.

73 Noel - G8GTZ on behalf of the BATC committee

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Re: CAT 18 - Midlands Air Museum - Sept 15th / 16th

Post by M5TXJ » Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:46 am

Much as I was hoping to make it to CAT 18 unfortunately I'm on 12hr night shifts that weekend, fingers crossed CAT 19 falls on my one weekend a month off.

73 Dave
...are you sure I can't use a pair of 813's?... :shock:

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Re: CAT 18 - Midlands Air Museum - Sept 15th / 16th

Post by g8gtz » Mon May 14, 2018 9:11 am

Hopefully you all have put the date firmly in your diary!

We will open a registration site shortly and start working on the talks program.

We have arranged a provisional booking for 30 people for a Saturday evening meal at 7:30 at the Baginton Oaks http://www.thebagintonoak.co.uk/ - this will be an informal do and you will pay for your meal on the night.

There are several hotels in the area including:

Baginton Oaks http://www.thebagintonoak.co.uk/

The Old Mill https://www.goodnightinns.co.uk/hotel-b ... tent=c0202

Coventry South Premier Inn https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels ... LBC_COVLOC

We're looking forward to a great weekend and meeting many members!
73
Noel - G8GTZ

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Re: CAT 18 - Midlands Air Museum - Sept 15th / 16th

Post by g6crf » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:36 am

Hi Noel,
How do we book for the meal on the Saturday evening please.
Regards
Terry

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Re: CAT 18 - Midlands Air Museum - Sept 15th / 16th

Post by g8gtz » Fri Jun 29, 2018 12:07 pm

Hi Terry

You don't - we've told the venue there will be about 30 of us for dinner and they've reserved tables.

73
Noel

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Re: CAT 18 - Midlands Air Museum - Sept 15th / 16th

Post by laurencecook » Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:15 pm

FYI
Baginton Oak booked up solid.
:o :(
Laurence

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