Talk: Tuesday 11th November 2014 ‘Development of Flight Simulators’ by Mr David Parkinson, C.Eng, FRAeS. David joined what was then Link-Miles in Lancing in 1972, and rose to become Director…
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Talk: Tuesday 14th October 2014 The History of London Bridge and the Demolition and Reconstruction of the present Bridge Mr Frank Duggan RCEA Frank was employed on London Bridge from…
Talk: Tuesday 16th September 2014: Meccano to e mail – my career in engineering. Mike Wooldridge RCEA Mike started his talk with a reference to Meccano – something which old…
Outing: Monday June 9th 2014 Worthing Wurlitzer Organ This report was held over from the August Newsletter. There were 39 members and guests present. Summary of the presentation by Jim…
Tuesday 11th March Fracking shale gas: What on Earth is that all about?” by Professor Richard Selley When we arranged this talk we were aware that it was likely to…
Talk: Tuesday January 14th 2014 ‘Thomas Brassey- Railway Builder’ by David Jones, RCEA This illustrated talk outlined the life of the unsung railway contractor Thomas Brassey, a phenomenal organiser and…
GLOBAL WARMING, A FALSE RELIGION? What are we to believe when a hot summer is forecast and it proves to be disappointing, or when told that melting icecaps will cause…
Talk: Cooch Memorial Lecture, Tuesday 12th November 2013 – “The Red Arrows ” by Mr Dudley Hooley, Director, Tangmere Military Aviation Museum. Dudley introduced his talk by saying that he…
Talk: Tuesday 8th October 2013. ‘Building and Flying a 1/3 scale Sopwith Pup’. By Mr Stephen Wessel. This talk covered the background to a project which was the idea of…
Talk: Tuesday 17th September 2013. ‘Excavation of a Medieval Sugar Mill in Cyprus’. By Mr Gerald Hennings, RCEA. The illustrated talk followed the AGM. The theme was “Industrial Archaeology”. The…