Talk – Tuesday 11th October 2016 – ‘Mac McCairns – a Real Boys Own Hero’. Mr. Dudley Hooley Mac McCairns, DFC**, MM, Croix de Guerre James Atterby McCairns was born…
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Talk – Tuesday 20th September 2016 ‘Modern UK Tramways’ Ian Wetherall RCEA In principle the description is intended to cover those tramways constructed post 1960 and will therefore exclude pre-war…
Talk – Tuesday 8th March 2016, ‘An Engineer in Model Engineering’ Ray Parsons Ray gave his talk at short notice to fill a gap created because an external speaker had…
Talk – Tuesday 9th February 2016, ‘Vehicle Emission Matters’ Ivan Farrow Reducing vehicle emissions has exercised the brains of vehicle and test engineers since the late 60’s. During this period…
Talk – Tuesday 12th January 2016, ‘Syphons Made in Sussex’ David Jones This talk was a combination of the background to this largely unknown Eastbourne soda water syphon manufacturer and…
Talk – Tuesday 8th December 2015 – ‘The Lighter Side of Defence Engineering’ Perry Eastaugh Perry’s talk covered his career as a ‘hands-on’ engineer and included anecdotes of some of…
Talk – Tuesday 10th November 2015 – Cooch Memorial Lecture ‘Rosetta and Philae – unlocking the secrets of comets’ Professor Andrew Coates – Head of Planetary Science, Mullard Space Science…
Talk – Tuesday 13th October 2015 ‘Rampion Offshore Wind Farm’ Mr Naren Mistry and Mr Richard Carpenter Naren Mistry is the e.on Rampion Project Offshore Engineering Manager and gave an…
Talk – Tuesday 15th September 2015 ‘RAF Tangmere and the Special Operations Executive’ Mr Dudley Hooley This talk followed our AGM, and our speaker began by giving us some background…
The challenges of operating preserved steam locomotives on the main line in the 21st century Cedric Spiller For our last meeting of the season we were pleased to invite Cedric…