Following the recommendation of Dr Nina Baker (OBE!) after her talk on "Wind Tunnels and Slide Rules: Women Engineers of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough" last year, we're going to join a public tour of the FAST wind tunnel. (And maybe meet for lunch before?).
Langley Mill, on the Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire border, is sometimes (probably wrongly!) described as having been the "most industrialised village in the country". What didn't Langley Mill produce? This talk looks at the various companies established in the 19th and 20th centuries, and at their eventual demise.
Vist organised by Gareth Hayton.
At Denbies near Dorking - see https://www.denbies.co.uk/pages/contact-and-find-us
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These are some of the talks which I haven't beenable to fit into 2026, but are good candidates for 2027. In no particular order, lest you wondered.
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As Britain faced the threat of Nazi invasion it became clear our Airforce was outnumbered 4:1; so the British Government turned to scientists for a solution. They asked for a “Death Ray”, but what they got was even more advantageous.
This is the story of how two unlikely men and a mathematical formula changed the tide of the war.
They say truth is stranger than fiction. Indeed, it was here.
A welcome return for "Guy in the Sky", who gave us a brilliant talk on Concorde last year.
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