Welcome to the Bristol Aero Talks website.
Bristol Aero Talks are a series of talks on aerospace and related high-technology subjects with particular emphasis on the history of Bristol and the surrounding areas.
Bristol Aero Talks is pleased to announce that the new season of talks will start in September, the program is currently being finalised. Talk announcements will be sent out and the website updated as details are confirmed.
Bristol Aero Talks are pleased to say that with the agreement of Sally Cordwell, the CEO of Aerospace Bristol, the talks will continue to be held at Aerospace Bristol. These are normally held on a Tuesday in the Making Studio but please check the talk announcements as changes to day or location can occur. For information on getting to Aerospace Bristol please see their website at https://aerospacebristol.org/find-us .
In order to cover the costs associated with the talks program such as reimbursing the costs incurred by the speakers we will continue to ask for a donation from attendees when leaving the talk. In the event there is an accrued surplus at the end of the season of talks it will be donated to Aerospace Bristol.
Bristol Aero Talks makes use of e-mail as the primary communications medium and to handle matters efficiently a number of e-mail addresses have been set up - please see the Contact Us page for more information including how to receive talk announcements by e-mail.
NEWS
The Bristol Brabazon made its first flight 75 years ago on September 4th 1949 at Filton
To celebrate this Bristol Aero Talks is organising a special daytime event in Aerospace Bristol's John James Theatre on Thursday, September 5th. Bristol Aero Talks organiser Peter Coombs and David Corbyn of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust will tell the fascinating story of the Bristol Brabazon, from 11.30am, before a lunch break from 1pm.
Archive films will be shown from 2pm, including Brabazon – The Beautiful Dream, from 1st Take Films, and a Government film, The Flying Skyscraper, narrated by actor Sir John Mills. If time permits there will be a question-and-answer session after the showing of these films.
As stated above, this special daytime event will be held on Thursday September 5th and more information on the talk may be found in the attached flyer.
A couple of important points:
• Attendance at the event is by ticket only, the link to book a ticket is
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bristol-aero-talk-the-bristol-brabazon-tickets-995036921217?aff=oddtdtcreator
Please note a museum ticket is not required to attend this event.
• Food will be available after the talk, please see the flyer for information on what will be available and the ordering process.
Information on the next scheduled talk can be found by clicking Here
Details of the forthcoming talks program may be found by clicking Here
Information on the earlier talks given under the Bristol Aero Talks banner may be found by clicking Here
To access the talks being made available for remote access click Here
External Events
Not an actual event but it was felt that those who interested in the Bristol Aero Talks would also be interested in an update on the work of The Bristol Britannia Preservation Society who have been working diligently at Kemble to restore the external appearance of the last genuine RAF Britannia aircraft XM496 ‘Regulus’. It now looks resplendent in its new paint job. We understand that the Society welcomes members, whether actively working on the machine or more passively as Friends of the aircraft. Full details are on their website (Click Here) including the dates on which the aircraft can be visited.
Not receiving announcements of talks?
We have been advised that in a few cases the e-mails announcing talks are not being delivered but are instead being trapped by the SPAM filters. We would recommend checking the folder where your ISP sends the e-mails it filters.
For more on this topic please please click on the link below.
