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We’re hoping to get Harrier T4 airframe XW269 to Valley for the Centenary. It’s been lovingly rebuilt by Mike Spiers’s team at Selby and is in the process of moving to the Caernarfon Air Museum.

If we get it (big if), it will probably arrive on Friday afternoon (21 Sep) and leave on Sunday afternoon (23 Sep). It will be transported on a flat-loader of some kind, and it is moved in four parts. The driver will be an ex-Harrier airframe mechanic who knows how to put the four pieces together, but he will need some help.

Any volunteers to help put together XW269 on 21 Sep and dismantle it again on 23 Sep? Please let me know:

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We are, at last, in a position to accept bookings and payments for the Centenary. The price for the whole weekend will be £65 per head; if you can only attend the Friday Meet & Greet the price will be £20, if you can only attend the Saturday Dinner, the price will be £45.

In case you’ve forgotten, the plan at the moment looks like this:

– Friday 21 Sep: 1700: Meet & Greet/Happy Hour at the Officers’ Mess; Happy Hour food; all inclusive until the money runs out, a standard cash bar will operate after that. Dress: smart casual
– Saturday 22 Sep a.m.: Golf, sea fishing for those so inclined; Moran Building open, History Room open, Simulator and Fixed Base Trainer open
– Saturday 22 Sep p.m.: Flying display, fast food and drinks available to purchase
– Saturday 22 Sep: 1900: either buffet dinner in the hangar or more formal dinner night in the Officers’ Mess, depending on numbers; live band; all inclusive until the money runs out, PAYG bar after that; the event will finish at 11 pm (no children at the evening function I’m afraid). Dress: jacket & tie
– Sunday 23 Sep: 1000: Dedication of IV Sqn stained glass window in RAF Valley Church; depart

Station MT will be providing a pick-up and drop-off service from local hotels during the weekend, but it has not been possible to arrange a coach to drive from the Stamford area to RAF Valley. If members in the Stamford area are interested in hiring a minibus together I can put them in touch with each other.

Please complete the form below and click on Send to email it to me. I will be processing these forms manually, so you may not receive a reply straight away, but when you do the reply will contain details of how to pay.

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Queen’s Jubilee Flypast