BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Events.Aero//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:r5plAu@events.aero
DTSTAMP:20261010T171130Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270328
SUMMARY:Talk: Saving Amy (Airspeed Oxford)
DESCRIPTION:Join Eric Watkiss for a fascinating talk on the Saving Amy Airs
 peed Oxford Project at Hangar 42 Spitfire Visitors Centre in Blackpool. Th
 is presentation explores the restoration of a rare Royal Canadian Air Forc
 e Airspeed Oxford Mk V Serial Number EB 518 to static exhibition condition
 \, created as a memorial to Amy Johnson\, the pioneering aviator who flew 
 from Blackpool Airport in an Airspeed Oxford on the day she went missing i
 n 1941.\nThe restoration project aims to represent Oxford Mk.II V3540\, th
 e aircraft in which the famous aviatrix was lost on 5 January 1941 after d
 eparting from RAF Squires Gate (now Blackpool Airport). Beyond honouring J
 ohnson's legacy\, the exhibit serves as a permanent memorial to all RAF an
 d Commonwealth crews who flew the Airspeed Oxford during the Second World 
 War.\nThe substantial remains of EB518\, built in 1943\, were recovered fr
 om Canada where it had served with 35 Service Flying Training School at No
 rth Battleford as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Afte
 r being struck off charge in August 1946 and left in storage\, the aircraf
 t was recovered by the Midland Aircraft Recovery Group in the late 1990s. 
 Due to deterioration of the wooden airframe structure\, significant recons
 truction work has been necessary to restore it to exhibition standard.\nTh
 e talk is held in the NAAFI function room at 1:30 pm. Admission to the Lin
 colnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is not included in the ticket price but
  can be purchased separately if desired. Tea and cake will be served from 
 3:00 pm following the presentation.
LOCATION:Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre\, East Kirkby
URL:https://events.aero/gb/events/talk-saving-amy-airspeed-oxford
GEO:53.1408570;-0.0010760
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR