Do I have to be a Royal Aeronautical Society member to join the Boscombe Down Branch?I would like to become a member of the RAeS, can you help?

I am unaffiliated with the Branch, can I attend a lecture?

I am a branch member, can I invite a guest?

I am not a UK citizen, can I attend a lecture?

I am under 16, can I attend a lecture?

I am preparing a lecture on x, would you be interested in hosting my lecture?

Do I have to pay for lectures?

How can I get involved with the Branch Committee?

I see you have had x lecturing at your branch, are you able to pass on their contact details?

Could I have a list of branch lectures from a previous lecture season?

Can I have a copy of the slides from a particular lecture?

Do you record any of your lectures, and can I have a copy?

I have a query about an aircraft that was flown at Boscombe Down, or a person who used to work here – can you help me with details?

Do you offer tours of Boscombe Down?

No, however we can recommend becoming a member of the RAeS.More information on becoming a member of the RAeS can be found on the website , as can details on the benfits of joining .

The Royal Aeronautical Society website
is a good place to start, however we will be happy to help if you have any further questions  .

If you are interested in attending a lecture, or inviting a guest, please contact the committee  .As the lectures are held at MoD Boscombe Down, we will need full name, contact and car registration (if arriving by car) details of all attendees in advance to submit to security.

On the day, visitors will need to bring a form of Photo ID. Security may require visitors to be escorted on site by a member of the committee, so please be patient and expect a slight delay at the gate.

Please also take note of the answer to the question below.

If you are a foreign national, security may require up to two weeks notice, so please let us know  as soon as possible if you wish to attend a lecture.Please also take note of the answer to the question above.

Entry to Boscombe Down is limited for under-16s, however it may be possible to make arrangements with security for certain lectures. Please contact a committee member to discuss.

We are always appreciative of lecture offers, as although we currently have a full lecture programme for the 2010/11 season, we are looking for the 2011/12 season and additionally may need stand-ins if a lecturer is unable to give a lecture for any reason.Please contact the lecture secretary  for further details.

Lectures are free to all Branch members. A voluntary contribution from non-members is appreciated.

The committee is currently not looking for any members, however we always welcome helpers at lectures, so please feel free to contact the committee to register your interest.Elections for the committee are held at each AGM, so keep an eye on the website as spaces during the year will be advertised here.

We are always happy to help where appropriate, so please ask us – however you should be aware that we will always seek permission from the contact first, therefore there may be a delay (and the answer may be no).

We are putting together a list of past lectures. Watch this space!

Where possible, we will be arranging for slides to be accessible for use. However, due to the nature of some of the presentations, this is frequently not possible.

We do ask each lecturer if they are happy for us to record their lecture. However, due to the nature of some of the presentations, this is frequently not possible.A small number of existing recordings are available here, and where possible in future, we will arrange for audio recordings to be accessible for use.

We can certainly try! If you send the committee an email, our resident historian, Norman, will aim to assist. You might also try asking the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection .

The Boscombe Branch cannot offer tours of Boscombe Down. Branch members and Branch visitors are only permitted on site to visit the lecture theatre, and non-members must be escorted at all times by a branch member or committee member.If you wish to visit Boscombe Down for any other reason, please contact QinetiQ
who runs the site on behalf of the MoD.