members’ matters RAF Hendon visit
BM.tv We continue to film Members’ Talks
Despite the early start, 31 Members made the trip to the RAF Museum at Hendon, London on 13 November. We were divided into two groups, one touring the museum and the other enjoying the Dambusters Virtual Reality Experience.
Although the museum has had a considerable revamp, sadly some of the buildings are not watertight and the Focke Wulf Fw 109 was draped in tarpaulins to protect it. However, the Dambusters VR Experience was truly immersive so you really felt part of the action. We were kitted out with helmet and vibrating backpacks before being whisked into the cockpit of Lancaster G for George just a few miles out from the Möhne Dam to begin our bombing run.
events and there have been several recently that you can now view on
BM.tv. The Steve Parrish and Mick Grant evening was great fun and you can see their unedited banter now on our channels.
Some more impressive navigation from our coach driver had us back at Brooklands in good time and Angela Hume deserves our warm appreciation for her logistical expertise and perfect planning.
John Axtell
Brooklands Karting Challenge The 2019 Brooklands Karting Challenge certainly lived up to
its name due to torrential rain. Fourteen teams lined up for the event and all performed exceptionally well, with only a few laps separating first and last places. Two groups doubled their chances of victory by entering two teams each, so thank you to the MGF Register and Weybridge Physiotherapy Centre. Overall victory went to the father and son team of Andy and Sam Hampshire racing as ‘Hare today and Gone Tomorrow’. This is the second year Sam has won the 1.5- hour endurance race, albeit with a different team in 2018. You don’t have to be Lewis Hamilton to take part but it was evident Sam Hampshire has a lot of potential as his kart seemed to run on rails despite the wet and slippery conditions. Runners up this year were ‘JamTam’ (James and Tamsin Hebditch), while third place went to the Museum’s Mark Dover with his son James. The Brooklands Trophy at the Goodwood Revival and
the Brooklands Karting Challenge are the only race events continuing the Brooklands legacy. We hope to see another good
Stats all, folks We are keen on graphs in the Membership office and there
is one that shows the average number of members joining throughout the year. It shows the lowest months being October and November and this year it has pretty much followed the same trend. Overall, we are looking to end the year at a little
Maurice Hamilton (above right) has led an interesting journalism career among the greats of Formula 1 and you can enjoy reminiscing with him. The Electric Cars event was enlightening and our expert panel put the case for the future very well. Look out too for a follow up event at Brooklands in 2020. You can find links at: https://
www.brooklandsmuseum.com/ brooklands-members/archive/btmtv
entry for the 2020 Challenge, which will be in late summer next year and hopefully with dry weather.
Tim Morris
over 6300 Memberships, which is much the same as last year. The Summer Fete in the Paddock proved popular with families and 148 new Memberships were taken in August, an all-time monthly record. Of course, the success in new Members joining is counterbalanced by members not renewing and the committee will be concentrating efforts to understand why Members leave and if there is anything we can do to persuade you to stay with us.
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