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Reunion 2012

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Downloads May 2012

Welcome

***Reunion 2012***

Professional or Amateur Weather Forecasters?

***Downloads May 2012***

Reunion 2012

Downloads May 2012

Uckers

Dedication of Falklands Memorial

Special Rates for Veterans

PHOTO ALBUMS

Uckers

Dedication of Falklands Memorial

Special Rates for Veterans

PHOTO ALBUMS

Mau Day Bank Holifay

HMS Fulmar Reunion 2012

HMS Fulmar Reunion 2012

HMS Fulmar Reunion 2012

Queen's Diamond Jubilee

New for 2012 will be a series on weather lore and legend, along with further details about our forthcoming reunion and the plaque we will be placing on the FAA memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.

Remember Uckers? Coast TV are doing a programme on Uckers and are looking for artefacts, trophies and obviously the stories that go with them. They probably know the rules, although which set is up for debate, If you have anything that you would like to share with the world on Uckers then contact the secretary who will do the necessary on your behalf. If you have forgotton how to play or just want something to jog the memory then visit http://www.uckers.co.uk/index.htm where all will be revealed. A web site devoted to Uckers, whatever next?

The dedication of the Falklands Memorial will take place on Sunday 20th May 2012 at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire. There will be a Service of Dedication followed by a Reception. Applications forms can be downloaded on the Events 2012 page or are available from the SAMA office, telephone 01495 741592. To visit the SAMA82 website click below.

Anyone wishing to attend the Falklands 30 Commemoration Service to be held at St Barthomolew’s Yeovilton will find full details plus an Application form in the Royal Navy section on the Downloads page.

RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset will be holding the International Air Day on Saturday 23rd June 2012. One of this years themes is Commemorating 30 years of the Falklands Campaign.

AHA Events Ltd are offering special rates for Veterans, and if booked before the 14th April they will waiver the booking fee (usually £2.00) the price of the ticket on the day is £23.00, however, the Veterans rate is £16.00. For further details contact Christine Keightley on 08445 780780.

Date for your diary; the reunion will take place at the University of Nottingham from 7-9 September 2012. Further details and cost are still being finalised and will be out within the next week or so. It is hoped to incorporate our plaque dedication ceremony at the NMA this same weekend. Again further details will be promulgated as soon as they are available.

At the end of November a report appeared on the front page of the Daily Telegraph outlining government plans to be released imminently giving the Met Office no option but to make available to others their raw data. The excuse being that after the Office’s less than accurate forecasts of a mild winter last year, with a “barbecue summer” to follow failed to materialise, others should be able to try their hand at forecasting for themselves. The release of this data means that companies will be able to provide their own forecasts and that untrained amateurs will be able to monitor the weather as well. It is purported that this will improve the accuracy of forecasts and allow for individuals to forward plan for different types of weather.

It appears that this release of high quality data is the largest volume made available by any national met organisation anywhere in the world. The Met Office has already been pilloried for failing to predict last year’s exceptionally cold winter, closely followed by the prediction that there would be rainstorms for the Royal Wedding. It implies that the general public are unable to interpret and adapt to the weather situation as it appears at the time. Weather is not the only target in this new initiative; transport and health areas are also to be required to release data, with health in particular, giving rise to privacy concerns.

The suggestion is that professional weathermen have an inability to produce an accurate forecast and that the time has come for amateurs to “have a go”. Is this an open invitation to “cowboy weather forecaster” to set up in competition against a very long-standing national organisation and various independent commercial weather companies, many of whom employ, or were even set up by, some of our own members when they had finished their time as Royal Navy forecaster or met observers? If any of our members have further comment or suggestions, a thread has been established of the Forum for your comments.

Anyone wishing to attend the Falklands 30 Commemoration Service to be held at St Barthomolew’s Yeovilton will find details plus an Application form in the Royal Navy section on this page.

This month sees the Fifth Edition of our the series entitled Met Memories available in both Power Point and Pdf formats. This series will continue throughout 2012. We also have part three of the Officer’s Course photographs covering the years 1953 to 1959.

Over the last month we have retired, or moved to the relevant web page, almost all of the existing downloads files that graced the download page in 2011, links to pages that also contain downloads are immediately below. For those who liked our Christmas offerings (they seem popular any time of the year), these can be found on a new page called “Cold Turkey“. Retirements this month include “Ships Crests” and “Naval Dress and Badges” from the Royal Navy section along with the very popular “Pub Crawl”.

Pictured above is a photo of Cirrus at the Lizard lighthouse – May 2011. There are further photographs in the Album section of the Web Site.

If any other cloudobservers get together and hold a mini re-union, don’t forget, take a picture and forward it to me here for inclusion on the site. Click HERE – select Webmaster

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25 HMS Fulmar Reunion 2012 9:30 am – 9:00 pm It will be held at the Eight Acres Hotel and Leisure Complex in Elgin over the weekend of the 25-27th May 2012. The prices are as follows: £68 pp for 1 night, £105 pp for 2 nights and £138 pp for 3 nights. There will be a £10 supplement for the weekend to cover entertainment and drinks for the meet and greet etc. (50% discount for full members). Some of you will recognize these as the same as for the 2011 RCH reunion so I believe we have a good deal as the hotel is a lot better than the RCH. There is no hotel in the Area with enough accommodation for everyone so, like 5 years ago some of you will have to make your own arrangements with regards to accommodation. The Sherwood Suite can only hold up to 220 people for a sit down meal, (we had 224 five years ago in the Mess), however there is an additional function room next to this called the Westray Suite which can hold up to 80 people. We intend to put the Casino in the Westray with a couple of overflow tables for additional people who wish to attend but not eat. The cost for this will be the £10 supplement. The people sitting on the dance floor tables will also be relocated to this room (or the Bar!!) once the meal has finished so the disco dancers can strut their stuff. The cost for people in other accommodation but having the Saturday Gala Dinner will be £20 pp. People in other accommodation may elect to have their Friday evening meal in the hotel if they wish. I have asked for a “Stovies Night” and the non resident cost for this will be £7.25. (Both costs exclude the supplement so for example a non resident couple wishing to take the Friday and Saturday meals will pay £74.50 in total). Hotel rooms must be booked individually by yourselves on a first come basis quoting the Reunion Booking Number which is 1408. You must use this number to get the package price and if you do not quote it you may be told the hotel is full as all rooms are booked by the FAABA against this number. Once you have booked please contact myself to book your places on the master list sending me the supplement charge or if in other accommodation, the meal costs and supplement. Please make cheques payable to the FAA Buccaneer Association. Contact details: Dave Clark 1 Hampton Close, Stoford, Somerset BA22 9UN (Only until 10/02/2012) Tel 01935 474852 (again only until 10/02/2012) then use my mobile 07949 478428 or Email daveclark@faaba.co.uk For latest information visit www.faaba.co.uk and click the Fulmar link on the Home Page.

26 HMS Fulmar Reunion 2012 9:30 am – 9:00 pm It will be held at the Eight Acres Hotel and Leisure Complex in Elgin over the weekend of the 25-27th May 2012. The prices are as follows: £68 pp for 1 night, £105 pp for 2 nights and £138 pp for 3 nights. There will be a £10 supplement for the weekend to cover entertainment and drinks for the meet and greet etc. (50% discount for full members). Some of you will recognize these as the same as for the 2011 RCH reunion so I believe we have a good deal as the hotel is a lot better than the RCH. There is no hotel in the Area with enough accommodation for everyone so, like 5 years ago some of you will have to make your own arrangements with regards to accommodation. The Sherwood Suite can only hold up to 220 people for a sit down meal, (we had 224 five years ago in the Mess), however there is an additional function room next to this called the Westray Suite which can hold up to 80 people. We intend to put the Casino in the Westray with a couple of overflow tables for additional people who wish to attend but not eat. The cost for this will be the £10 supplement. The people sitting on the dance floor tables will also be relocated to this room (or the Bar!!) once the meal has finished so the disco dancers can strut their stuff. The cost for people in other accommodation but having the Saturday Gala Dinner will be £20 pp. People in other accommodation may elect to have their Friday evening meal in the hotel if they wish. I have asked for a “Stovies Night” and the non resident cost for this will be £7.25. (Both costs exclude the supplement so for example a non resident couple wishing to take the Friday and Saturday meals will pay £74.50 in total). Hotel rooms must be booked individually by yourselves on a first come basis quoting the Reunion Booking Number which is 1408. You must use this number to get the package price and if you do not quote it you may be told the hotel is full as all rooms are booked by the FAABA against this number. Once you have booked please contact myself to book your places on the master list sending me the supplement charge or if in other accommodation, the meal costs and supplement. Please make cheques payable to the FAA Buccaneer Association. Contact details: Dave Clark 1 Hampton Close, Stoford, Somerset BA22 9UN (Only until 10/02/2012) Tel 01935 474852 (again only until 10/02/2012) then use my mobile 07949 478428 or Email daveclark@faaba.co.uk For latest information visit www.faaba.co.uk and click the Fulmar link on the Home Page.

27 HMS Fulmar Reunion 2012 9:30 am – 9:00 pm It will be held at the Eight Acres Hotel and Leisure Complex in Elgin over the weekend of the 25-27th May 2012. The prices are as follows: £68 pp for 1 night, £105 pp for 2 nights and £138 pp for 3 nights. There will be a £10 supplement for the weekend to cover entertainment and drinks for the meet and greet etc. (50% discount for full members). Some of you will recognize these as the same as for the 2011 RCH reunion so I believe we have a good deal as the hotel is a lot better than the RCH. There is no hotel in the Area with enough accommodation for everyone so, like 5 years ago some of you will have to make your own arrangements with regards to accommodation. The Sherwood Suite can only hold up to 220 people for a sit down meal, (we had 224 five years ago in the Mess), however there is an additional function room next to this called the Westray Suite which can hold up to 80 people. We intend to put the Casino in the Westray with a couple of overflow tables for additional people who wish to attend but not eat. The cost for this will be the £10 supplement. The people sitting on the dance floor tables will also be relocated to this room (or the Bar!!) once the meal has finished so the disco dancers can strut their stuff. The cost for people in other accommodation but having the Saturday Gala Dinner will be £20 pp. People in other accommodation may elect to have their Friday evening meal in the hotel if they wish. I have asked for a “Stovies Night” and the non resident cost for this will be £7.25. (Both costs exclude the supplement so for example a non resident couple wishing to take the Friday and Saturday meals will pay £74.50 in total). Hotel rooms must be booked individually by yourselves on a first come basis quoting the Reunion Booking Number which is 1408. You must use this number to get the package price and if you do not quote it you may be told the hotel is full as all rooms are booked by the FAABA against this number. Once you have booked please contact myself to book your places on the master list sending me the supplement charge or if in other accommodation, the meal costs and supplement. Please make cheques payable to the FAA Buccaneer Association. Contact details: Dave Clark 1 Hampton Close, Stoford, Somerset BA22 9UN (Only until 10/02/2012) Tel 01935 474852 (again only until 10/02/2012) then use my mobile 07949 478428 or Email daveclark@faaba.co.uk For latest information visit www.faaba.co.uk and click the Fulmar link on the Home Page.