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  • [A collection of aeronautical lunch, dinner and banquet menus including signed menus]

Papers
CID:
Publication Date:
  • 1908 - 2019
Class:
  • M historic pamphlets 73-77
Collation:
  • 5 boxes
Table of Contents:
  • M Historic Pamphlets 73 includes aeronautical pieces on dinners involving celebrated moments of aviation as well as air race commemoration. To build on the overall collection, a sequence of sub-collections can be presented: The Aero Club of the United Kingdom dinner menu from 1908 and the Club's presentation of their Gold Medal to the Wright Brothers, The Schneider Trophy Contest, The Royal Aero Club celebrations, Flying at Hendon, Trans-Atlantic flights, African flights, Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, The First Hundred British Aviators and The Pioneers of British Aviation, Luncheons to Amy Johnson, Luncheon for Amelia Earhart and more.

    M Historic Pamphlets 74 is an archive box containing dinner menus of varying purposes including to celebrate the creation of a recently built aerodrome or military commemorations. Miscellaneous items are also included. More specific groupings are as follows: dinners held by the All Peoples' Association, dinners commissioned under the R.F.C and R.N.A.S (as well as other air services), The Aerodrome Owners Association dinners as well as further sources, menus from flights taken with British Airways, BOAC and Air New Zealand.

    The box entitled 'M Historic Pamphlets 75' hosts several dinners in relation to the Royal Aeronautical Society Dinners and well as collaborations made with other societies. Collections include the Anglo-American aeronautical conferences, celebratory dinners between the Royal Aeronautical Society and The Society of British Aircraft Constructors, Royal Aeronautical Society dinners at the Guildhall, Wilbur and Orville Wright lectures, dinners relating to the British Commonwealth Lectures, Hatfield Branch Dinners, a signed lunch menu for Spitfire Women who served in the ATA during the Second World War as well as other miscellaneous items.

    M Historic Pamphlets 76 contains menus and tickets from the Royal Aeronautical Society's Annual Banquets from 2002 to 2019 and the Wilbur and Orville Wright Dinners from 2006 to 2019.;  It also includes tickets for the Society's Farnborough Summer Reception held during the Farnborough Airshow.

    M Historic Pamphlets 77 is another series of menus encompassing dinner of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors as well as general firms relating to aerospace. Assortments can be divided into The Society of British Aircraft Constructors dinners featuring flying displays, The Society of British Aircraft Constructors International Aero Expedition held at Olympia, The Society of British Aircraft Constructors banquets, Handley Page anniversary, Avro 504 Club as well as additional separate material.

Notes:
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Publication Date Information:
  • 1908-2019

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