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·      Introduction

 

Non Destructive Testing in the UK Military is nearly 50 years old. The first course ran in January 1959 at RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk, and course number 164 will be running in its 50th year at MOD St Athan (if we survive that long!).

 

NDT in the UK Military has seen many changes over those years. The move from RAF Swanton Morley to RAF St Athan came in 1995. Since then it has changed from the RAF School to the Tri Service School, moved out of the RAF into the MOD and endured innumerable organisational name changes and will move back into the RAF again in 2008.

 

Over the last half century 1049 NDT Technicians have passed through the School, and on into the aerospace NDT community. People from 24 UK and Foreign Military Services, 23 MOD/civilian organisations, and representing 4 continents.

 

To celebrate this momentous occasion a ‘50th Anniversary Reunion’ is to be held for all those people who completed the NDT Technicians Course in the RAF School of Non Destructive Testing, and more recently the Tri Service School of NDT. A venue and date has now been provisionally booked; a hotel in Coventry in September 2009. (see Info & Latest News below)

 

The 40th Reunion was held in Leicester in 1999 (see link from course listing page) and we hope to make the 50th Reunion an even more successful affair. With the far reaching influence of WWW, this website has been created to provide an easily accessible way for people to find out about the event and contact the organisers. 

 

To register an interest, please contact us at the addresses below. To allow you to see who is or isn’t attending the function the names under the course photograph will change in colour as we receive information from people.

 

Chief Tech J Bloggs [RAF]   – Yes, (or at least very interested).

Mr A N Other [MOD]           – No.

CPO J Jones [RN]               – No contact made.

 

That way you can see if your old drinking buddies will be there to share a beer and a yarn!

 

Information updates regarding venue and date and other details will be posted below at regular intervals to provide news on the progress of the event. As we approach the date accommodation information will appear there also, with web-links (when available).

 

 

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·      Information & Latest News              3rd Release   

 

A provisional booking has now been made for the event...

 

Date:              Saturday, 26th September 2009.

Venue:            Britannia Royal Court Hotel, Coventry. (external link below)

Itinerary (tbc): 1330 - 1630 >> Table top displays / Meet & Greet

                      1930 - on     >> Evening function & food

 

24 Mar 08 - Not a great deal to report in this update. We have some prices from the conference venue and are crunching the numbers to determine what sponsorship we will require, and ultimately the cost of the accommodation too. They are offering some attractive deals for 'reunion events' and we just need to factor out the cost of the gala dinner which we hope will be covered by sponsorship.  We'll let you know as soon as we know!

 

5 May 08 - Welcome to the members of Cse No. 159 . You're now famous!  Impending changes in NDT has resulted in the cancellation of Cse No. 160.

 

  We are looking for event sponsors to help in any way. So if you're in a position to provide some sponsorship or assistance (or influence someone who can!) then we'd love to hear from you. First we'll put your name on the sponsors page and a link to your website, then we can discuss additional requests.  I'm also looking for places to advertise this website, so again if you are able to place a link button on yours or a company website, then please contact us. Thanks for those who have already made enquiries, we'll reply to you as soon as we can provide some useful info.

 

 

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·      Contact Us

 

To register an interest in attending the 50th  Reunion please complete the new webform providing your full contact details, email address and phone number. (NB: For those who have contacted us already, could you please re-submit your details using the new form so we can collect everyone's details in a standard format, Thanks! DW)

 

Attendance Form:  click here>>>  #.;

 

For general queries, correspondence and corrections to the site, please contact the website administrator …  

 

Email:   admin@rafndt50th.com  

 

Post:  Tri Service School of NDT, NDES, MOD St Athan, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 4HG. (Attn: Chief Instructor. Ref: 50th Reunion)

 

Website admin: CT Doug Wylie.

Organising Committee: Mr Phil Edwards, CT Phil Heath, CT Doug Wylie.

 

We take your privacy seriously. No contact details will be passed to third parties unless specifically requested.

 

If you would like your name and photograph removed from this web site please contact the administrator providing your name and course number.  

 

Site suggestions:

If you have any suggestions on how I could improve this website, drop me an email and I'll see what I can do (bearing in mind my limited web design capabilities).

 

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·      External Links (when available)

 

Ř      Britannia Royal Court Hotel

Ř      Local Hotels

Ř      Other Miscellaneous Info

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