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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 163 will be running in its 50th year at MOD St
Athan. 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 moved 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.
The 40th
Reunion was held in Leicester in 1999 (see link from course listing page)
and was a resounding success. To further
celebrate RAF NDT reaching the half-century, a ‘50th
Anniversary Reunion’ was held for ALL of 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,
Chief Tech
Ike Anfly [RAF]
– those that attended the event
Sgt A N Other
[MOD]
– the rest.
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· The Main Event. Venue: Britannia Royal Court Hotel, Coventry. Date: Saturday, 26th September 2009.
Itinerary : 1430 - 1630 >> Sponsors Table Top Displays / Meet & Greet 1900 - 1945 >> Gather in the bar for pre-function drinks 1945 >> called forward to be seated (there's no table plan) 2000 >> Silver Service Gala Dinner 2130 >> Guest Speakers; Mr John Drury and Mr Martin 'Jack' Corner 2200 - 0100 >> Disco. Mingle, catch up with old friends and have fun! 0100 - 0300 >> Move through to side bar.
A recollection of the event will be posted here in due course!
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The final list of attendees was..... >>>>> click here! Event Sponsorship - A massive 'Thank You' goes out to the sponsors of the event from all present. Without it none of this would have been possible.
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Contact
Us The website will remain active for the next year at minimum (unless bandwidth upgrades become too expensive to fund out of my own pocket). Thereafter I will decide if I want to take it on for a hobby.
Email:
admin@rafndt50th.com
Website
admin: Mr Doug Wylie. Organising
Committee: Mr Phil Edwards,
Mr Phil Heath,
Mr Doug Wylie. We still 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 me providing your name and course number.
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