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Welcome to the FAA Buccaneer
Association web site
The
Association is open to all personnel who maintained, flew or
supported the Buccaneer aircraft during its service with the Fleet
Air Arm of the Royal Navy in the sixties and seventies.
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LATEST NEWS
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The magazine you've all been waiting for
is now available to browse or download for
reading offline. The January 2010 version of our
magazine 'Coolhard Bull' is now available in pdf
format by using the button lower down this page
or by
clicking here....
Also view the latest from the Fly Navy
Federation (and our rep) on the
Events
& News
Page. More Books on the 'Books'
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TAGA MEMORIAL
WEEKEND 15TH & 16TH MAY 2010 |
The TAGA 63rd Anniversary Weekend 15th &
16th May 2010
Saturday Social at Lee Golf Club
@ £19.00 per person
Sunday Luncheon HMS Collingwood @
£19.00 per person
Message from the Telegraphist Air Gunners
Association reference the 2010 Parade
It was intended that 2009 would be the last year we
would have a full parade at the memorial as the
membership falls and travelling becomes more of a
problem to those of us who remain. However the
parade in May, which was part of the FN100 events,
attracted many FAA people who would like it to
continue and there is a possibility of another
Association gradually taking over the organisation
and administration from TAGA. It has been decided to
continue for another year, hopefully with help from
elsewhere, assuming HMS Sultan, Gosport Police and
Gosport Borough are prepared to continue with the
help they have so willingly provided in the past.
Please complete the application form sooner than
later so that we have an indication of the support
we will receive from our membership. 1130 at the Lee
Memorial followed by lunch at the Warrant Officers
and Senior Rates Mess at HMS Collingwood: with any
luck we will have a Swordfish fly-past as well.
And the Future? This is a copy of the email
received from Arnold Thompson of the FAAA
The FAA Association has agreed to take over the
Administration and organisation of the TAGA Memorial
Service at Lee on Solent as from next year. (2011).
We have been on the fringes of the take over this
year and I am writing or emailing all the nearest
branches and other Association requesting some
support this year to swell the numbers, we had a
good turn out last year when many of the FAA
Associated Associations were represented. This year
the invitation is extended to joining them at their
social events at Golf Club in Lee and for lunch in
HMS Collingwood. I have attached a booking form.
The Association subject to agreement with the
Gosport Borough the Police and HMS Sultan that they
will provide us with the same help they gave the
TAGA to eventually turn the service into a Fleet Air
Arm Memorial Service.
Click here to download a copy of the Booking
Form.....
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THINGS TO LOOK
FORWARD TO IN 2010 |
A
Happy and Healthy New Year to you All
Things to look forward to in 2010
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Hopefully the magazine will be finalised by the end of January
in Electronic form and a printed version shortly after. Remember
you do need to be a full member to receive the full version of
the magazine.
The
10th Reunion, our first milestone, will again be held
in the Royal Court Hotel on the 18 to 20th June
2010. Further details on our website together with a link to
the hotel website for those who have not yet been.
TBF
- A Fly Navy Federation Dinner for all the Associations who are
members of the FNF which include the Armourers, FGC, Handlers,
SE, Phot, FAAOA, Cloud Observers (Met) Channel Dash and of
course the FAA Association. Tickets will be limited to this
event to about 40 per Association in the first instance with a
reserve list. This will be towards the end of the year possibly
late October.
The
next meeting of the fly Navy federation will be held this month
and a full wash up of the Centenary Year will be available for
inclusion in the magazine. A final newspaper will also be
published.
We
are hoping to plan a visit to the National Memorial Arboretum
during the reunion weekend to see the new FAA Memorial. During
the course of this year I will be asking for donations for the
purchase of a plaque which will be engraved with our name and
logo and will be attached to the memorial. I have closed the
donation appeal for the memorial as we have already presented a
cheque for £500 to the Memorial steering committee, and have
allocated a third of the profits from the Centenary Whisky to
the upkeep fund.
So
Again all the very best to you and your families, and I hope to
see as many of you as possible at the RCH in June.
Yours Aye,
Dave
Secretary FAABA
Founder Member of the Fly Navy Federation

Air Power from the Sea
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RNAS
YEOVILTON INTERNATIONAL AIR DAY & 70th ANNIVERSARY
ON 10th JULY 2010 |
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RNAS Yeovilton will be celebrating
its 70th Anniversary in 2010 and the International
Air Day on Saturday 10th July offers a justifiable
opportunity to look back on the 70 glorious years
since RNAS Yeovilton was commissioned as HMS Heron.
From the hectic days in 1940, when the Air Station
took shape as a base for training Naval Aviators and
Fighter controllers, through the Korean War and Suez
crisis during the 1950s operating Sea Furys, Sea
Hawks and Sea Venoms, to the heyday of fixed wing
Naval Aviation in the 1960s and 70s when the
surrounding countryside reverberated to the sound of
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RNAS Yeovilton has grown to become
one of the busiest military airfields in the United
Kingdom and is amongst the largest in Europe.
Yeovilton Squadrons played a key part in the
Falklands Campaign in 1982 and have remained at the
forefront of operations, including the Gulf War,
Bosnia and Sierra Leone. Since 2007, helicopters
from the Commando Helicopter Force have been
deployed to Afghanistan in support of forces on the
Helmand region, and the Lynx Force are equally busy
in operations embarked in ships around the world,
most notably engaged in high profile anti-piracy and
drugs operations.
An extensive flying and static display will take
place to mark this significant anniversary with
historic aircraft such as the Swordfish, Seafire,
Sea Fury, Sea Hawk and Sea Vixen, coming together
with other vintage aircraft and their modern
counterparts to highlight the role that RNAS
Yeovilton Squadrons have played, and continue to
play, in operations throughout the decades to the
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the MOD Website
click here............ |
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FAABA 10TH REUNION 2010 - COVENTRY |
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reunion for 2010 will be held at the Royal Court Hotel
Coventry on the weekend of the 18th, 19th & 20th June 2010. |
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The Accommodation cost will be:
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£63 pp for 1 night
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£100 pp for 2 nights
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£133 pp for 3 nights
Price includes
Dinner, Bed & Breakfast with Gala dinner on the Saturday
night.
Supplement for Tot and Entertainment:
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Anybody wishing to book can contact me
(Brian sharrock) on 01305 834112 or e-mail sharrockb@hotmail.co.uk,
if anybody from any other association wishes to attend they
are more than welcome at the same supplement as ordinary
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PICTURES FROM THE FIXED WING REUNION AT
YEOVILTON |
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Pictures by Alan Breward taken at the FAA Fixed Wing Reunion
Dinner; click on a picture to enlarge |
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RAISE MONEY FOR THE FLY NAVY
HERITAGE TRUST WHEN YOU SHOP ONLINE |
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We are pleased to announce that you
can now raise money for the Trust at no cost to yourself
when you shop online. All the major on-line outlets,
Amazon, Currys, M & S, Tesco, John Lewis, Boots, Argos
etc etc have pledged to donate a percentage of all money
you spend through their websites to a charity/cause that
you nominate. All you have to do is register as a user
at
www.easyfundraising.org.uk and then find Fly Navy
Heritage Trust as your cause. You then go straight to
whichever on-line store you wish and make your
purchase. We then receive a quarterly cheque for the
full amount that has been donated by the companies you
have used. Its a simple as that...............please
use easyfundraising whenever you purchase anything
on-line; the money you help raise goes directly to keep
our Historic Aircraft in the air.
Join the FNHT Supporters Group for an annual subscription
of £20 (minimum) and help to sustain the Royal Navy Historic
Flight and thus perpetuate our living memorial to all who
have served in the Fleet Air Arm, particularly those who
gave their lives in the service of their country. More can
be pledged annually or monthly, of course. A single donation
is very welcome, or perhaps even a legacy in your will. We
sincerely hope that the sight and sound of our aeroplanes
provides a source of inspiration to the youth of today, and
may encourage them to rise to the challenges met by our
predecessors.
Click here to download the Standing Order Mandate. |
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OPEN LETTER FROM THE UK NATIONAL
DEFENCE ASSOCIATION |
This is to advise
you that our National Development Manager,
Martin Cakebread,
has come up with the innovative proposal that the 'empty
plinth' in Trafalgar Square should be dedicated permanently
as a commemorative memorial to the services and sacrifices
of our brave Armed Forces in Iraq & Afghanistan. A petition
to the Prime Minister is now on the Internet for your
attention and, hopefully, signature.
The link to the site is:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/TributeToForces/
Please not only visit this site and sign up - but forward
this information on as quickly as possible to all of your
family, friends and colleagues.
Thank you.
John Muxworthy
Cdr. RN CEO UKNDA (http://www.uknda.org/) |
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LATEST NEWS FROM THE
BUCCANEER ASSOCIATION AND THE FLY NAVY FEDERATION |
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Please read the new
article on the 'Events & News' page for the FAABA's
latest news and on what has been organised by the Fly
Navy federation for the next few months. |
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Click here to
go straight to the article |
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FAA MEMORIAL AT THE NATIONAL
ARBORETUM |
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The cost of the FAA Memorial has
been quoted as £25,000 and I would ask that all members
support this excellent idea financially. We have been asked to provide a plaque to
commemorate the FAA Buccaneer Association that will
probably be positioned on the memorial plinth and I
would hope that the FAABA can raise at least £1000 to
help with this project, I have donations to the value of
£200 at present.
Please
send your donations to Dave Clark making the cheque
payable to the FAABA and marking the reverse of the
cheque 'Nat. Arboretum Fund'. If everyone in the
Association sent £5 we would meet and exceed our target
and send out a clear message of support to the FNF.
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THE FLY NAVY
FEDERATION COMMEMORATIVE LIMITED
EDITION OF A 50 YEAR OLD AND 25 YEAR
OLD SINGLE MALT WHISKY FROM THE
SPEYSIDE REGION OF SCOTLAND |
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As
part of the celebration of the
Centenary of Naval Aviation we have
commissioned a Centenary Malt Whisky
as a memento of
the year.
Prices are as follows.
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Limited Edition (numbered
1-50) 50 year old Malt
£179.00 |
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Limited Edition (numbered
1-250 ) 25 year old Malt
£60.00 |
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Each bottle will be
labeled and numbered with a
specially designed label, front and
back in a commemorative tube and a
certificate of authenticity issued
with each bottle. Orders for bottles
are now being taken with delivery
very being made from June 2009.
Demand for these products is
expected to be high so early
bookings are advised. A quantity of
each will be held back for industry
and sponsorship etc and requests for
bottles for auction will also be
considered.
If you would like to
reserve one or more of these bottles
please contact Dave Clark by Email
daclark@faaba.org.uk
or by phone 01935 704580 (day) or
01935 474862 (evenings) to be
entered on the respective list.
Postage and packaging to UK
addresses only will be charged at
cost in addition to the prices
displayed above. Overseas ships and
Establishments prices on
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All profits from the sales of this
venture will be shared equally
between three worthy causes:
1. RN Benevolent Fund
2. The FAA Heritage Fund
3. To contribute to the cost of an
"All Ranks" memorial stone at the
National Arboretum |
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Why not buy a bottle and raffle it
off at your local golf club, Round
Table or other organization you may
have an interest in!
Click here to print out or
download details of this offer |
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Membership. We now have over 600 names on
the list although some names have dropped off as Email addresses
change. Full membership is still disappointingly low at about
120. It is now £10 per year payable by Bank
transfer or £20 for a two year period if paying by cheque, so please, if
you are not a fully paid up member please consider joining. It
is getting increasingly expensive to meet all our commitments to
you the membership, with magazines, newsletters and other
communication briefs etc and every penny counts with any excess
being ploughed back into the Association.
Join the FAABA now: Download the
membership form here, the price of membership changed to £10 in
January

For applications to join or information contact:-
Dave Clark, Secretary FAABA, 1 Hampton Close, Stoford, Somerset,
BA22 9UN
Any queries to
daclark@faaba.org.uk
or Secretary FAABA
email -
FAABA@tiscali.co.uk
Telephone -
01935 474862
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FAABA Whisky. We have a few 70cl bottles
at £25 each and a quantity of the 50cl minis with the four
individual front line squadron crests on the labels. The cost of
these is £3:50 each or £12 for a set of all 4 squadrons plus
p&p.
To download or read a full copy of recent
FAABA magazines,
click on one of the buttons below...
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