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Month: October 2020

Hitching a ride on a Jetstream

October 14, 2020

In the early 1980’s I was a Masters Student at what was then Cranfield Institute of Technology. The campus was on the site of a former RAF airfield and I was studying Bio-Aeronautics with the International Centre for the Application of Pesticides (ICAP) attached to the College of Aeronautics. As part of the course we … More Hitching a ride on a Jetstream

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • TALK: Operation Manna January 6, 2026 at 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Furness Vale History Society Furness Vale Social Club, Yeardsley La, 1 Yeardsley Ln, Furness Vale, High Peak SK23 7PN, UK
  • TALK: Greater Manchester Aviation January 14, 2026 at 10:30 am – 12:00 pm New Mills Probus  New Mills Golf Club, Eaves Knoll Rd, Shaw Marsh, New Mills, High Peak SK22 4QE, UK
  • TALK: The Battle of Lake Naroch 1916 January 23, 2026 at 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Altrincham Probus
  • TALK: Ludworth Moor Colliery February 3, 2026 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Marple District Rambling Club Marple Senior Citizens Association, Memorial Park, Marple, Stockport SK6 6BA, UK
  • TALK: The Battle of Lake Naroch 1916 February 10, 2026 at 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Glossop Guild
  • TALK: The little known history of the Poles from Eastern Poland February 18, 2026 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Goostrey Guild
  • TALK: Operation Manna February 25, 2026 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Goostrey Guild
  • TALK: Greater Manchester Aviation March 5, 2026 at 10:00 am – 10:30 am Bramhall Model Flying Club
  • TALK: The High Peak Dambuster March 11, 2026 at 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm RAeS Marham Branch
  • TALK: Greater Manchester Aviation March 26, 2026 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am Glossop U3A

The books below can be obtained from the link or for signed copies by emailing books@pleszak.com

** NEW BOOK ** The High Peak Dambuster

** BOOK ** Two Years in a Gulag

** BOOK ** Townscliffe Golf Club

** BOOK ** The bombing of New Mills and Hayfield 3 July 1942

** BOOK ** The Battle of Vileyka


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