(Welcome message from the V-A-S Chairman - January 2008)
Dear Members,
This is just a short message to thank you for your continued support of the
Committee by electing us all back to work for you for another twelve months,
at the AGM in January.
A warm welcome to all members, both old and new, I trust that you enjoy
being a part of the Society and I look forward to seeing you all at the
monthly meetings.
A big message of thanks goes to our Honorary President, Group Captain Neil McG Connell OBE BSc(HONS) RAF and all the Staff at Royal Air Force Valley
for their continued strong support of the Society.
I hope you all enjoy the monthly meetings and other activities which we work
hard to arrange on your behalf.
Best wishes
Jack Thomas
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Please visit the photocall 2008 page, for all the latest information regarding entry cost, arrival times information, rules & regulations, previous years galleries, aircraft participation list, and how to apply for a photocall 2008 invitation.
Photocall 2008 latest information
You can now PAY and Pre-book in advance starting from 1st March 2008 (members) all others can apply from 2nd April 2008.
 The 2008 208 Sqn/4FTS Hawk came out of the spray shop today (14-04-2008) at RAF Valley, the paint crew once again have done a wonderful job and I can honestly say, it is one of the best hawk colour schemes I have seen to date.
You can view the photos by clicking on the thumbnail above
Thanks to the paint shop team for their warm hospitality.
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 In August 1938, 19 Squadron were the first to be equipped with Spitfires at Duxford and to celebrate this historic occasion 19 Squadron have submitted a paint scheme, which has been approved after months of negotiations, not only for the funding for the paint scheme, but also for the approval to have a Hawk painted in complete camouflage colours.
On the 15th of April, XX184 was towed to the paint shop at RAF Valley as a black trainer and will emerge in approximately three weeks time as a fully camouflaged Hawk in the original colours of a Battle of Britain Spitfire.
You can follow the latest paint shop progress of XX184 by clicking on the thumbnail above.
Photos: With permission of Babcock RAF Valley and Courtesy of Valley Aviation Society.
Read the full report of this event at: 19squadron.co.uk
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Valley Aviation Society PhotoCall 2007 CD
 We are pleased to announce that we now have the V-A-S PhotoCall 2007 CD on sale from our cabin.
The CD contains over 200 images from the day from different areas around the base and is set to music.
The CD runs for approximately 31 minutes and it is on sale at the V-A-S cabin, you can reserve a copy by contacting Tom Brown.
The price for the CD is £5.99 each, if you would like a copy sent to your home address, please make the necessary arrangement with Tom, there will be a additional fee of £1.50 for p&p for this service.
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 Another year has come and gone and this years Photo Competition was by far the best we ever had, with over 200 entry's.
The event was judged by our honorable friends at RAF Valley. The Judging Panel of RAF Staff was led by the Base Commander and included Dave Rose of the Photographic Dept(Winner of the RAF's Best Photographer 2007).
The photo entry's this year was top class and we would like to thank all our members for supporting the event and we are looking forward to next year's event and hopefully even more members can take part.
Foe more information about how to enter next year, please contact the photo competition organizer Jim LeCras
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The all new & official VAS
Member mailing list.
Please note: Only VAS full Member & Associate Members can join this list.
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Radio
Frequencies List, Courtesy of Fighter Control
Please Note: The monitoring of any of these frequencies may require the possession of a
Home Office RT licence.
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