VMR Pre-War Shuttleworth, Sunday 12th August 2018

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VMR Pre-War Shuttleworth, Sunday 12th August 2018

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We are delighted to announce the launch of Pre-War Shuttleworth 2018 on Sunday 12th August.

The weekend will include an informal pub reception on Saturday evening, a pre-war Garden Party and Vintage Picnic at the Shuttleworth Trust in conjunction with the de Havilland Moth Club on Sunday and the weekend will conclude with a farewell pub run on Sunday evening.

Now in its second year, Pre-War Shuttleworth offers the rare opportunity to visit the flight line and chat with the aircraft owners during the lunch break.

There is no entry form or entry fee required for pre-war cars, but an entry list has been started, and we need everyone who plans to attend on Sunday to contact us at vintageminor@gmail.com with their vehicle details so that we can provide the entries to the Trust in advance.

The event website which includes full details may be found at http://www.vintageminor.co.uk/PWS%20201 ... 02018.html.
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Re: VMR Pre-War Shuttleworth, Sunday 12th August 2018

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Very Important Update!

We have received news from the de Havilland Moth Club that the venue for this event has had to be changed. The Shuttleworth Trust announced to the Moth Club that they had double-booked Old Warden on the day with a hot rod rally and so they could not accommodate the Moth Club on the day. Very quick work by the Moth Club resulted in a Plan B which is to gather at RAF Henlow on the same day. RAF Henlow is only a few miles from Old Warden, so anyone who had already booked accommodation will not have a problem.

RAF Henlow is (for the time being), an operational RAF station and therefore anyone entering the station is required to request access in advance, for security reasons. Therefore, any member intending to attend on the day should contact the Register well in advance, providing registration number, type and colour of their car, along with the names of all occupants. I will collate this information and pass it to RAF Henlow in advance of the day.

The good news is that RAF Henlow is a large grass airfield, ideal for Moths and the combined aircraft and car event will be private, and not open to the public, so the atmosphere will be much more intimate than would have been the case at Old Warden. Watch this space for further news.

Please note that the Saturday and Sunday night pub meets will remain unchanged.

Hopefully, the event will revert to Old Warden in 2019.
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