Missing Wingman Trust Dinner in Cambridge - Official Thread

[Dave Homewood]

After a false start the previous plans have been cancelled and we have a new date and time for the event. Our Missing Wingman Trust Dinner is now at:

The Five Stags Restaurant and Bar
9 Campbell Street
Leamington
Cambridge
(i.e. the same place as last year)

Date: Sunday 8th of October 2017
Start Time: 12.30pm

Come along and meet fellow forum members and aviation friends, and support the excellent RNZAF Missing Wingman Trust.

How it works is we each buy our own meal, and we each put a minimum of NZ$20.00 into the pot for the Trust. Simple.

I believe we may have a couple of WWII Air Force veterans attending this one too, which will be fantastic.

You are welcome to bring friends and family so long as they each put in to the Trust fund, this is a fundraiser after all.

Please confirm ASAP if you're coming, the Five Stags needs to know numbers. They're a busy and popular place. Thanks.

[suthg]

Yes Dave, first hand up for me!! LOL! Sunday 8th October, I am on Call but I will have someone else available to cover for Sunday afternoon haha!

[Dave Homewood]

I wonder, will our southern members be keen to do another event in Christchurch like they did last year?

[camtech]

I'm in.

[Dave Homewood]

Last call for latecomers, let me know now if you're coming please. Sadly at this stage numbers are down on last year as it seems school holidays have intervened and lots of people are heading away. Who knew the August Holidays are now in October??

There are currently seven of us attending, including 95 year old WWII Sunderland pilot Stan Walker who's coming down from Auckland. Weren't some of the Tauranga lot originally keen to come too? Peter? Mike?

[Dave Homewood]

We're up to ten people now. Any more?

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks very much to those who came along to the lunch today, it was a lot of fun with some good company and good food. There were just nine of us there in the end so down on numbers but I know the timing was bad as many more had hoped to come but the date clashed with school holidays apparently. I was not aware of that when the date was suggested and the booking made. Next time we do this we'll try to avoid clashes like that. But not to worry. We raised $220 for the RNZAF Missing Wingman Trust which I'll deposit into their account next time I am in town. Cheers everyone!

[Peter Lewis]

Well done Dave, and thanks.
Good to meet up with a couple of 'old faces' and some new, great event for a wet Sunday.