Into The Blue - Air Power Conference

[Dave Homewood]

This sounds interesting, seen on the RNZRSA site here

www.rsa.org.nz/about/nws2007feb/Into%20the%20Blue%20Conference.htm

INTO THE BLUE is an air power conference dealing with both historical and current issues to mark the 70th Birthday of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the 20th Anniversary of the Air Force Museum.

WHEN: Friday 30th March to Sunday 1st April 2007

WHERE: Air Force Museum, Harvard Avenue, Wigram, Christchurch

The INTO THE BLUE conference brings together international and New Zealand speakers presenting papers on air power past, present, and future. Speakers include Group Captain Neville Parton, Director of Defence Studies RAF (The RAF-RNZAF relationship), Dr Chris Clark the RAAF Historian (Dominion Air Forces on the eve of WWII), academics from Britain and the USA and renowned local historians such as Vincent Orange (Sir John Slessor) and Ian McGibbon (The RNZAF and the Vietnam War).

The programme commences on the evening of Friday 30th March with a meet and greet supper. The conference proper commences on Saturday 31st with an opening address by Chief of Air Force AVM Graham Lintott and a second full day of papers will be given on Sunday 1st April. The optional conference dinner will be held in the Air Force Museum’s main Aircraft Hall and during the course of the conference there will be plenty of opportunity to experience the aircraft and exhibits of this world class Museum.

There has never been a conference of this type in New Zealand before and the limited number of places will fill fast.

To register download and complete the following form:

Registration Form

(504K PDF Document) Go to the RSA link above to download

Return to:

Into the Blue Conference
C/- Air Force Museum
Private Bag 4739
Christchurch 8140

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Therese Angelo
Tel [phone]
Email [e-mail]

John Crawford
Tel [phone]
Email [e-mail]

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[phil82]

I suppose there is a certain irony in having an Air Power Conference in New Zealand: a country which doesn't have any thanks to Helen. Still, it might be worth attending just to get a copy of the papers presented. which look interesting. There's always the after-match function!

I'm trying to locate an excellent quote by Trenchard on that very topic, something to the effect that "an air force without the capacity to strike had no purpose"

[corsair67]

But the RNZAF doesn't have any airpower anymore, so the recent history will be a bit sparse!

[Calum]

phil82 said:

I suppose there is a certain irony in having an Air Power Conference in New Zealand: a country which doesn't have any thanks to Helen. Still, it might be worth attending just to get a copy of the papers presented. which look interesting. There's always the after-match function!

I'm trying to locate an excellent quote by Trenchard on that very topic, something to the effect that "an air force without the capacity to strike had no purpose"

I'm sure that quote was on the wall in one of the armourers bays at Ohakea.

Not sure who wrote it though as it's abut depp for the average gunnie