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ACA Subscription 2008
Members are reminded that the 2008/09 subscription is due by 1 September 2008. Branch members are asked to pay through their Branch where a Branch has agreed to take on this task. Otherwise, please consider placing a standing order with your bank or building society. If you must send us a cheque, ensure that your name and membership number is clearly printed on the back.
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AGM and Reunion 2008
The 2008 AGM and Reunion will be held at the RAF Museum, RAF Cosford, over the weekend 20/21 September 2008.

Details of the weekend's events

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Christmas Card 2008
The 2008 ACA Christmas Card is now available. An order form was in the Summer edition of Intercom, or you can download an order form.

Where possible, members are asked to order through their Branch to save on postage.

Closing date for ordering is 31 October 2008. Cards will be posted from
1 July 2008.

Bomber Command Memorial
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New Zealand's Douglas DC-3, ZK-DAK
The South Pacific country of New Zealand (Pop: four million people and 40 million sheep; 2,000 km south-east of Australia) is fortunate in having a fine example of this classic airliner still working away in the Air Transport category. Owned by an Auckland Warbird syndicate, it is based at the historic World War II aerodrome of Ardmore, an active GA field some miles east of Auckland International (AA). It would be grand to see it parked beside/under an Airbus A380 when Emirates starts its London-Sydney-Auckland service which was announced today.
This particular airframe has had a steady working life since rolling out of Douglas's plant at Oklahoma City on 30 October 1944 (five days after my 4th birthday) as a C-47B Skytrain c/n 15035/26480.
It was operated by the USAAF/USAF within the USA until 1950 when it was sent to Japan as part of the Korean War build-up. It worked there and out of the big USAF base in the Philippines until 1959 when it was converted into airline configuration and placed on the civil register as a DC-3A-467, PI-C486.

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