2 DECEMBER 2013

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Aviation Club award

This year’s Aviation Club Fellowship has been awarded to Ken Smart CBE for his contributions towards airline safety.  Mr Smart was the UK Chief Inspector of Air Accidents and Head of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) from September 1990 to April 2005.
 
Ken joined the AAIB, part of the then Department of Transport in 1975 and contributed very much into investigations regarding the Pan Am and BMA incidents within weeks of each other at the end of 1988 and early 1989.
 
Amongst his current posts is a Non Executive Board Director of British Airways.
 
There will also be a collection for Aerobility at the lunch following contributions to Movember in 2011 and Dreamflight 2012.  Guest speaker, Christoph Mueller is contributing a pair of Aer Lingus Business Class North Atlantic seats to the raffle winner.
 
The lunch (Wednesday 4 December) is sold out.  On Thursday 6 February the Club welcomes Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO, Ethiopian Airlines. www.aerobility.com  www.aviationclub.org.uk

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