Wings and Wheels

Status:	Active, full but can join waiting list
Contact:	Peter le Gros
When:	Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm Second Monday of the month
Venue:	Odiham and Greywell Cricket Club
Cost:	£10 per year

Note:

Further down the sections contain 'Snipits' from Yateley u3a Aviation Section and other occasional items:

NEW From April '26 - A brief resumee of recent meetings and trips or visits
Snipits from December 2025 - I have previous ones on request
Mosquito quiz and March 2026 update on 'The People's Mosquito' - Testing new components
BA Heritage Magazine - Concorde 25 years edition follows Mosquito section

Events for the next few months:
- May 12th: - NOTE - TUESDAY Visit booked to Tangmere Military Aviation Museum - Booking now open, please contact Peter le Gros.
- June 8th: - Speaker Andy Richardson on Britain's V-Bombers
- July 15th: - NOTE - DAY OF WEEK CHANGE to WEDNESDAY.
  - Visit to the de Havilland Museum - Joining details nearer the visit.
- July 31st: RAF Families Day at RAF Odiham - Group will attend with details to follow
  - Expected to include a vehicle display
- August - No planned meeting - Summer Break
- September 14th: TRL Talk
- October 12th: Route 66 talk by members Michael Drayton and John Lymer
- November 9th: Talk - Tale of 2 Comets - Tim Frawley of B'stoke u3a.
- December 14th: Christmas quiz and refreshments

This group is for those interested in the history and development of aviation and road transport.

Its programme is a mixture of talks and visits, balanced to accommodate the interests of both aviation and road transport enthusiasts.

This advertisement appeared in the UK motorcycle press in 1951.

Douglas was a long established manufacturer. They supplied machines for WW1 dispatch riders, and were still producing high quality medium-capacity bikes in the 1950's.

They were the first to recognise the significance of the scooter boom, making the Piaggio Vespa under licence in Bristol.

Would any advertiser nowadays, in a two-wheeler marketing campaign, dare to cite the work of an early twentieth century French philosopher?

Gallery of photographs

Wings and Wheels' gallery

Our recent trip to The Classic Motor Hub, Bibury Gloucestershire, and The Atwell-Wilson Museum at Calne, Wiltshire

On the 9^th September thirty or so members visited the Classic Motor Hub near the picturesque village of Bibury, in the Cotswolds. Plus onwards to the Atwell-Wilson motor museum at Calne in Wiltshire in the afternoon. The day was seamlessly organised by Peter Owen (many thanks!) and included a great pub lunch in the middle.

The Classic Motor Hub occupies some new and old buildings on the edge of what was RAF Bibury (anyone know the history?). They are primarily car sales, storage and servicing but also with some collection cars (not for sale) and a good coffee bar/ shop. Vehicles ranged hugely from pre-war Talbots, Riley etc through Aston Martins, E-Tpes, an AC Aceca, a wonderful single seat supercharged Fraser Nash race car (actually a replica but toolroom quality and based on the famous works car), and a 1905 Fiat incorporating a 16.6-litre Isotta Fraschini airship engine! Check out their web-site for lots of pictures of their cars. Well worth a visit, but check the depth of your pockets if you plan to purchase!

The Atwell-Wilson museum in the afternoon was equally impressive but in a very different way; more of a privately run collection assisted by very informative volunteers. Unlike many collections they own a large number of what we may call ‘ordinary’ cars from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s but those which you tend not to see at all these days (largely due to less rust protection than more modern stuff). Plus some interesting side exhibits and collections, a Trojan car which I believe is the only one left in the world, a couple of F1 cars that were donated, and some lovely motorcycles and bicycles. Plus a collection of wedding cars that they actually use for that purpose. We were very well received and had an enjoyable time before the convoy back home.