For years YES have enjoyed conferences at Brooklands Museum and in more recent times they have added Cosford Aerospace museum as a venue. The conference is an action packed day with many speakers from all aspects of aviation and many youth movements who are all locked together in a single thought of helping our youngsters discover the world of aviation. Time is also allowed for networking and this communication between attendees has led to incredible opportunities for our future adults.
The last two years has presented problems for us all due to the Covid pandemic so it was decided to hold the 2022 YES conference by ZOOM, something that we have all now become very familiar with. So the date was set for Friday 11th March at 17.00 with the following running order of speakers on the agenda with the set time allowed for each talk:
Conference Introduction: Eryl Smith, Chairman of the LAA ~ 5 mins
Youth & Education Support, YES, Stewart Luck, Acting Chairman ~ 10 mins
Green Credentials for Aviators, Cllr Louise Pepper, Uttlesford District Council, Portfolio Holder for Climate Change ~ 5 mins
The UK’s 1st AERO ECO AIRFIELD : Jay Gates ~ 10 mins
FOG…….. Feet Off the Ground charity at Bodmin Airfield. Pete White ~ 10 mins
Shuttleworth’s Discovery Zone, Mathew Studdert-Kennedy ~ 10 mins
WAT WW1 Heritage Trust, Dick Forsythe Chief Trustee ~ 5 mins
The Plane Guy, Andre Faehndrich S ~ 5 mins
Jet Age Museum, Mike Fortescue (Museum Volunteer ~ 5 mins
Aerobility Harvey Matthewson ~ 10 mins
A Teacher’s view of the Build A Plane Initiatives, Stewart Blakemore Project lead. 10 mins
Heritage Engineering Apprenticeships Francis Glalashan ~ 10 mins
LAA Struts, David Millin ~ 5 mins
Type Clubs, VAC & Aviation Artists Anne Hughes ~ 5 mins
Uttlesford District Council Communities Development Officer: John Starr ~ 5 mins
Cllr Richard Porch, Mayor of Saffron Walden ~ 5 mins
Stansted Aviation College/Havering College. B@P progress, Rares Turcu YES Ambassador ~ 5 mins
A full and varied selection of topics and with discussion time and the odd technical hitch we managed to complete our conference sometime before 22.00.
Without doubt the star of the show was, our Jay Gates, who presented a superb picture of how our airfield BODMIN has become the leading light in the UK, or possibly further afield than that, as a green ECO airfield. Watch this space!
Pete White, Chairman, FEET OFF the GROUND (FOG)