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The first WaW VintageAirRally. Taking place on the 20th May, we will be running a combined vintage biplane and vintage car rally in a format never done before. We are looking for teams (four people per team) in a vintage biplane and a vintage car – who will compete together to lift the prize at the ...

Steve Slater's comment was to do with it being given because they thought it had been a solo effort (not a surprising thing to believe at the time), when in fact that was not the case. For those of you present, who heard Tracey repeat the new version of the story: "I never told anyone it was a solo ...

Steve Slater: “The award was made in good faith but in the light of what has emerged since we made the award, it is fair to say maybe we would have made a different decision.”

Hi Nigel, No great desire, or need, to repeat what is already in the public domain in Pprune. Her flights are an achievement, but they're not the achievement they've been made out to be. I don't think they merit the Bill Woodhams Trophy (or the HCAP Master's Medal) - and personally am happy to see a...

Hi Nigel, If I can extract a part of your post: "knew nothing of the background behind the motion." If you have the energy and time (!), then analysis of the background might explain more clearly why so many voted to rescind - and indeed might prompt you to change your position. Might. Best regards,...

This statement recently appeared on the Bird in a Biplane website: STATEMENT A small number of recent articles about my flights have suggested or implied that I have misrepresented or have sought to mislead people into believing that I undertook my flights alone and without support.  I am considerin...

For those of you attending, but still undecided, this (redacted) exchange (reply is from the Editorial Compliance team) might be of interest (taken from Pprune if you want the full version, words are not mine): For the information of all on here, and a solid piece of evidence, I contacted the Telegr...

We'll be on Horse Guards Parade, 10am to 2pm today - come and say hello!

And we still have places for tonight - send me an email if interested...

We've had some last minute cancellations for the VintageAirRally Gala Dinner on Tuesday night. The places are already paid, so the invitation is free of charge!

If you would like to know more, please send me an email: sam at prepare2go dot com.

Please don't send a PM!

Dear Brian, You post: She didn't fly solo but said that she was going to. That's the long and the short of it. Actually, it isn't. She said she was going to, then said she had . (Cape Town to Goodwood) Then we had the UK-Australia trip. She/her PR team/her sponsors said she was going to do it solo, ...

Has she been contacted and asked for a response? Yes - "no comment". Have her sponsors been approached for comments? Yes - "no comment". Has the Media team been brought to account? No, they don't reply to requests to comment. Perhaps more simply, no comment/response on any of the forums where this i...

If you have the time, the Pprune thread does give an enormous amount of detail into the difference between what was done, and what was claimed to have been done. You do need to sidestep the unpleasant/unnecessary and improper comments - but these do not negate the actual facts laid out in full techn...

In case it is of interest, we'll have a static biplane and vintage Land Rover display on Horse Guards Parade next Tuesday (11th October).

All welcome!

Short film and more information on the homepage here: www.VintageAirRally.com

Thanks, Sam.

I did my proxy vote. Simply printed it out, filled it in, scanned it and sent by email to the LAA office. Had a reply, all okay. The default setting on the form is that the chairman of the meeting will place your votes (as completed at the bottom of the form) on your behalf - there is no requirement...

Follow us on Twitter, FB etc. - there may be opportunities to fly it (both in Africa and in Europe).

@vintageairrally

Cheers, Sam.