President from 1 July 2010 is
Mike Kirk of Horsted
Keynes
The day after finishing A levels at Dartford Grammar
School, Mike started to work for Marples & Ridgway, helping to construct
the first Dartford Tunnel. Two months later he started
Officer and Flight training at RAF Cranwell.
He flew Vulcan Bombers for seven years; after the course at the Central Flying
School he was posted as an instructor to Manchester & Salford University
Air Squadron.
He volunteered for redundancy in1976 and helped to
start a small air taxi company operating out of East Midlands Airport. (The
Vietnam War had just finished and there were many pilots on the market).
He joined British Caledonian in1979. British Caledonian was taken over by
British Airways In 1986. He retired in 1999.
Mike is married to Deirdre and they have two children.
Mike’s interests include walking and bell ringing.  |
