Captain de Havilland's Moth by author Alexander Norman

First member's evening of 2025, Thursday 27th February.

Compton Abbas Airfield will host members and a select few invitees for a hot meal and talk.

Arriving for 18.30 for the meal, served by your versatile Ops team and the bar will be open, served by the sparkling Becca, offering all the usual hot and cold drinks. The set meal will be either a Warming Beef Chilli Con Carne with Cheese or Smokey BBQ Beans with Cheese, served over a Hot Jacket Potato for £10.50.

(For your meal, please can you email your choice to Ops on info@comptonairfield.com and choose either Beef or BBQ Beans, before Thursday 20th February, to allow stock order and prep time for the kitchen team).

When everyone is fed and settled, Author, Alexander Norman, will be presenting a talk on his book, titled Captain de Havilland's Moth. Alex, a keen pilot with many hundreds of hours in moths, will be keeping it light and entertaining while talking about some of the history and stories associated with Tiger Moths, "....to be a pilot, you didn’t need to be a superhero or super wealthy. Just a little mad, perhaps."

Copies of his books will be available to purchase on the night, cash or card. With the evening wrapping up at approximately 21.00.

Compton Flyers Club members will be sent this invite link via FSB which is not to be shared onwards. Members are welcome to purchase up to two tickets, themselves and a plus one.