MK Aviation Society

Welcome

Welcome to the Milton Keynes Aviation Society.

We are a friendly group of enthusiasts who meet each month to hear high quality speakers on a variety of aviation topics. Have a look at our Lecture Programme and come along as a visitor for £5 (no charge for members).

We visit RAF/USAF bases, special events, manufacturers, etc. as you can see from our Visits Programme.

Members also receive a monthly MKAS Newsletter.

Membership costs £25 per year (Membership Form on the Archives and Documents page).

As the Milton Keynes Branch of Air-Britain our members can buy top class Air-Britain publications at a substantial discount.

****************************************************************************************************************************

9th September 2025

Captain John Tye - Flying Concorde

John’s takes us behind the scenes to learn what it was like to fly the world’s only successful supersonic airliner.
Concorde first flew in March 1969 when John was at ‘junior school’. The first commercial Concorde flight was 7 years later, in January 1976, when John was still at ‘big school’. John would never have guessed that he would eventually go on to become one of only ever 134 pilots to fly Concorde for British Airways in the whole 27 years the aircraft was in service. John will tell us how that came to be.
He will take us through the extensive training course, the toughest in aviation, and then on a virtual flight from Heathrow to New York. He’ll explain some of the unique technical features of Concorde along the way. A few ‘celebrity stories’ and family involvement bring in the human element, before touching briefly upon the tragic accident in Paris in the summer of 2000. The successful ‘return to service programme’ and eventual retirement of Concorde in 2003 will bring the talk to a close.
The talk will be followed by a Q & A session and then the opportunity to purchase signed copies of John’s best-selling book, ‘Life Of A Concorde Pilot – From The Orphanage to The Edge of Space’