Past FAST Talks

Tuesday 22 September 2026, 7.30pm

Mitchell, Father of the Spitfire

Presented by Paul Beaver, FRAeS VR

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS  

Tuesday 23 June 2026, 7.30pm

In support of National Armed Forces Day 2026

Barracks to Balloons: The Sappers in Aldershot and Farnborough

Presented by Martin Stoneham Hon FInstRE

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS  

Tuesday 28 April 2026, 7.30pm

Lost in Transmission, the Mars Lander Beagle 2 Antenna Story
Presented by Ted Gomm

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS  

Tuesday 24 February 2026, 7.30pm

Joint talk with the Farnborough Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society

No 51 Squadron and Airborne Signals Intelligence
Presented by Air Commodore Bill Tyack CBE FRAeS

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS 

Tuesday 23 September 2025, 7.30pm

Hawker Test Beds
Presented by Tony Buttler MA FRAeS

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS 

Tuesday 24 June 2025, 7.30pm

The Buccaneer in Operational Service with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force
Presented by Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork MBE BA FRAeS

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS 

Tuesday 29 April 2025, 7.30pm

Skynet Satellites: Personal Stories
Presented by Keith Bagot

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS 

Tuesday 25 February 2025, 7.30pm

From Balloons to Spacesuits: Women’s Technical Contributions to the Work of the RAE
Presented by Dr Nina Baker

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS

Tuesday 24 September 2024, 7.30pm

TSR-2 from Paper to Hardware
Presented by Tony Buttler MA FRAeS

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS 

Tuesday 18 June 2024, 7.30pm

Capability Development and Assurance in an Unstable World
Presented by Air Commodore (Ret)Colin Basnett CBE

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS 

Tuesday 23 April 2024, 7.30pm

Wartime Dispersals from the RAE, in particular to Ambarrow Court in 1940
Presented by Doug Bateman

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS 

Tuesday 20 February 2024, 7.30pm

Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown – Man, Myth and Magic
Presented by Paul Beaver

Simon Jarvis Lecture Theatre, Farnborough 6th Form College, Sand Hill, Farnborough GU14 8JS

Tuesday 19 September 2023, 7.00pm

Sir Henry Royce: Establishing Rolls Royce, from Motor Cars to Aero Engines
Presented by Peter Reese

Westminster Theatre, Farnborough College of Technology, Boundary Road, Farnborough GU14 6SB.

Tuesday 20 June 2023, 7.00pm

FAST – 30 Years of Progress
Presented by Richard Gardner

Westminster Theatre, Farnborough College of Technology, Boundary Road, Farnborough GU14 6SB.

Tuesday 25 April 2023, 7.00pm

The RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine Centrifuge: A Subject’s Perspective of High G Research
Presented by Sue Adcock

Westminster Theatre, Farnborough College of Technology, Boundary Road, Farnborough GU14 6SB.

Tuesday 21st February 2023, 7.00pm

The R101 Airship Disaster
Presented by Professor Guy Gratton

Westminster Theatre, Farnborough College of Technology, Boundary Road, Farnborough GU14 6SB.