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What's New on this web site?

Last updated Tuesday, 6 September, 2011

September 2011
Added to Runway 22 page

June 2010
Added Registered Charity number to homepage.
Added link to Forthcoming Meetings to Meetings main page.
Added link to Forthcoming Meetings on homepage.

February 2010
Corrected the link for Guestbook on all main sections, which now links to the Guestbook Index page.
Due to continual attempts at hacking, Photo Galleries have been removed.
Added a new entry in the 2010 Guestbook.

January 2010
Modified the Roundel-plus-356th emblem for clarity.
Added the 2009 issues of Runway 22 to the Archive of past editions.
Corrected links to Event Reports from Event Reports index.

December 2009
Correct an error on the 2010 Limited Edition calendar page.
Added page for 2010 Limited Edition Calendar.
Added links to notify change of date for January meeting.

November 2009
28th - New page in the Memories section, from Mamie Sharman.
6th - New entry in the 2009 Guestbook.

October 2009
1st - Bob Dunnett responds to complaints about lavatories on the Open Day.

September 2009
28th - modifed the page header to waste less vertical space, and made MHAS title larger to make it stand out more, and a different font to differentiate the society's name from the content
28th - removed "thumbnails" and re-arranged full-sized photos on the Museum photos page.
16th - Created a new section to separate Visit Reports from other MHAS Meeting information.
16th - Added a group photo to the report on the visit to RAF Lakenheath.
8th - Added Word and PDF documents with details of planned trip to Station X - Bletchley Park
7th - Two new entries in the 2009 Guestbook.
7th - Report on the visit to Lakenheath.

August 2009
4th - Added Photo Gallery for people to register and upload their own MH photographs.

July 2009
15th - Added two new pages: Report of new monument unveiling, and Why and How it was done.
15th - Further (final?) revision to simplify Meetings/Events/Reports navigation!
7th - Added a new entry to the 2009 Guestbook.
2nd - Further revision attempting to simplify navigation

June 2009
5th - Added new entry to the 2009 Guestbook.

May 2009
21st - correct bad links in Guest Book section, and link to Yorkshire Air Museum.
19th - added a main navigation link for Members Events reports and changed News Reports to Public Events - hopefully clarifying the distinction, and making them more readily accessible from the Home Page
19th - minor re-arrangement of the common page header with the logo and text right-justified
19th - gave Guest Books a main navigation link of their own, for more direct access
9th - added a new page for first 2009 entry in the Guest Book.

April 2009
14th - amended pictures on Memories section so that in most cases the full-size picture appears directly on the page, without having to click to see a larger version.
6th - added a link to Wild Bill Crump website, new link to Suffolk Coastal Strut.

March 2009
26 - Added two special events: Concorde and Memorial

January 2009
29th - Added link to Ipswich Arts Association.

December 2008
3rd - New page - News Report of 2008 Open Day.
3rd - New design using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

November 2008
20th - Entry in the Guest Book.

August 2008
19th - Revised navigation with larger roundels and fewer choices - less clutter - but fewer direct links to things like the Guest Book.
18th - New page about the proposed Martlesham Heath Memorial.
18th - Entry in the Guest Book.
5th - Entry in the Guest Book.
1st - New Vice President (Wallis) added to the committee page.
1st - Amended "Trips" section of About MHAS.

July 2008
30th - Entry in the Guest Book.
27th - Entry in the Guest Book.
17th - Two entries in the Guest Book.
4th - Two entries in the Guest Book.

June 2008
2nd - Memories page for Prince Alexander Obolensky.
2nd - Link to Prince Obolensky salute website.

May 2008
10th - Two entries in the Guest Book.

April 2008
8th - Entry in the Guest Book.

March 2008
25th - Application form for Farnborough Air Show 2008.
1st - Two entries in the Guest Book. Link.

February 2008
18th - Memories of Sim's invasion of Holland - Arnhem..
17th - Guest Book entry responding to one of yesterday's entries.
16th - Four entries in the Guest Book.
11th - Obituary for Lt. Col. John W. Crump.
9th - Entry in the Guest Book.
6th - Memory and photograph from Joe Ziolkowski, aged 91.
5th - Three more entries in the Guest Book.

January 2008
30th - Entry in the Guest Book.
24th - Three entries in the Guest Book. Link.
16th - New link to the website of Vulcan XH558 - Vulcan to the Sky!
16th - Updates to Future Meetings - including great Vulcan photo.
16th - New link to info about Lt Lance V Harney, Mustang pilot.
6th - Entry in the Guest Book, re MH roll of honour website.

December 2007
22nd - News of donation from, and closure of 356th Fighter Group. Link.
22nd - Obituary for Mrs Brita L Male. Link.
22nd - Two further entries in the Guest Book. Link.
8th - Two entries in the Guest Book. Link.

November 2007
21st - Revised 651 Glider School memories from Peter Bower. Link.
5th - Added two links to Felixstowe TV's interviews from the 2007 Fund Day. Link.

October 2007
23rd - Entry in the Guestbook. Link.
8th - Two entries in the Guestbook. Link.

September 2007
27th - Minor change to the style and layout of navigation links and page headings.
27th - Two entries in the Guestbook. Link.
17th - Photos from the 7th anniversary open day. Link.

August 2007
31st - Layout change - re-arranged masthead to be outside the content whitespace.
13th - 612 Glider School memories updated by the author. Link.
13th - News report of visit to Landguard Fort. Link.

July 2007
31st - Entry in the Guestbook. Link.
31st - Further 'scrambled' all email addresses on the site.
30th - Entry in the Guestbook. Link.
30th - Added a link to the Open Day poster to Public Events page. Link.
24th - Minor technical adjustments to page layout.
4th - Very comprehensive plane-spotting entry in the Guestbook. Link.

June 2007
14th - One ne entry in the Guestbook. Link.
9th - Added obituary for William G Craig. Link.
4th - Important clarification to earlier Guestbook entry. Link.
1st - Another entry in Guestbook, responding to today's first entry! Link.
1st - One new entry in the Guestbook. Link.

May 2007
31st - Three entries in the Guestbook. Link.
30th - Memories of Cologne Gardner W (Jim) Engel. Link.
9th - Guestbook entry about Lamplighter's cycle. Link.
9th - August event details. Link.
9th - News report and photos of RAF Lakenheath visit. Link.
8th - New link, to Rob Drake's MH Roll of Honour. Link.
7th - Entry in the Guestbook. Link.

April 2007
23rd - Added more detail, and a photo, to the talk planned for the 1st June meeting. Link.
22nd - Added a request to help find all those who lost their lives at/over/from MH. Link.

March 2007
22nd - Obituaries - Engel and Yoakum. Link.
22nd - Booking arrangements for Lakenheath trip. Link.

February 2007
19th - Added an entry to the Guestbook. Link.
12th - Memories of Air Commodore Robert Lightfoot. Link.
1st - Added back-issues of Runway 22 from 2000 to 2002. Link.

January 2007
20th - Added an entry to the 2007 Guestbook page. Link.

November 2006
27th - Added a new link, to "When the lights go on again" web site. Link.
21st - Added two news items: Report of 6th Anniversary Open/Fun Day and Rembrance Day Parade
13th - Added a new page: Martlesham Heath War Memorial. Link.

October 2006
21st - New link to Tony Blackman's books. Link.

September 2006
16th - Revised navigation and page design; to take account of growing number of pages I have separated the navigation into MAIN SECTIONS, with navigation across the top of the page, and pages within each section, in the left margin.
16th - Fond memories of blind landings at Martlesham Heath. Link.
16th - 2006 and 2003 editions of Runway 22 added to the archive. Link.
4th - Report of the MHAS members' visit to the Long Shop Museum. Link.

August 2006
30th - link to BBC Radio Suffolk interview with Bob Dunnett. Link.
22nd - UK Membership Form replaced with new version.
22nd - added poster for September 10th Control Tower Fun Day. Link.
17th - added several memories from 612 Glider School from Peter Bower. Link.

July 2006
16th - posted one new entry to the Guest Book. Link.
16th - revised layout slightly: included 356th FG patch in the masthead; separated the 'main' navigation alongside the masthead; moved the Hawker Fury MHAS logo to the footer (it was unbalanced including it in the masthead) and produced a fine line between the masthead and content.
13th - posted one new entry to the Guest Book. Link.

June 2006
29th - posted one new entry to the Guest Book.

May 2006
30th -posted two new Guest Book entries.
22nd - posted new Guest Book entry.
18th - posted news of MHAS members' Chicksands visit. Link.

April 2006
22nd - Posted new Guest Book entry.

March 2006
12th - technical issue - renamed all web pages from .htm extension to .html
12th - added a news report of the 3 March 2006 meeting. Link.
11th - updated the MHAS Meetings page, including last year's competition-winning photo. Link.
10th - posted a new Guest Book entry.
3rd - posted a new Guest Book entry.
3rd - News report - Spitfire and Hurricane over Malta.

February 2006
1st - posted a new Guest Book entry.

January 2006
31-st - posted a new guest Book entry.
8rd - posted a new Guest Book entry, dated 5-1-2006.

December 2005
11th - posted a new Guest Book entry, dated 29-11-2005.

November 2005
28th - Posted the obituary notice for Rolfe Lawrence Chickering. Link.
28th - Moved obituaries from the News Section to the Memories section. Link.

October 2005
24th - Updated details of forthcoming speakers at Society meetings. Link.
24th - Amended details on the Home Page.
24th - Added one more entry to the Guest Book.
10th - Added three 2005 issues of Runway22.
6th - Added three more entries to the Guest Book.

September 2005
14th - Added a report from the 11 September VJ Day anniversary event. Link.

August 2005
14th - Three new Guest Book entries added.
5th - Changed the font on Guest Book Archives to Courier new, to replicate "typing".
5th - Updated forthcoming MHAS event diary.

July 2005
28th - Removed the off-site, on-line Guest Book and replaced with email process.
28th - Transferred the last three entries from the off-site guest book to the archive.
15th - Reproduced Evening Start report on ghost hunters at MH control tower. Link.
15th - Added report on Bob Dunnett's Community Pioneer Award..
15th - Added entry in the Event Diary.
9th - Added two links to 8th AF and 384th Bomb Group. Link.

May 2005
31 - Added report for the MHAS members' 12 May visit to RAF Lakenheath. Link.
31 - Updated the Wild Bill Crump and Jeep story. Link.
31 - Updated Fearless Fosdick story again. Link.
21 - Update to the Fearless Fosdick story. Link.
21 - Added the story of Bill Crump's Jeep. Link.
21 - Added report of VE Day Anniversary celebration. Link.

April 2005
18 - I have re-structrued the internal files and folder of this site.If you visit a page that was in your computer's cache, that page may well have been re-named or put in a new folder. It will be necessary to re-navigate to the page from the (revised) navigation links on the left.
I have also moved MHAS membership pages in the navigation bar down under the red heading MH Av. Society, from under the FIRST THINGS heading.
6 - The Tale of Fearless Fosdick! Link.
6 - Moved two entries from the on-line guest book to the Archive.

March 2005
11 - Put a short notice on the Home page reminding visitors of Sunday Opening.
1 - Moved the 'live' Guest Book entries from the external service, onto the web site proper as Guest Book archives. While doing so I revised the names and links to those pages. The Guest Book Archives are now listed by year of submission; 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, with a revised index.

February 2005
24 - Back-issues of "Runway 22" - the newsletter of the Martlesham Heath Aviation Society - can now be found under the MH Av. Society section. Link.

November 2004
01 - All the:::at:::signs in email addresses on the Guest Book Archive pages have been replaced with (a) to reduce the possibility of addresses being 'harvested' by spammers or other unscrupulous internet organizations. Link.
01 - Revised site colour scheme. Removed 'clouds' background, replaced medium blue background with graduated white-to-blue background for a 'cleaner fresher look' that hopefully looks like the colour graduation of a clear blue sky.

October 2004
13th - Added a report and photos of the September 2004 open day. Link.
10th - Added a link to Join the Mailing List from the Home Page. Link.

August 2004
27th - Added three obitiaries. Link.
27th - Added Norman Rose's Bentwaters book. Link.

June 2004
18th - Changed the appearance of all pages - removing all the white areas, and using the 'clouds' background for the whole page, plus a new RAF-type blue surround.

March 2004
8th - Added a new link, to Merlins over Malta site. Link.

February 2004
20th - Added information about the 2004 Open Day.
20th - Replaced Membership Application Form image files with updated Word files. Link.
11th - Moved several entries from the on-line Guest Book to the Guest Book Archives.
11th - Started to separate the Guest Book Archive into Issue 1, Issue 2, etc.
12th - Added link to Wartime Memories Project page for MH. Link.

January 2004
5th - Apart from the monthly update to Meeting Notices, there's a SPECIAL EVENT in February. Link.

November 2003
11th - Amendments to Guest Book, separating Guest Book Archive.
11th - Updated Committee members.
20th - Amalgamated News Reports and Event Reports, amended navigation to suit.

September 2003
20th - Added a link to Martlesham Community Web Ports.
19th - Added a report of the 2003 Anniversary Open day.
19th - Removed Military Vehicle info and booking form (event now passed).

July 2003
30th - More details of the September Open Day.
9th - Added reports from the day out at Kelvedon Hatch and North Weald to the Event Reports page.

June 2003
28th - Reverted to navigation on the left margin, showing ALL pages, to make them easier to find an removing the need for a 'Site Map' page.
28th - Revised page heading to include "& Control Tower Museum."
28th - Transferred 7 pages of Guest Book entries onto the Guest Book Archive, on the same page as the main Guest Book links.
20th - Added two new events to the Events Diary and updated the Monthly Meeting page.

May 2003
21st - Added a link to "Old Oppos" on the Links page.
10th - Added a report of the Society's recent visit to RAF Lakenheath.
- Added a link to RAF Lakenheath's own web site from the Links page.

April 2003
19th - Added a separate Open Times page to the Museum section. Changed the main Museum page name from "Information" to "INTRODUCTION."
8th - Added a more comprehensive introduction to the Museum. Minor revision to size and colour of paragraph heading, page headings and bold text.

February 2003
25th - Added a Site Map page. Now five pages are not in any 'section.'
24th - Redesign of masthead and navigation - added RAF roundel. Changed to navigation by major sections. All pages retain the section headings in masthead navigation. Pages within sections have less cluttered navigation in the left margin, only to other pages in the same section. Four pages (Welcome, What's New, Guestbook and Links) are not in any 'section.'

January 2003
7th - Added information for next Monthly Meeting

December 2002
31st - Amended footer to incorporate 2003 - Added Forces Reunited to the links page - Added 'forced subject' for emails sent from the Contact page - minor tinkering with page layout.
24th - Added two names to the obituaries page - minor realignment of page layout, removed colour from behind navigation bar.
7th - Added one name to the obituaries page.
5th - Added an obituaries page.

November 2002
Added news report for Remembrance Day parade.

October 2002
Added an "updated ...[date]" line to the foot of the Welcome page.
Added a new link to Little Friends, remembering the 8th Air Force.
Revised page footer to version v2.10.
Added report on presentation to Clifford Primary school.
Changed the "News" item on navigation to "NEWS Reports."
Separated news reports into individual pages.
Added report and pictures for the 2nd anniversary.
Added report and pictures for the re-dedication of the American Air Museum.

September 2002
Added a new page in the "utility" group at the top of the navigation bar, for LINKS to other sites.
Added more Anniversary Event pictures to the News Report page.
Added first picture from 2nd Anniversary Event to the NEWS PAGE.
Updated Anniversary programme.
Added new page - Stained glass windows in the church.
Added a link  to a picture of the advertising poster for the anniversry event on the event page.
Moved the painting on the wall of the pump house to a new page of its own.

August 2002
Added more detail to the 22 September event plans.
Added a news report from Lowestoft Air Festival.

July 2002
Added new event - Lowestoft Air Festival and updated the September Reunion, both on the Event Diary page.
Minor revisions to navigation: Under MHAS heading, changed "Dates" to "Meeting Dates," changed "Information" to "About MHAS." Moved Guest Book near the the top of navigation, under Welcome and What's New. Changed the colour of the headings, to make them more obviously headings and not links that don't work.

May 2002
Revised the reunion update page.
Added four new pictures to Memory Lane.
Modified the navigation bar again, separating pages into sections.
Added a new page for MHAS Event Reports.
Added a Guest Book and "Pass it on" facilities and Site Information panel on the home page.
Revised the reunion update page again, with more details.

April 2002
Changed navigation bar to white background to separate navigation from content more clearly.
New page - Contact, following a viewer's request to find contact info.
New page - Officers and Committee members of the Society.
Added - picture of Ermintrude to the Events page.
Updated - News on the 2002 Reunion.
Added - two proposed coach tour events.
Added - more pictures to the Museum Pictures page.
New page - Can you help? This page will be used to display items about which the MHAS would like more information, including artifacts and photographs with 'unknown' people in them.
New page - Memory Lane.
New page - Getting Here, with Multimap links and aerial photos, including one showing the remaining piece of runway and taxiway.
New page - this one! To help you find What's New more easily.
Moved the Museum Opening Ceremony information from the Museum page to the News Reports page.
Changed navigation to plain text for quicker loading and to fit additional pages in the list more easily!
Changed the logo in the top right corner to be a little smaller.

 
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