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Duxford Airfield Flight Simulator

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Duxford Airfield Flight Simulator with Montrose Aviation Ltd. I think it was with Olympus to simulate 30min flight from Gatwick and back to Gatwick in…
Duxford Airfield Flight Simulator Gatwick MD85
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Olympus Dublin

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Olympus invited us over to Dublin in Ireland. We flew over on Aer Lingus EI449. I was in Seat 1B We stop at the U2…
Bela Primo Dublin Ewan McGregor Ireland Martyn Moore Nikki Gordon Olympus Sara Cubitt The Clarance Tigger
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Toy Story private screening with Olympus

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Olympus created a Toy Story compact camera kit in 1996 so as part of the package they got to see  a  Private Screening  of  the…
Joseph Bargh Kensington Village London Martyn Moore Olympus Olympus Trip 200 Sara Cubitt Toy Story William Bargh
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Palmer Sport MotorSport Experience 96

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Nikon hosted an event at  Palmer PromoSport in England – the Motorsport Experience 96 It was a  thrilling day competing against other editors, journalists and…
Doug Harman England Nigel Atherton Nikon Palmer PromoSport Simon Coleman Tim Hunnable
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Sigma Lens Factory Tour

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Sigma UK invited us on a trip to Japan to visit the lens factory and spend several days with the heads of Sigma. We flew…
Bullet train Ginza Akihabara Graham Armitage Peter Bargh Imperial Palace Japan JCIA museum Keith Wilson Liz Walker Martyn Moore Michihiro Yamaki Roger Payne Shinjuku Sigma Tsuruga Castle Yodobashi
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Samsung European Convention 96 – Marbella

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Samsung’s European  Convention 1996  was to  Marbella in Spain. I attended as editor of Buying Cameras magazine. British Airways flight BA 2473 – I was in…
Buying Cameras Cipriano Playas Del Doque Daniel Lezano Dennis Taylor Hacienda La Venta Keith Wilson Liz Walker Marbella Neil Whitford Puerto Banus Roger Payne Samsung Spain
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Colab Murder Mystery

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The Professional Processing Lab, Colab, had a getting know the press evening at Combe Abbey in  Coventry. As part of the fun they organised a Murder…
Alistair Forrest Cathryn Creed Colab Combe Abbey Coventry David Hartley England Murder Mystery
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Nikon at Sopwell House

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Nikon event at Sopwell House Hotel and Country Club in St Albans Nikon FM10 launch? Nikon representatives Elaine Swift, John Clements, Simon Coleman Press attendees…
David Kilpatrick Elaine Swift John Clements Nikon Simon Coleman Sopwell House
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Kodak APS System Launch – France

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Kodak took editors to France for the launch of the Advanced Photo System We traveled over on Eurostar 9034, Coach 11 -I was in Seat…
Advanced Photo System Ailsa McWhinney Angela McGinlay Brian Bottomley Clare Fleerackers Dennis Taylor Eileen Martin Eurostar France Gare de Lyon Joel Lacey John Shandley Kodak Neil Whitford Novotel Roger Payne Steven Webb
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Contax Symposium Mallorca

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I attended the International Contax Zeiss Symposium at Richard Branson’s Hotel La Residencia in Deia, Mallorca I was editor representing  Buying Cameras magazine. The objective…
Buying Cameras Contax David Kilpatrick Hotel Joel Lacey Keith Wilson Leo Stejskal Mallorca Residencia Zeiss
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