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Contrail is the magazine of the
CAA/NATS Retired Staff Association.
Published four times a year, it brings members news, features, travel, branch reports, memories, book reviews and much more.
Latest Edition
Contrail 168 - June 2026
Alongside the usual Branch News, Activities, and Obituaries, this edition includes:
Reports and feedback from the RSA26 AGM and Gala Weekend
Personal reflections and member correspondence, sharing another family wartime story, the challenge of cooking complicated dishes alone, and a personal insight into the fishing industry, and
A brief look at the centenary of television in the UK
A Quick Note on Email Delivery
Our updated email system appears to have resolved the long-standing Gmail delivery issues.
If your copy is missing, won't download, or never arrived, simply contact: contrailpete@caa-rsa.org.uk
…and help will be at hand.
Members' Contrail Archive
Editions of Contrail are available to RSA members in our secure, password-protected area.
Every edition of Contrail relies on contributions from members.
Whether it's a memory, travel tale, branch report, photograph, amusing anecdote or opinion, we'd love to hear from you.
Don't worry if your writing career hasn't yet taken off – we can help turn your ideas into something ready for publication.
Contrail is distributed primarily by email.
It's quicker, more reliable and helps reduce printing and postage costs.
If you change your email address, please let us know so you continue to receive future editions.
Members without email access will continue to receive a printed copy by post.
Update your email address by contacting contrailpete@caa-rsa.org.uk
Contrail is published four times each year, March, June, September & December.
Contrail is edited and produced by Peter Haigh on behalf of the Association.
Drawing on articles, photographs, branch reports and memories submitted by members, together with material researched and compiled by the Editor, each edition provides a unique record of RSA activities and interests.
We hope you enjoy reading it.!
External Links
No further editions of NATS Pulse have been produced. However you may wish to use the links below to follow what’s going on in NATS, the CAA and HIAL.
Reminders – The Small Print
Contrail is distributed electronically using a specialist mailing service. To help ensure members receive each edition, the system records whether a download has taken place and may send a reminder to members who have not yet downloaded their copy.
Following a review of the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, the RSA considers this process to be a legitimate interest in ensuring successful delivery of Contrail to members.
Members who do not wish to receive download reminders may opt out at any time by contacting:
The RSA remains committed to protecting members' personal data and only holds the minimum information necessary to maintain communications with the membership.