Son of BFTS Cadet to Speak at BFTS Museum
Name:
Son of BFTS Cadet to Speak at BFTS Museum
Date:
November 13, 2025
Time:
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CST
Website:
http://www.bftsmuseum.org
Event Description:
Graham Broyd is a British-America businessman, writer and athlete. Born in Dorking, England, he went to school in Bedford and then Liverpool, before taking two gap years working and hitchhiking in and around Europe. In 1978, he went to Birmingham University to study International Relations. His father, Donald Broyd (course 25), was a cadet at the British Flying Training School in Terrell during WWII.
'Backpack, Jacket, Surfboard. My Journey Across America, Then and Now,' was published on August 12th, 2025 and is already an Amazon bestseller. A lifetime storyteller, Graham wanted to write down the twenty hitchhiking stories he had told for more than forty years from his original trip to America in 1980. Mr. Broyd’s talk will focus on his BFTS Cadet father and his new book.
'Backpack, Jacket, Surfboard. My Journey Across America, Then and Now,' was published on August 12th, 2025 and is already an Amazon bestseller. A lifetime storyteller, Graham wanted to write down the twenty hitchhiking stories he had told for more than forty years from his original trip to America in 1980. Mr. Broyd’s talk will focus on his BFTS Cadet father and his new book.
