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The Royal Aeronautical Society is the world’s only professional body dedicated to the entire aerospace community. Established in 1866 to further the art, science and engineering of aeronautics, the Society has been at the forefront of developments in aerospace ever since

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  • Preferential rates for RAeS Members at 9th International Airship Convention and Exhibition

    The Royal Aeronautical Society is supporting the 9th International Airship Convention and Exhibition and has negotiated preferential rates for RAeS Members to attend.

  • 2012 Branches Conference

    40 delegates representing over 30 RAeS Branches attended the 102nd Branches Conference on the 11/12th May. The conference took place at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel Accrington and was jointly hosted by the Chester, Manchester and Preston Branches of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

  • RAeS Joins the Air League at Youth Flying Day

    On Saturday 12th May 2012, members of staff from the Royal Aeronautical Society joined forces with the Air League at Windrushers Gliding Club, Bicester for the annual Youth in Aviation Flying Day. David Houston, Careers & Education Officer and Claire Connor, Council & Board Officer ventured out of Society HQ to meet lots of young

  • European combat aircraft industry – on the brink?

    Is the European combat aircraft industry set for inevitable decline in the post-­Eurofighter, Rafale and Gripen era? Hard hitting analysis of a looming crisis.

  • Deborah Hersman, Chair of NTSB, visits RAeS

    On 2 May 2012 the Society received a visit from Deborah Hersman, Chairman of the US National Transportation Safety Board based in Washington, DC

  • What a carrier-on!

    Professor Keith Hayward, RAeS Head of Research provides expert comment and analysis on the UK Governments ’s decision to revert to the STOVL variant of the F-35 stealth fighter.

  • Corporate Partner Briefing on Cyber Security

    The Argyll Room was the elegant setting for a highly topical briefing on cyber security. The briefing was given by James Quinault CBE the Director of the UK Government body responsible for the subject: the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance, which sits within the Cabinet Office.

  • Rolls-Royce Bristol to Host 2012 Women in Aviation and Aerospace Conference

    The Rolls-Royce Women’s network is to host the 2012 Royal Aeronautical Society’s Women in Aviation and Aerospace Conference at its Bristol site.

  • A bluffer’s guide to aerospace propulsion

    How does a scramjet work? Why can't we fit one to an airliner? A technical article explains the theory of hypersonic propulsion and its practical applications to aircraft.

  • National Aerospace Library loans items to Flight and the Artistic Imagination exhibition

    The ‘Flight and the Artistic Imagination’ exhibition taking place at Compton Verney from 29th June to 30th September 2012 will include pieces on loan from the  Society’s National Aerospace Library.. The exhibition traces how the sensation of aerial flight has been depicted by leading artists over the centuries. It is to be held at Compton Verney an 18th century Georgian

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