No.4 HAMILTON PLACE
National Aerospace Library 
Was the legendary and courageous 1943 RAF Dambusters Raid a ‘strategic success or a conjuring trick’? The RAeS Air Power Group provides a report on a recent academic debate on the effectiveness of Operation CHASTISE.
Tag Archives: aerosociety
Aerospace, Air Transport
Paris Air Show 2013 preview
A preview of what to look forward to at this year’s Paris Air Show on 17-23 June – the global aerospace industry showcase.
Aerospace, From the Aerospace International
Regional airline summit – the ERA Conference
The annual conference of the European Regions Airline Association discussed a range of current issues, including the marketing potential of social media and potential safety and financial implications of new EC legislation on passenger compensation. Report from the conference.
Aerospace, Air Transport
Dreamliner recharged
As teams from Boeing fan out across the globe to get grounded Dreamliners back into the air will this battery fix be enough to restore the fortunes of the 787? Analysis
Aerospace, Community
VIDEO: The School’s Build-a-Plane project takes flight
On 12 April the Royal Aeronautical Society and Boeing held a celebration event at Farnborough Airport to mark the first flight of the Schools Build A Plane project – a pioneering aerospace STEM intiative. VIDEO interview with young people involved & test pilot.
Aerospace, Air Transport
Pilot monitoring – ‘cultivating a healthy unease’
In enhancing aviation safety, what is the aviation community doing about the monitoring role of the pilot on a two-crew flightdeck? A reports from a major RAeS Flight Operations Group conference.
Aerospace, Air Transport
VIDEO: Exclusive – Joint Airbus and Boeing flight test lecture
How do Airbus and Boeing stall test large jet airliners? An exclusive video of a historic joint lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society from Airbus and Boeing test pilots and flight test engineers.
From The Aerospace Professional, General Aviation
How to design a winning light aircraft
How do you design a safe, reliable and successful general aircraft aircraft for the private pilot? Report from the RAeS General Aviation Group’s Conference.
Air Transport, From The Aerospace Professional
The economics of airports
On 29 November 2012, Angela Gittens, Director General, Airports Council International (ACI), delivered the ninth annual RAeS Montreal Branch Assad Kotaite lecture at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) headquarters in Montreal. A report on the lecture.
Air Transport
The great runway debate
A report on a recent conference on the on-going debate over airport capacity in the Southeast of England.
Space
Space highlights in 2013
Space in 2013 – an overview of government and scientific spaceflight highlights to look out for this year.
Aerospace, Air Transport
The 787 and safety – lessons from the past
A series of highly public problems, including a global grounding, has stricken Boeing’s flagship 787 Dreamliner. Is this simply teething troubles or indications of deeper flaws? Analysis.
Community, Defence
VIDEO: Flying the Super Hornet at Farnborough
Aerospace International Editor TIM ROBINSON felt ‘the need.. the need for speed’ on the final trade day of Farnborough Air Show this summer, with a demonstration flight in a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet from the US Navy.
Community, Space
My friendship with the Man on the Moon
Britain’s greatest test pilot, aviation record holder and former RAeS President Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown gives his tribute to astronaut Neil Armstrong ‘a kindred spririt’, who passed away earlier this year.
Aerospace
RAeS gives evidence to Women in the Workplace inquiry
What do you get when you put several passionate exponents of women in engineering, side-by-side, with a brief to recommend how Government can improve diversity in the workplace? Report on RAeS input given to BIS Inquiry into Women in the Workplace.
Aerospace, Air Transport
What inspires excellence? Technology or people?
Inspiring Excellence – A report on the highlights from the RAeS Women in Aviation and Aerospace Conference hosted by Rolls-Royce on 2 November.
Aerospace, Defence
Empowering military air safety
In the wake of Haddon-Cave’s Nimrod review – what progress has been made in creating a new UK MoD air safety culture? A report on the highlights from the first MAA Military Air Safety Conference, held at the RAeS on 24 and 25 October.
Aerospace, Air Transport
VIDEO: Airbus outlines future cockpit philosophy
Will the airliner of the future be able to sense if the pilot is drifting off to sleep and wake them up? A fascinating glimpse into Airbus’ thinking for future airliner flight decks and the forthcoming A350XWB.
Aerospace, Air Transport
Flight training conference highlights global role of RAeS
The Seventh International Flight Crew Training Conference saw the Royal Aeronautical Society take centre stage in global efforts to update pilot training. A report on the RAeS’s key role in co-ordinating next-generation pilot training initiatives.
Aerospace
The Top 100 Aerospace Companies 2012 – comment
Professor Keith Hayward, the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Head of Research provides analysis and insight of the latest Top 100 aerospace companies survey from PwC/Flight International.
