Sopwith Lecture

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Aerospace at a Crossroads

17/06/2011 By developer | Leave a comment

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An audio presentation from a live talk given by Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO James F. Albaugh at the Society for the 2011 Sopwith Named Lecture.

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UAS Systems and the Future

22/07/2010 By Victoria White | Leave a comment

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An audio presentation from a live talk given by David Koopersmith at the Royal Aeronautical Society for the annual Sopwith Named Lecture in June 2010.

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Sukhoi Design Bureau: From a premier engineering school to a global business

03/02/2010 By Royal Aeronautical Society | Leave a comment

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An audio presentation from a live talk given by Mikhail Pogosyan at the Royal Aeronautical Society for the annual Sopwith Named Lecture in July 2008.

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This lecture was established in 1990 to honour Sir Thomas Sopwith CBE, Hon FRAeS. In the years prior to World War I, Sopwith became England’s premier aviator and established the first authoritative test pilot school in the world, he also founded England’s first major flight school. Between 1912 and 1920 Sopwith’s Company produced over 16,000 aircraft of 60 types.

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