Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture

Brabazon Lecture 2012

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AUDIO: MARK KING, PRESIDENT, CIVIL AEROSPACE, ROLLS-ROYCE speaks at the Society for the 2012 Brabazon Named Lecture. Thanks to Rolls-Royce for supporting the event.

Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture 2012

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AUDIO: TONY PARASIDA, PRESIDENT, GLOBAL SERVICES & SUPPORT, BOEING DEFENSE, SPACE & SECURITY speaks at the Society for the 2012 Wilbur and Orville Wright Named Lecture. Thanks to Boeing for supporting the event.

Audio: The challenge of the perceived impossible – Capt. Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann

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AUDIO: Capt. Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann, (Chief Pilot – Director of Training, Training and Flight Services – Boeing Commercial Airplanes) speaks at the Society for the 2011 Wilbur and Orville Wright Named Lecture.

“Flying in space” – The 99th Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture

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An audio recording from a live talk given by Piers Sellers at the Royal Aeronautical Society for the 99th annual Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture in December 2010.

Innovation: Air Transport to General Aviation

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An audio presentation from a live talk given by Vern Raburn at the Royal Aeronautical Society for the 97th annual Wilbur and Orville Wright Named Lecture in December 2008.

Air Power in Ages of Austerity

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Audio presentation from ACM Sir Stephen Dalton live talk at the Royal Aeronautical Society for the 97th annual Wilbur and Orville Wright Named Lecture in December 2009.

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The Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture was established to honour the successful and experienced mechanical engineers who completed the first successful controlled powered flight on 17 December 1903. It is the principal event in the Society’s year, given by distinguished members of the US and UK aerospace communities.

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