Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture

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.

Forthcoming Events

  • 7 Feb
    Conference

    Impact and Damage Tolerance in Composite Materials

    Royal Aeronautical Society,
    Tuesday, 07 February 2012 09:00 - 17:00

    A confident ability to analyse composite impact and damage tolerance is essential if the full benefits of composite construction ar...

  • 15 Feb
    Conference

    The IATA Training and Qualification Initiative (ITQI)

    Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters
    Wednesday, 15 February 2012 09:00 - Thursday, 16 February 201217:00

    Modernized and Harmonized Training for a Safer Future
     
    Register before 30 November to...

  • 21 Feb
    HQ Lecture

    55 Years of Flying Fun

    Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters
    Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:30 - 20:30

    This General Aviation Group lecture will see former British Test Pilot Wg Cdr Clive Rustin talk about his 55 years of f...