Royal Aeronautical Society

Aircraft Research Association - Sports and Social Club Lecture

This talk will cover the development of the Hawker Hunter from its early, and somewhat difficult, start where a lack of a reasonable fuel load, various handling problems, particularly in pitch, an inability to fire the guns marred an otherwise promising aircraft. All these problems, and others, were overcome in time and the Hunter became a technical success and a major boost to UK exports over many year.

The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) is proud to announce that Lucy Davies IEng AMRAeS has been named the first recipient of the Newly Incorporated Female Engineer Award, newly introduced by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES). This award recognises Lucy's exceptional contributions to engineering and her dedication to promoting gender equality in STEM.

Tim will tell the story of Captain Peter Eckersley - RFC pilot, radio engineer, father of air traffic control and pioneer of radio broadcasting.

Safran Landing Systems has a long history of providing state-of-the-art solutions for landing systems, from landing gear to wheels and brakes and associated systems and equipment.

With time running out in the race to net zero, RAeS past President, Professor IAN POLL FRAeS, argues the science is enough to introduce contrail management and slash aviation’s climate impact.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigates civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK, its overseas territories and crown dependencies.

As the world becomes less certain amidst Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House alongside ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, the UK and Germany are pressing ahead with plans to deepen cooperation. JACK RICHARDSON asks, could this mean for military aviation?

The current education system has created a bottleneck of motivated, and inspired future engineers and technicians to the aviation industry. Lack of exposure to the industry as a whole, vague and confused career guidance and messaging around qualifications, progress and opportunities combined with an academic focus on GCSE results in ‘core’ and narrowing ‘option' subjects hinder the quantity and caliber of young people so desperately needed in the industry. So with a problem so well known and understood, what are ‘we’ doing about it

Stuck for avgeek reading over the festive season? TIM ROBINSON FRAeS, STEPHEN BRIDGEWATER FRAeS and JACK RICHARDSON present personal picks of their favourite aerospace, aviation and spaceflight books of 2024.