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Video interview – Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown

Added on 29 September 2010 by Tim Robinson

Exclusive interview with Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown – WW2 aviator, one of the world’s greatest test pilots and holder of the record for number of different aircraft types flown.

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Vital research and testing blended-wing bodies - ICAS 2010 Day 5 summary

Added on 27 September 2010 by Bill Read

Vital research and testing blended-wing bodies. Bill Read concludes his report on last week’s ICAS conference in Nice.

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Video interview - Dr David Williams - head of UK Space Agency

Added on 24 September 2010 by Tim Robinson

On 16 September Dr David Williams, acting Chief Executive, UK Space Agency & Chairman of the ESA Council gave the Space Group Evening Lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society.

We caught up with Dr Williams to ask him about progress with the UK Space Agency, co-operation with Europe and the US, human spaceflight, and inspiring the next generation of British engineers, scientists and astronauts.

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Hijackproof airliners and UAVs in civil airspace – ICAS 2010 Day 4

Added on 24 September 2010 by Bill Read

Flying damaged aircraft safely, remote control of hijacked aircraft and explosion-proof luggage containers. Bill Read reports on some of the safety and security topics covered on the fourth day of the ICAS conference in Nice


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Greener air routes, hydrogen tractors and drive-your-own planes – ICAS 2010 Day 3

Added on 23 September 2010 by Bill Read

Rerouting aircraft to avoid creating contrails, taxiing aircraft using hydrogen from waste products and a personal aircraft that anyone can fly - it could all happen in the future. Bill Read reports from the third day of the ICAS conference in Nice on the latest research into ways to reduce the effect of aircraft on the environment



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Swarming UAVs & Dragonfly aerodynamics – ICAS 2010 Day 2

Added on 22 September 2010 by Bill Read

One of the current challenges in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been how to fly small UAVs at low altitudes without collisions. Bill Read reports from the second day of the International Council of Aeronautical Sciences ICAS conference in Nice on some of the latest research into UAV control systems, including a remarkable research experience conducted using robotic sharks.


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Hydrogen-powered ATR42s and doughnut airships - ICAS 2010 Day 1

Added on 21 September 2010 by Bill Read

Aircraft of the future may look very different from the conventional designs of today. Bill Read reports from Day 1 of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) conference in Nice which included research on some concepts as electrically-powered passenger aircraft, flying cars, hydrogen-powered cargo aircraft and an airship shaped like a doughnut.


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Visions of the Future - ICAS 2010

Added on 20 September 2010 by Bill Read

Bill Read reports from the 27th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) in Nice, France

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EXCLUSIVE - FanWing UAV spins up for speed test

Added on 17 September 2010 by Tim Robinson

Looking like a cross between a flying lawnmower and something out of a scifi film like Dune, the revolutionary FanWing rotary aircraft concept may be about to enter a new phase if wind-tunnel testing proves a modified design gives increased speed.

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‘Black boxes’ to start tweeting?

Added on 10 September 2010 by Tim Robinson

Can aviation safety be enhanced by always-on flight data telemetry being transmitted back to base? With growing connectivity in the air – some argue that it is time that the traditional airliner ‘black box’ gets connected.

The Flight Data Recorder or 'Black Box'

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Plane speaking with Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy

Added on 07 September 2010 by Royal Aeronautical Society

Aerospace International talks to the Rt Hon Gerald Howarth, MP for Aldershot, Minister for International Security Strategy at the Ministry of Defence and a private pilot, about this year’s Farnborough Airshow, encouraging young people into the industry and why UK aerospace and defence exports will lead the way out of the deficit.

This is a full article published in Aerospace International: September 2010

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