March 3, 2011

BRANCH LECTURE: The NASA Space Shuttle

Speaker: Dr David Baker, Author of ‘Haynes Manual’ - NASA Space Shuttle

The Stevenage Branch presents a lecture entitled ‘The NASA Space Shuttle’, delivered by Dr David Baker, at the Lunchpad, EADS Astrium, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, 1730 for 1800 on the 3rd March 2011

Branch Contact: [email protected]

Branch website: https://sites.google.com/site/raesstevenage/

Start: March 3, 2011 18:00
End: March 3, 2011 20:00
Venue: Stevenage Branch: Lunchpad, EADS Astrium
Address:
EADS Astrium, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, United Kingdom, SG1 2AS

Understanding pension changes & filling the pensions gap

From Royal Aeronautical Society Partner The Alexander Associates Group of Companies (AAG)

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Recent legislative changes introduced by the coalition government have had a major impact on the way pensions will operate in the future. We will look at these changes in greater detail and their potential impact when planning for retirement. Of these changes, we have welcomed the following:

  • Pensions are now simpler and more flexible
  • There is no longer the requirement to annuitise or purchase an Alternatively Secured Pension (ASP) at age 75
  • The ability to carry forward unused contributions from previous 3 years
  • Continuance of the highest rate of tax relief.

However, it is clear that the reduction in the Annual Allowance and Lifetime Allowance will mean that a number of people will have to redirect their contributions to non-pension investments. Higher earners in particular may need to consider new ways to plan for retirement.

These announced changes in tax policy have created a need for options beyond traditional pensions. In view of these changes, AAG Corporate Services are hosting a presentation to help explain how the changes may affect investors.

Speakers

Ian Price – St. James’s Place – with 30 years experience in the Pensions industry, Ian regularly comments on and writes for the Industry press on all pension issues and will discuss how recent legislative changes will affect pensions. He has spent four years on the Pensions & Savings Committee of the ABI.

Octopus Investments - an award-winning, market-leading investment company will be discussing a range of solutions for those who wish to look at alternative investments. These include Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) and Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) amongst others.

We would like to invite you to what will be an interesting and insightful discussion, with the ultimate aim of helping you plan for a comfortable retirement.

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Start: March 3, 2011 18:00
End: March 3, 2011 20:00
Venue: The Royal Aeronautical Society
Phone: 020 7016 6767
Address:
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7BQ

March 7, 2011

BRANCH LECTURE: RAF Manned Space Programme 1953 -1960

Speaker: John Hazelwood

The Cranwell Branch presents a lecture entitled ‘RAF Manned Space Programme 1953 -1960′, delivered by John Hazelwood at RAF College Cranwell on 7th March 2011.

Branch contact: Nick Deepan [email protected]

Start: March 7, 2011 19:30
End: March 7, 2011 21:00
Venue: Cranwell Branch: RAF College Cranwell
Address:
RAF College Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, NG34 8HB

March 8, 2011

Aerospace & Aviation Book Fair 2011

Browse and buy a wide range of aviation & aerospace literature


The Royal Aeronautical Society is pleased to be holding its third annual Book Sale at No.4 Hamilton Place. This is a great opportunity for both RAeS members and enthusiasts to leaf through and purchase a wide selection of aviation and aerospace books and publications.

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Start: March 8, 2011 11:00
End: March 8, 2011 18:00
Venue: Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters
Phone: 020 7670 4345
Address:
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7BQ

LECTURE: Training Aircrew for Concorde

This Lecture will focus on the training of cockpit crew for Concorde. Together, Capt John Eames and SEO Roger Bricknell will discuss Flight Crew Training, highlighting the differences between Concorde and subsonic airliners that Pilots had to be trained to cope with. In addition, the lecture will touch on the novelty and complexity of Concorde at the time of its introduction, including fly-by-wire control of the centre of gravity by fuel transfer, behaviour at high incidence, adjustable air intakes and exhausts, the reduced range in subsonic flight and the emergency procedures for pressurisation problems at 60,000ft. (more…)

Start: March 8, 2011 18:00
End: March 8, 2011 19:30
Venue: Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters
Phone: 0207 670 4345
Address:
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7BQ

BRANCH LECTURE: Martin-Baker, the JSF story so far

Loughborough Branch lecture

Start: March 8, 2011 19:30
End: March 8, 2011 21:30
Venue: Loughborough Branch: Room U020, Brockington Building, Loughborough University
Address:
Room U020, Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

March 9, 2011

BRANCH LECTURE: F-35 Lightning II

Speaker: Lee Franks

The Brough Branch presents a lecture entitled ‘F-35 Lightning II’, delivered by Lee Franks,  Capability Insertion and Project Manager, BAE Systems, and President Hull Assiociation of Engineers on 9th March 2011.

Contact: [email protected]

Start: March 9, 2011 19:30
End: March 9, 2011 21:00
Venue: Brough Branch: Cottingham Parks Golf and Country Club
Address:
Cottingham Parks Golf and Country Club, Wood Hill Way,, United Kingdom, Cottingham, Yorkshire HU16 5SX

BRANCH LECTURE: Highland Branch Annual General Meeting

Speaker: Chairman Graem Corfield.

Start: March 9, 2011 19:30
End: March 9, 2011 21:30
Venue: Highland Branch: Elgin Library
Address:
Elgin Library, United Kingdom

BRANCH LECTURE: Airbus A380 Flight Test and Entry into Service

Chester Branch lecture:

Speaker: Mark Cousins, V P. Head of Flight Test Means - EVM.

Start: March 9, 2011 19:30
End: March 9, 2011 21:30
Venue: Chester Branch: Lecture Theatre in the Customer Support Department of Airbus UK at the Broughton Factory
Address:
Lecture Theatre in the Customer Support Department of Airbus UK at the Broughton Factory, Broughton, United Kingdom

BRANCH LECTURE: The RAF in 2025

Speaker: ACM Sir Steven Dalton

The Preston Branch Sir Freddy Page lecture to be delivered by ACM Sir Steven Dalton, CAS RAF
Branch contact - Alan Matthews: [email protected]

Lecture will be held at the Personnel and Conference centre, BAE Systems, Warton. All Lectures commence at 7.30pm. Will all attendees at Warton note that the doors are locked at about 7.35 and no admittance thereafter is allowed.

For Security reasons non-BAE Systems employees are requested to advise Alan Matthews of their intention to attend.

FOR SECURITY REASONS, WHEN ATTENDING LECTURES AT BAE Systems PLEASE BRING YOUR PROGRAMME CARD WITH YOU TO SHOW AT THE DOOR. GUESTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND PROVIDED THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CARD HOLDER.

Start: March 9, 2011 19:30
End: March 9, 2011 21:00
Venue: Preston Branch: Personnel and Conference centre, BAE Systems, Warton
Address:
BAE Systems, Warton, United Kingdom, PR4 1AX

March 15, 2011

SYMPOSIUM: Would You Fly With This Pilot?

Aerospace Medicine Symposium: A Selection of Challenging Aeromedical Cases

This medical ‘Grand Round’ will educate aeromedical specialists about the decision-making process in complex aeromedical cases and the need to understand the evidence base underpinning the decisions made. The combination of military and civilian national level experts in aerospace medicine that would not be obtainable from any other source will ensure that aerospace medical practitioners will benefit in their daily practice from attending this Symposium.

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Start: March 15, 2011
End: March 15, 2011
Venue: Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters
Phone: 020 7670 4345
Address:
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7BQ

STEWART LECTURE: The Story Behind the Spin

The Story Behind the Spin: The Human Centrifuge in Aerospace Medicine

Perhaps best known as a fiendish torture device from which James Bond escaped, or an exhausting experience during flying training, the human centrifuge has been pivotal to advancements in aviation and space medicine over the last 80 years.  In this presentation, the story of the struggle against G force is told from the perspective of the human centrifuge.  In addition to understanding how it contributed to the development of modern day G protection, some of the technical challenges associated with the device will be explored. From a past rooted in research and development to possible futures in flight simulation and human spaceflight, the story of the centrifuge will be revealed in this Stewart Memorial Lecture.

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Start: March 15, 2011 18:30
End: March 15, 2011 20:00
Venue: Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters
Phone: 0207 670 4345
Address:
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7BQ

LECTURE: “One of the few”

Speaker: John Shipman

Oxford Branch lecture entitled One of the Few, delivered by John Shipman at The Farmhouse Suite, Begbroke Business & Science Park on March 15th

Start: March 15, 2011 19:00
End: March 15, 2011 21:00
Venue: The Farmhouse Suite, Begbroke Business & Science Park
Address:
Sandy Lane, Yarnton, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX5 1PF

BRANCH LECTURE: Advanced Engineering Technology at Aston Martin

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Start: March 15, 2011 19:30
End: March 15, 2011 21:30
Venue: University of Surrey
Address:
University of Surrey, United Kingdom

BRANCH LECTURE: The A400M

Gloucester & Cheltenham Branch lecture:

Speaker: Ian Burrett VP Training Aircrew Operations.

Start: March 15, 2011 19:30
End: March 15, 2011 21:30
Venue: Gloucester & Cheltenham Branch: Messier-Dowty Cheltenham Rd. East, Gloucester
Address:
Messier-Dowty Cheltenham Rd. East, Gloucester, United Kingdom

March 16, 2011

CONFERENCE: Yuri Gagarin’s Legacy – 50 Years On

Securing the vision for the next half century

On the 12 April 1961, Vostok 1 lifted off from the Soviet Cosmodrome in Baikonur with cosmonaut Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin on board. Gagarin was the first human being to leave the Earth’s atmosphere, and although his flight was to last only 1 hour 48 minutes, circling the Earth just once, it provoked important political, social, cultural and technical changes, and changed humanity’s perspective of its place on Earth forever.

The fiftieth anniversary of this flight provides an opportunity for a conference combining elements of historical review, assessment of the social and cultural impact of the event in the UK, Russia, and worldwide, and consideration of areas of scientific endeavour of common interest to both Russia and the West. The anniversary occurs as the long term objectives and strategy for human spaceflight are being questioned in both Russia and the West, making this an appropriate moment to revisit that first flight. To this end, a programme of lectures and discussions is being prepared involving significant Russian involvement. The aims of the conference are to:

  • review the impact of Gagarin’s flight on space technology and space applications – in the UK and world-wide
  • review the social, cultural and political impact of Gagarin’s flight – in the UK and world-wide
  • review progress / achievements of the first joint UK-Russia celebratory ISS project agreed with Russian technical experts in July 2010
  • discuss the legacy of Gagarin in the context of today’s space programmes – in the UK and world-wide.

Topics to be discussed will include five application areas identified by a joint UK-Russia forum as being of particular interest, namely space medicine and psychology, satellite communication technologies, optics and instrument systems, monitoring and natural disasters, and robotics and autonomous operations. The historical and cultural dimensions will also be given full attention.

Additionally, the conference will provide an opportunity to identify ways in which further unique collaborative ventures can be developed for the future, delivering benefit to both the UK and Russia.

The conference will be of interest to both the scientific and cultural communities. In the scientific and industrial sectors, it will appeal to those in the fields of exploration, human spaceflight, microgravity, space medicine and psychology, robotics, space mechanisms, communication technologies, optics and instruments, monitoring / natural disasters. On the humanities side, it will appeal to those working in culture and the arts (film, museums, galleries etc.), 20th century history, international politics, human destiny, and education (outreach).

There will be a strong networking element to the conference and both formal and informal opportunities for this will be provided.

Full programme to follow soon.

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Start: March 16, 2011
End: March 16, 2011
Venue: No.4 Hamilton Place
Phone: +44 020 7670 4345
Address:
4 Hamilton Place, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7BQ

BRANCH LECTURE: Victor Tanker Operations

Medway Branch Lecture:

Speaker: Air Cdre Norman Bonnor.

Start: March 16, 2011 19:00
End: March 16, 2011 21:00
Venue: Medway Branch: Staff Restaurant, BAE Systems (Rochester)
Address:
Staff Restaurant, BAE Systems, Rochester, United Kingdom

March 17, 2011

LECTURE: Towards Eternal Flight by Solar Power

Development of the Zephyr HALE UAV – holder of the Absolute World Record for Duration

The Stratosphere offers a new domain to provide services across whole countries and across the world, without the intermittent coverage or high infrastructure or operational/launch costs of other systems. However, we have only briefly occupied the Stratosphere –until now.

The QinetiQ Zephyr is the first to demonstrate that Solar aircraft are capable of “eternal” flight in the stratosphere with real payloads, and is the world’s longest flying aeroplane without refuelling- a 14 day first  flight at altitudes up to more than 70,000ft  in July 2010.

The lecture will describe how the Zephyr programme has progressed towards a truly high altitude, longer duration, operationally capable platform combining all-new, efficient technology- and how Zephyr has successfully introduced the new technology in a comprehensive ground and flight test programme.

Eternal solar platforms offer many potential applications –those currently carried out by satellites and aircraft (such as communications, earth observation, atmospheric sampling) – better and cheaper, and new applications which are not currently possible or affordable by other means.

About the speaker

Chris Kelleher is the QinetiQ Technical Director for High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) systems and Flight operations Manager of Zephyr, the world’s first “eternal” aircraft. He has 30 years experience of aircraft and spacecraft design and operation at QinetiQ Farnborough. He is married with 4 children, and flies light aircraft as a hobby and occasional air displays, being a three times former winner of the British Aerobatics Association Advanced Level.

Refreshments will be served from 17.30hrs and the lecture will commence at 18.00hrs.

Please RSVP to the Conference & Events Department at [email protected]

Start: March 17, 2011 18:00
End: March 17, 2011 19:30
Venue: Royal Aeronautical Society Headquarters
Address:
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7BQ

BRANCH LECTURE: RAeS-Boeing Build a Plane Initiative

Yeovil Branch Lecture:

Speaker: Prof. Tim Cansdale, FRAeS.

Entrance via Lysander Road main gate reception. Refreshments served from 17:45.

Start: March 17, 2011 18:00
End: March 17, 2011 20:00
Venue: Yeovil Branch: Dallas Conference Room 1A, AgustaWestland, Yeovil, BA20 2YB
Address:
Dallas Conference Room 1A, AgustaWestland, Yeovil, United Kingdom, BA20 2YB

BRANCH LECTURE: The J D North Lecture

Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Cosford Branch lecture:

Speakers: To Be Announced.

Start: March 17, 2011 19:00
End: March 17, 2011 21:00
Venue: BWC Branch: MOOG Aviation, Wolverhampton
Address:
MOOG Aviation, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom