Diary
5 April Lion Air Flight JT610/Boeing 737 MAX 8 – A Loss of Control in Flight Accident Case Study Dr Mike Bromfield, Associate Professor/Flight Safety Researcher/Deputy Aerospace Programme Director, University of Birmingham and Capt Nils Jamieson, 737-800 Fleet Technical Pilot, Jet2.com and Regional Safety Officer, GASCo Boscombe Down Branch online lecture
7 April Alan Bristow Lecture: Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Jean-Baptiste Jarin, Deputy Program Research & Technology, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), Safran Helicopter Engines RAeS named lecture at: No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ
7 April Reflections of Command Group Captain Christopher Layden MA RAF Highland Branch online lecture
12 April The Concept and Assessment of a UK Hypersonic Flight Test Capability Dr Malcolm Claus, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace, Astronautics & Space Technology, Kingston University London RAeS lecture at: No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ
12 April UK Launch: Why, What and How Andy Ratcliffe, Chief Engineer, UK Space Agency (UKSA) Farnborough Branch lecture at: Westminster Theatre, Farnborough College of Technology, Boundary Road, Farnborough GU14 6SB
13 April The Story of the DH125 Philip Birtles, President, de Havilland Aircraft Museum and Roger de Mercado, former Flight Test Engineer Chester Branch lecture at: Wings Club, Occupational Health and Wellbeing Centre, Airbus, Broughton, Chester Road, Broughton CH4 0DR
13 April Reaction Engines Sophie Harker, Assistant Chief Engineer of Electric Products, BAE Systems Hatfield Branch online lecture
13 April Man is Not Lost – The Pioneering Years of Air Navigation Dennis Morley, BAE Systems and Heritage Group Preston Branch lecture at: Lightning Club, 25 Mill Lane, Warton, Preston PR4 1AQ
The Boeing X-51 Waverider was an uncrewed research scramjet experimental aircraft for hypersonic flight at Mach 5 and an altitude of 70,000ft. It completed its first powered hypersonic flight on 26 May 2010. On its fourth flight the X-51 completed a flight of over six minutes and reached speeds of over Mach 5 for 210 seconds on 1 May 2013. Dr Malcolm Claus will discuss The Concept and Assessment of a UK Hypersonic Flight Test Capability at No.4 Hamilton Place on 12 April. USAF.
19 April Young Persons’ Lecture Competition Stevenage Branch lecture at: MBDA, Six Hills Way, Stevenage SG1 2DA
20 April Aerobatic Display Flying – Worldwide, by Night and Day Chris Burkett, G-Force Aerobatics Operator and Flow Solutions Limited Director Bedford Branch online lecture
21 April Space Travel John Thatcher Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Cosford Branch lecture at: RAF Museum Cosford, Shifnal TF11 8UP
21 April 6th Sam Saunders (live attended) Lecture: Sir Frank Whittle – ‘The Genesis of Early Jet Engines’ Captain Ian Whittle Isle of Wight Branch lecture at: Isle of Wight College, Main Hall, Medina Way, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 5TA
26-27 April Towards a Space-Enabled Net Zero Earth RAeS conference online and at: No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ
29 April Fast Measures to Reduce the Climate Impact from Aviation – Contrail Avoidance and New Fuels Prof Dr Christiane Voigt, Head of Department Cloud Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Hamburg Branch online lecture
3 May Engine Power – Where Will it Come From in the Future? Conrad Banks, Chief Engineer – Defence Future Programmes, Rolls-Royce Loughborough Branch lecture online and at: Lecture Room U020, Brockington Building, Loughborough University LE11 3TU
4 May 156th RAeS Annual General Meeting Online