Diary

The crew of NS-18, during the second crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard, at apogee on 13 October. From left: Glen de Vries, Audrey Powers, William Shatner and Dr Chris Boshuizen. The medical challenges of commercial spaceflight will be discussed during the Stewart Lecture by Dr Stuart Mitchell at No.4 Hamilton Place. Sadly, Glen de Vries was later killed in a light aircraft crash on 11 November. Blue Origin.

1-2 December Alternative Propulsion Systems – The Challenges and Opportunities for Aircraft Design RAeS Propulsion Group online and at No.4 Hamilton Place conference

2 December Formation and Climate Impact from Contrails Dr.rer.nat. Ulrike Burkhardt, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Hamburg Branch online lecture

2 December Navigating through 737 MAX, Brexit and Covid Dawn Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, TUI Manchester Branch online lecture

7 December Practical Zero Emission Aviation Julian Renz, ZeroAvia Project Manager HyFlyer Project and Business Development Lead Loughborough Branch lecture at Room U020 (Brockington Building), Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough LE11 3TU

8 December Aerospace Medicine Group Annual Symposium 2021 Aerospace Medicine Group symposium No.4 Hamilton Place, London

8 December Stewart Lecture: The medical challenges to support proposed UK human commercial space tourism and transport: Back to the future? Dr Stuart Mitchell, Head of Medical Policy, UK Civil Aviation Authority Aerospace Medicine Group named lecture No.4 Hamilton Place, London

8 December Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Annual Dinner: Honouring the Air Force Centenary in 2021 Dr Doug Greenwell, Consulting Aerodynamicist Adelaide Branch Event Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide

8 December The 21st Century Renaissance of the Transonic Wind Tunnel Dr Doug Greenwell, Consulting Aerodynamicist Bedford Branch online lecture

8 December Human Factors Jean Page, Head of Human Factors, BAE Systems – Air Preston Branch online lecture

9 December Battle of Britain 1940 – Our finest hour’s human cost Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Cosford Branch lecture RAF Museum Cosford, Shifnal TF11 8UP

14 December Next Generation Jetpacks Antony Quinn Solent Branch online lecture

15 December Aerospace in Hertfordshire Guy Thomas, Author Hatfield Branch online lecture

21 December Javelins in the Far East – Reminiscences of a young RAF officer Ian Moir Gloucester & Cheltenham Branch lecture

4 January Flight Simulation at Warton – Past Success & Present Challenges Boscombe Down Branch online lecture

14 January Helicopter and Ship Integration – turning complexity into embarked aviation capability Robert McKee, QinetiQ, Boscombe Down Farnborough Branch lecture Farnborough College of Technology, Boundary Road, Farnborough GU14 6SB

19 January Sir Frank Whittle Early Jet Engines Ian Whittle Hatfield Branch online lecture

19 January TSR2 the bomber that barely flew Joe Jackson Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Cosford Branch lecture RAF Museum Cosford, Shifnal TF11 8UP

27 January 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​