royal aeronautical society

 

  • The Wilbur & Orville Wright Lecture is the principal event in the Society’s year, given by distinguished members of the US and UK aerospace communities.

  • [2] Abbreviation: RaeS; Formation: January 1866; Type: Professional institution; Legal status: Non-profit company; Location: 4 Hamilton Place,, London, W1, United kingdom;
    Region served: Worldwide; Chief Executive: David Edwards FRAeS; Main organ: Board of Trustees; Affiliations: Engineering Council Function The objectives of The Royal Aeronautical Society include: to support and maintain high professional standards
    in aerospace disciplines; to provide a unique source of specialist information and a local forum for the exchange of ideas; and to exert influence in the interests of aerospace in the public and industrial arenas, including universities.

  • He also founded England’s first major flight school.

  • [56] Amy Johnson Named Lecture[edit] The Amy Johnson Named Lecture[57] was inaugurated in 2011 by the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Women in Aviation and Aerospace Committee[58]
    to celebrate a century of women in flight[59] and to honour Britain’s most famous woman aviator.

  • The third Lecture was delivered by Gretchen Haskins, former Group Director of the Safety Regulation Group of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), on 8 July 2013.

  • In addition to offices for its staff the building is used for Royal Aeronautical Society conferences and events [4] and parts of the building are available on a private hire
    basis for events.

  • In the years prior to World War I, Sopwith became England’s premier aviator and established the first authoritative test pilot school in the world.

  • [48] The 101st Lecture was given by Tony Parasida, corporate vice president, The Boeing Company, on 20 December 2012.

  • The 99th Lecture was given by Piers Sellers, astronaut, on 9 December 2010 at the Society’s Headquarters in London.

  • The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.

  • [51] The 104th Lecture was given by Nigel Whitehead, Group Managing Director – Programmes and Support, BAE Systems plc in December 2015.

  • [61] The second Amy Johnson Named Lecture was delivered by Marion C. Blakey, president and chief executive of Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), on 5 July 2012.

  • The Lecture is held on or close to 6 July every year to mark the date in 1929 when Amy Johnson was awarded her pilot’s licence.

  • [52] The 105th Lecture was given by ACM Sir Stephen Hillier, Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Air Force on 6 December 2016.

  • [62] In 2017, Katherine Bennett OBE FRAeS, Senior Vice President Public Affairs, Airbus gave the Amy Johnson Lecture[63] and in 2018 Air Vice-Marshal Sue Gray, CB, OBE from
    the Royal Air Force gave the Amy Johnson Lecture in honour of the 100th anniversary of the RAF.

  • In 2009, the Royal Aeronautical Society formed a group of experts to document how to better simulate aircraft upset conditions, and thus improve training programs.

  • Others awarded have included the R. P. Alston Memorial Prize for developments in flight-testing, the Edward Busk prize for applied aerodynamics, the Wakefield Medal for advances
    in aviation safety, and an Orville Wright Prize.

  • [8] History The Society was founded in January 1866 with the name “The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain” and is the oldest aeronautical society in the world.

  • [41][42][43][44][45][46] Wilbur & Orville Wright Named Lecture[edit] The Wilbur & Orville Wright Named Lecture was established in 1911 to honour the Wright brothers, the successful
    and experienced mechanical engineers who completed the first successful controlled powered flight on 17 December 1903.

  • [11] In 1918, the organization’s name was changed to the Royal Aeronautical Society.

  • This technical department became known as the Engineering Sciences Data Unit (ESDU) and eventually became a separate entity in the 1980s.

  • Nominally an annual award, in practice the award is only made about one year in two.

  • The staff of the Royal Aeronautical Society are based at the Society’s headquarters at No.

  • [50] The 103rd Lecture was given by Patrick M Dewar, executive vice president, Lockheed Martin International in December 2014.

  • [60] Carolyn McCall, chief executive of EasyJet, delivered the Inaugural Lecture on 6 July 2011 at the Society’s Headquarters in London.

  • The Society established a Technical Department to bring together the best available knowledge and present it in an authoritative and accessible form – a working tool for engineers
    who might come from other industries and lack the specialised knowledge required for aircraft design.

  • [55] The 108th Lecture was given by David Mackay FRAeS, Chief Pilot, Virgin Galactic on 10 December 2019.

  • [33] Although it is unusual for more than one medal (in each of the three grades) to be awarded annually, since 2004 the Society has also periodically awarded team medals
    (Gold, Silver, and Bronze) for exceptional or groundbreaking teamwork in aeronautical research and development.

  • [47] The 100th Lecture was given by Suzanna Darcy-Henneman, Chief Pilot & Director of Training, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, on 8 December 2011.

  • [54] The 107th Lecture was given by Leanne Caret, Vice President, The Boeing Company and President & CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security on 4 December 2018.

  • The Groups also act as focal points for all enquiries to the Society concerning their specialist subject matter, forming a crucial interface between the Society and the world
    in general.

  • The Royal Aeronautical Society is a worldwide society with an international network of 67 branches.

  • [10] In the first year, there were 65 members, at the end of the second year, 91 members, and in the third year, 106 members.

  • [53] The 106th Lecture was given by Martin Rolfe, chief executive officer, NATS on 5 December 2017.

  • In 1868 the Society held a major exhibition at London’s Crystal Palace with 78 entries.

  • [1] Members, Fellows, and Companions of the society can use the post-nominal letters MRAeS, FRAeS, or CRAeS, respectively.

  • John Stringfellow created, alongside William Samuel Henson, the first powered flight aircraft, developed in Chard, Somerset, which flew unmanned in 1848, 63 years prior to
    brothers Wilbur & Orville Wrights’ flight.

 

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