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Howard Wheeldon asks
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defence?
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Airbus
In February, the arguments over state aid shifted to airlines, when Delta Air Lines, along
with American Airlines and United Airlines, opened a new front by accusing fastgrowing rival Gulf carriers, Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways, of allegedly receiving
$40bn of state subsidies and aid from their governments in a carefully prepared
white paper. The US carriers aim is to persuade Washington law-makers to limit
what they perceive as unfair competition and to rethink Open Skies agreements. For
their part, the Gulf carriers have denied they receive state aid, with Qatar chief Akbar
Al Baker saying: We do not receive any subsidy. Emirates said in a statement that
it is confident that these allegations are totally without grounds. There is no doubt,
however, that these carriers do have some innate advantages when competing, not just
against US airlines but also other established legacy carriers. Young and modern fleets,
little legacy baggage in the form of pensions and unions and supportive aviationminded governments behind them with a long-term strategy has certainly helped their
growth. However, it has been their cabin product and service that has won passengers
over, not any direct line to rulers. (In fact, some might go further and argue that it has
been the Gulf airlines that have been one driver in forcing legacy US and European
airlines to up their game in cabin refreshes, IFE and fleet modernisation). There also is,
supporters of Gulf airlines note, the question of US state aid to airlines in post 9/11
bailouts, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection that has allowed airlines to survive and
restructure, plus the anti-trust exemptions that have allowed the big US carriers to
merge often against the wishes of consumer groups. Thus, in both the US and the
Gulf, aviation is seen as a strategically important industry. The battle lines have now
been drawn. And for the Oneworld Alliance, which now sees two members (American
Airlines and Qatar Airways) dramatically at each others throats, future alliance meetings
could be highly charged.
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Illusions of safety
Do airline safety
management systems
actually enhance safety?
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aviation implications of the
May UK general election.
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Contents
University of Twente/PUCA
Volume 42 Number 4
April 2015
Cloud sourcing
Can turning airliners into
mobile weather sensors
improve turbulence
reporting?
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INTELLIGENCE / ANALYSIS / COMMENT
Rear engine/
turbine
A large ducted-fan type engine
at the rear also functions as a
wind turbine to capture excess
electrical energy during cruise
and descent.
Solar panels
By 2030 the aircraft could ultilise hyperefficient quantum solar dot cells which can
capture the other 50% of solar energy in the
infrared spectrum. These would make up
giant solar arrays on the wings and top of
fuselage. Electrical power will be stored in
batteries in the cargo bay and the
endoskeleton structure of the wing.
Smart skin
Oscar Vials
NEWS IN BRIEF
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AIR TRANSPORT
emission airliner of the future, the Progress Eagle. Vials' futuristic concept for a three-deck widebody
airliner
of ????
the ???
2030s
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smart
skins,
graphene
carbon nanotubes and ceramics to create an aircraft that is ultra greener and 75%
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quieter than current airliners. The 314ft wingspan Progress Eagle has five superconducting engines, with
four that
used for take-off and landing, the fifth being a large diameter ducted-fan/windturbine for
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cruise.
Most radical of all, Vials claims that the Progress Eagle will able to generate excess energy during
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flight, using its high efficiency solar panels, rear wind turbine and by 'harvesting' radio and electromagnetic
waves and kinetic energy using piezoelectric nanogenerators during flight.
Take-off engines
Four auxiliary engines for take-off and climb
also feature vectoring nozzles to reduce
take-off distance. Hydrogen would provide
the fuel for take-off and climb phases of
flight.
Biomimicry
The Progress Eagle features low-drag triple
winglets, two on top and a ventral winglet,
similar to birds' tip feathers. The structure
also takes its cues from nature, with a ultralightweight hollow endoskeleton.
Oscar Vials
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DEFENCE
GENERAL AVIATION
MoD
AEROSPACE
Solar Impulse
AIR TRANSPORT
NEWS IN BRIEF
Rockwell Collins has
unveiled a new global
flight tracking service.
ARINC MultiLink fuses
aircraft position data
from six sources: ADS-C,
high-frequency data link
(HFDL), ADS-B, ACARS,
US Aircraft Situation
Display to Industry (ASDI)
and Eurocontrol as well as
future datalinks.
A strike by Norwegian
Air pilots over a new
employment contract
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AIR TRANSPORT
AEROSPACE
DEFENCE
US satellite mystery
explosion
operating in a back-up
role since 2006. The
explosion produced 43
pieces of space debris in
sun-synchronous polar
orbit, 500miles up.
Initial investigestion of
the incident according to
the USAF, is pointing to a
catastrophic failure of the
satellite's power system,
leading to the explosion,
rather than space debris or
hostile action.
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Emirates
Piaggio Aerospace has announced that it carried out the first flight of the prototype of its
P.1HH medium-altitude long-endurance HammerHead UAV. Based on the Avanti twinpusher business turboprop with a longer wingspan and additional Selex control systems,
the 001 prototype was flown in December.
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GENERAL AVIATION
SPACEFLIGHT
The US National
Aeronautic Association
has announced
that
Gulfstream's
ultra-long
range G650
business jet
has won the
prestigious
2014 Robert
J Collier Trophy for the
greatest achievement in
aeronautics or astronautics
DEFENCE
Lockheed Martin
Gulfstream
Radome
AEROSPACE
Pilatus Aircraft
Swiss-based Pilatus has rolled out its 100th PC-21 turboprop trainer with a specially
marked example going to Saudi Arabia, which has 55 on order. The aircraft is also the
1,000th turboprop trainer produced by Pilatus which also has manufactured the
PC-7/MkII and PC-9.
On 27 February, Bombardier
conducted the first flight
of its CSeries CS300
single-aisle airliner from its
Mirabel, Quebec, facility. The
maiden flight was originally
scheduled for 26 February
but was delayed due to bad
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Bristow Helicopters has
officially opened the first
of its civilian search and
rescue bases which will
take over from RAF/
RN Sea Kings after 70
years of military SAR.
The first two sites at
Humberside and Inverness
will commence operations
on 1 April. The 10year civil SAR contract
will see the company
provide SAR using a mix
of Sikorsky S-92s and
AgustaWestland AW189s.
up from TRY683m to
TRY182bn. Revenue for
the sale period rose by
29% to TRY241bn. The
airline is planning to issue
$500m worth of bonds to
help finance the purchase
of new aircraft to expand
its fleet.
The US State Department
has announced a change in
its export regulations of its
Missile Technology Control
Regime (MTCR) which will
allow the sale of armed
UAVs to allied nations.
AEROSPACE
DEFENCE
Brimstone 2 contract
signed for Typhoon
Jetpack
start-up
goes public
Martin Aircraft
GENERAL AVIATION
Turbine-powered,
civilian helicopter
purchase outlook
This analysis is based on Honeywell customer
expectation surveys, an assessment of
consensus forecasts, a review of factory
delivery rates and analysis of future new
helicopter introductions.
ON THE
MOVE
President & CEO of
Aerospace Industries
America, Marion Blakey,
has been named President
and CEO of Rolls-Royce
North America.
FOR
SALE
18%
28%
Asia Pacic
2015
Global deliveries
20102014
20152019
30%
General Utility/Other/Incl.
Tourism
18%
Emergency
Medical Services/SAR
Light Single-Engine
8%
Oil & Gas
18%
Light Twin-Engine
Dual-use or multi-purpose
aircraft allocated to
primary usage category.
25%
Corporate
18%
Law Enforcement
4,300
Christopher McGregor
is the new Flight Safety
Officer at ATR.
31%
4,750 5,250
=250
=
275 Helicopter
Helicopter deliveries
deliveries
32%
Latin America
49%
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North America
25%
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plans rose 3 points
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News & Television
Honeywell
Oceanic deep
water search
teams looking
for the missing
Malaysian Airlines
flight MH370 say
that they have
now covered
40% of the search
area, equivalent
to 24,000km2
of seabed. The
remaining area
to be searched is
expected to be
completed by May.
MBDA
MH370 a
year on
Heavy Multi-Engine
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MoD
Will defence
become a UK
election issue?
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IN 1960 THE
18BN WE
SPENT ON
DEFENCE THAT
YEAR WAS
NOT ONLY
DOUBLE THE
AMOUNT THAT
WE SPENT ON
THE NHS BUT
SUBSTANTIALLY
MORE THAN
THE AMOUNT
THAT WE SPENT
ON EDUCATION;
MORE THAN
THE COMBINED
AMOUNT SPENT
ON PENSIONS
AND SOCIAL
SECURITY
AND ALSO ON
TRANSPORT
TOO
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LETTERS AND ONLINE
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Wikipedia/USAF
An air-to-air view of the Convair NB-36H Peacemaker experimental Nuclear Test Aircraft (NTA)
modified to carry a 3mW, air-cooled nuclear reactor in its bomb bay although it was not used to
power the aircraft. The NB-36H, seen here accompanied by a Boeing B-50 Superfortress, completed
47 test flights between July 1955 and March 1957 before the programme was abandoned.
Jet-powered Lancaster
Referring to the photograph of the RAeS Garden Party(1) over which there was some doubt
about the year, I can confirm that there was a significant RAeS Garden Party in September
1946. At that event Rolls-Royce wished to demonstrate its Nene turbojet and had prepared
a Lancaster as a test bed. In what was called Operation 100, it was fitted with two Merlins
inboard and the Nenes outboard. The senior Rolls-Royce representative was Procter
Gregg. On board for a demonstration flight was my father Charles Gardner, then BBC Air
correspondent, who reported that it was the first turbine-powered flight by a journalist or
other passenger. In his log book dated 15 September 1946, he wrote: RAeS Garden Party
at Radlett. My first jet flight! Beat up the crowds on Merlins and then on jets. A memorable
experience.
Robert Gardner MRAeS
Supplied by author
Charles Gardner (holding microphone) at the RAeS Garden Party at Radlett on 15 September 1946
with the jet-powered Lancaster test bed visible in the background on the right.
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David Childs [On favourite
books on World Book Day]
In terms of influence, James
Bigglesworth Biggles has
to be right up there. As well
as inventing that character,
W E Johns was also
responsible for some of the
RFC recruiting posters.
UL Maintenance &
Operations [On skills
shortages (3)] Need to
diversify efforts to bridge the
gap... RAeS is doing well
and there is clearly space
for other aerospace/aviation
organisations to contribute.
Well done RAeS!
Phillip Keane UK requires
some 50,000 fresh
engineering grads per
year for the next decade
(according to IET report) ...
but deports several
thousands of foreign grads
within a year of graduation
due to visa regulations.
Because one department
doesnt know what the
other is doing, then you will
have idiots like Cameron
and Clegg declaring how
much they are doing for the
engineering and innovation
sector while haemorrhaging
talent faster than they can
create it. What a mess.
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Oladayo A. Advanced
manufacturing
engineering student at
Loughborough University
[On skills shortages (3)] Well,
we only get to hear about
the skills shortages in the
aerospace industry with no
specific area identified. I
believe the industry should
do more by training young
people graduating from
universities in the areas where
these shortages are most
acute but rather they employ
graduates with 1st class
degree with commercial/
management skills.
Matthew H. Managing
Consultant - Aerospace,
Defence and Aviation
Engineering strength
is lacking. Part of the
challenge is that, in the UK,
there is a stronger drive to
work as a contractor versus
a permanent role - leading
to higher salaries/hourly
rates. From a recruitment
consultancy perspective,
international applications
continue to grow. The
recognised academic
quality from India and
Asia continues but more
and more applicants are
being seen from Central
and Eastern Europe. The
challenge then changes
to relocation costs, visas
and security clearances.
Home-grown is definitely
@EmmaLawford [On
new Airbus Business suite
revamp] Always loved
using the area down there
but this is looking extremely #inspiring congrats!!!
@BD_CFMSuk [On so
you want to be a drone
operator(4)] Informative
article on the realities of
becoming a professional
drone/UAV operator in the
UK from @AeroSociety.
@carolvorders Me at
Royal Aeronautical Society
soonish x RT @AeroSociety Join @carolvorders
for Amy Johnson Lecture
on 9 July
@lloydColman This is
well worth a read if you
are thinking of setting up
in business with a drone.
Rupert Hartley
@LookingUpWayUp [On
launch of Partners in Flight
STEM project] So cool!
Were huge supporters of
STEM!
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SAFETY
Safety management systems
Illusions of safety
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AGENDA TO
HAVE THE SMS
ARENA FILLED
WITH TOO MANY
CHEERLEADERS
AND NOT
ENOUGH
CRITICS
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Contrary to CAA statistics of two reported instances over 30 years of pilots falling asleep in the
cockpit, BALPA believes that such incidents may be happening at least once every day.
De
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SAFETY
IF AN OPERATOR
IS FINANCIALLY
CHALLENGED, IT
MAY PRODUCE
AN ECONOMICAL
SMS THAT MAY
BE NO MORE
THAN A COPYAND-PASTE
OF WRITTEN
MATERIAL THAT
TALKS THE
TALK BUT DOES
NOT WALK THE
WALK OF ANY
SUBSTANTIVE
SAFETY
PRACTICE
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cases in which originally-existing forms of selfmanaged risk assessment and mitigation, an SMS
by any another name, which failed often in some
very public catastrophic way, was then replaced by a
number-of-sizes-fits-all regulation at the behest of
government. In this way the trend towards SMS may
be not an evolution but a reversion.
An illustration of this is the Plimsoll load line on
ships. Prior to the 1876 Merchant Shipping Act, ship
owners were judged to be best placed to determine
how heavily loaded their ships would be. Seamen
and ships captains that attempted to refuse to go
to sea in overloaded ships were coerced into doing
so. Despite the losses of overloaded ships at sea, it
was argued that safety was the paramount interest
of ship owners and, on this basis, regulation was
unwarranted interference. The MP, Samuel Plimsoll,
campaigned against fierce commercial interest to
obtain a load line on ships. At first this load line,
known as the Norwood line, was to be determined
by the ship owners. This self-determination of risk
that could so obviously be biased by the commercial
interests of the ship owners was ridiculed at the
time. One ships captain famously sniped that he
would paint the line on the funnel of his ship! It was
the combination of the sustained efforts of Plimsoll,
the continuing loss of merchant seamens lives at
sea and the political pressure of public sentiment
that led to the load line position being determined
by an independent body. The expression Youve got
to draw the line somewhere was coined during the
Plimsoll parliamentary debates that were extensively
covered in the media of the day.
Owned science
The SMS method is vulnerable to the problem of
owned science. Earlier I likened SMS to overengineered common sense. The engineering
is largely the application of scientific method
to the gathering and interpretation of data. A
principle of scientific work is that of peer review.
This is a system which exposes conclusions to
greater scrutiny and, through careful description
of the methods involved, allows reproduction of
the experiment and verification of findings. In
situations where organisations are commissioning
science to support an industrial practice of high
commercial value, because they own this data, they
can conceal or choose not to study what is not
in their interest to expose and promote what is in
their interest.
SMS may reasonably allow operators to take
into account their operational experience to
support new safety practices or amend old safety
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WHERE
ORGANISATIONS
ARE
COMMISSIONING
SCIENCE TO
SUPPORT AN
INDUSTRIAL
PRACTICE OF
HIGH
COMMERCIAL
VALUE, BECAUSE
THEY OWN THIS
DATA, THEY CAN
CONCEAL OR
CHOOSE NOT
TO STUDY WHAT
IS NOT IN THEIR
INTEREST TO
EXPOSE AND
PROMOTE WHAT
IS IN THEIR
INTEREST
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SAFETY
Safety management systems
British Airways
NOT ONLY
MIGHT TRUSTBASED SMS
NOT WORK IF
THERE ARE
CONFLICTING
INTERESTS,
THEY MIGHT
MAKE THINGS
MUCH WORSE
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Britain decides
Prof KEITH HAYWARD FRAeS, looks at the forthcoming UK General
Election and its impact on aerospace and aviation.
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Prime Minister David Cameron on a recent visit to BAE Systems in Warton to announce the
launch of degree apprenticeships in aeronautical engineering. With further cuts in military
spending being proposed, despite threats from a resurgent Russia and increasing UK
commitments overseas, defence is likely to be an important issue in the next election.
MAINTAINING
BRITAINS
EXISTING
ADVANTAGES IN
COLLABORATIVE
VENTURES,
OR WITHIN
FIRMS SUCH
AS AIRBUS OR
MBDA, WOULD
BE MORE
PROBLEMATIC
IF THERE
WERE MORE
OBSTACLES TO
TRADING AND
WORKING WITH
EUROPEAN
PARTNERS
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And Europe?
European Union
UK Space Agency
Aerospace manufacturing
Of course, for many years in the 1960s, aerospace
was Britains major substantive presence within
the old EEC, acting as a promissory note on
membership. And while life for a transnational
company is easier within a larger, more integrated
Europe, investment decisions by the likes of Airbus
are now more influenced by levels of domestic
spending on the product and its
technology not necessarily on a
location within the EU.
However, maintaining
Britains existing
advantages in
collaborative
ventures, or within
firms such as
Airbus or MBDA,
would be more
problematic
if there were
more obstacles
to trading and
working with European
partners. The UK would
be excluded from EU R&D
funding; the emerging single
European defence market might evolve
in ways inimitable to British interests if the UK
government loses direct influence over events.
Generally, the UK might find it harder to enter
collaborative ventures with Europeans, although
again the size of the domestic defence market and
the quality of its technology could still be welcome
to a European venture. On the other hand, reenforcing Britains defence industrial links with
the US might provide an alternative, although this
might further increase long-term technological
dependence and erode core competences.
The same would apply to the space sector:
although there are non-EU members of ESA,
increasingly ESA and European space policy will be
decided by the EU Space Council. The UK would
still be able to participate in ESA programmes on an
la carte basis and benefit from the industrial and
technological returns that flow from collaboration.
However, the UK would at best be an observer to
events that again it would have little ability to shape
in its favour.
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UAVs
Unmanned cargo aircraft
Boeing
Air freight
reloaded
As the use of UAVs expands to include
freight transport, what are the potential
applications for a larger unmanned cargo
aircraft? BILL READ reports on the issues
raised at the second Unmanned Cargo
Aircraft Conference in The Netherlands.
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UTs Platform Unmanned Cargo Aircraft (PUCA) lists a number of advantages that
UCAs could offer over manned cargo aircraft:
Because there is no need for a pressurised crew cabin, a UCA could be made
lighter and simpler than manned aircraft while still being able to fly efficiently at
altitudes up to at least 6km. The cross-section of the fuselage would not need to
be circular, as is the case with a pressurised cabin, but could be shaped to fit the
shape of square cargo containers. The cargo area could be relatively small and
the aircraft be built in more aerodynamically efficient shapes, such as a blended
wing body (BWB) or flying wing.
UCA also offer the potential for innovative fire suppression techniques, such as
filling the entire aircraft with an inert gas, such as nitrogen, generated by onboard
equipment.
One controller on the ground could control between ten to 30 UCAs. Dedicated
controllers with local knowledge could handle all UCA take-offs and landings
at specific airports, in a similar way to maritime pilots controlling ships entering
harbours.
Since time spent in the air would not be an issue, a UCA could fly slower than
its manned counterpart at a cruising speed optimised to consume as little fuel
as possible. An optimal speed will be around 450km/h, so a trip from eastern
China to Paris will take one day. This would still be much faster than land or
sea transport and overall delivery speeds could still be comparable with that of
manned aircraft by avoiding the time and costs involved in trans-shipping at hubs.
A low cruising speed would enable the aircraft to have a greater range than
comparable manned aircraft. In addition, a UCA could benefit from efficient
propeller propulsion and use shorter, unpaved, runways.
Because there are no pilots, there would be savings in crew salary and stopover
costs. Their low-operating cost enable UCA to make direct flights with low
volumes of cargo. A UCA could fly all over the world, only returning to its home
base for heavy maintenance.
A business model like that of car rental companies is possible: an operator rents
a UCA out to a shipper who leaves it at its destination where it is rented out to
the next client.
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UAVs
Unmanned cargo aircraft
3. Lighter-than-air
Unmanned cargo airships have also
been proposed to serve markets
similar to large UCA. However,
they may not be so economically
feasible, as they would still require
specialised ground crew when
taking off and landing, as well as
such issues as the addition of
Unmanned cargo airship proposal from
ballast to compensate for empty
Aeros.
loads.
4. Custom-designed aircraft
A purpose-designed UCA would fully maximise the benefits of unmanned
flight. A customised UAV would have the advantages of making the best
use of fuselage volume, flying at very high altitudes and low-speed cruise to
minimise fuel burn and could be designed to operate from gravel runways,
snow or V/STOL. However, there would be considerable development
costs to create such a design, although these could perhaps be shared
with government investment to develop a platform which could be used for
military as well as civil applications.
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Pilot projects
Research has already begun on testing the viability
of UCA systems. Professor Jim Scanlan at the
University of Southampton is looking at a project
investigating the commercial viability of a cargocarrying UAV to serve remote regions with small
populations (see Project HIATUS panel on right)
while, in Japan, work is being carried out to develop
a UCA which can provide transport for the logistic
industry. Soaring labour cost of cargo business has
become a big issue in Japan, explained Yasuhisa
Yamaguchi of DBJ Capital: Our UCA project will
provide the solution for this problem and cause
a revolution in the logistics business. The main
technology of our project comes from AIST, which
is the research institute of METI. Dr Iwata, senior
researcher of AIST, has just launched new rogallo
wing UCA which can carry a payload of up to 100kg,
fly at 100km/h and travel up to 100km. Our project
is currently focusing on the flight of the new UCA
and the development of its management systems.
Barry Koperberg, GM of Wings For Aid,
explained how UCA could be used for humanitarian
cargo logistics, using the examples of medicine
distribution in rural Africa and worldwide disaster
relief. Relief supplies could be delivered in bulk in
large aircraft to hub airports and then distributed
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hazardous, he
explained. The UCA
would be equipped
with encrypted
and lockedfunctionality
long-range communications with guaranteed
monitoring of its
location independent of GPS. It could operate
in segregated
airspace corridors in low usage segregated
airspace timeslots such as hours of darkness. The project
is aiming to fly a small demonstrator within nine months after which it will deploy
and test a system for an extended period in a number of regions. One area under
consideration is the Shetland Islands which are frequently subject to poor weather,
especially fog, where the use of manned aircraft is very expensive and maritime
links are slow and costly. A HIATUS UCA be used for lots of short missions and
would be particularly useful for medical emergencies, said Scanlon.
University of Southampton
The UAV illustrated is the 2SEAS, the worlds first rapid prototyped unmanned aircraft
under 20kg developed at the University of Southampton by the Computational
Engineering Design Group led by Prof Jim Scanlan and Prof Andy Keane which can fly
for up to six hours.
Public perception
Another challenge is that of public perception.
Doesburg admitted that there was still opposition
over the use of cargo UAVs. Public opinion is fickle,
he said. People are asking whether drones are really
safe to use, as well as raising a variety of concerns
over such issues as invasion of privacy, noise, and
loss of pilot and other jobs. Meanwhile, those who
use UAVs want access to commercial airspace but
dont want the cost and burden of qualifications,
medicals and formal engagement with ATM systems
currently required for manned aircraft.
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AVIONICS
Weather prediction
Cloud
sourcing
IT IS ON ASIAPACIFIC ROUTES,
WITH REGULAR
TROPICAL
THUNDERSTORMS,
MONSOONS
AND TYPHOONS
THAT THIS KIND
OF TURBULENCE
Avoiding turbulence
CROWDSOURCING MAY This push for better turbulence reporting and
PROVE VERY
prediction is not, however, simply to avoid a few
clattering glasses and the odd spilled coffee.
VALUABLE
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How it works
A company that is one of the leaders in this rapidly
growing field of networked weather sourcing is
WSI Corporation, a professional weather services
division of US-based The Weather Company which
perhaps is best known for its Weather Channel
TV. In 2012 it launched a product called Total
Turbulence with the service going live in 2013.
This installs a tiny extra bit of code in the aircraft's
existing condition monitoring system to measure
the G-force of vertical accelerations. Any tubulence
detected in this way is then transmitted via ACARS
to a ground station. The Turbulence Auto PIREP
System (TAPS) algorithm is sophisticated enough
to take account of differences in airframe types
and sizes. It is also, says WSIs Mark Miller, (Vice
President and General Manager) a 'lightweight'
piece of code, that does not require extra
Griffinstorm/wikipedia
an automatically-generated weather
reports, collected by aircraft as they
traverse the sky improve the safety,
efficiency and bottom lines of airlines?
Manually passing on the weather (and
especially turbulence) encountered during a flight
using (pilot reports) PIREPs is just one of the many
tasks for the line airline Captain or First Officer.
However, humans can be tired, subjective and even
when the information is recorded correctly, what
happens to it? Weather reports can obviously be
studied to pick up on bigger trends but even then
the data must be re-entered or sorted manually
a slow and cumbersome process. Too often, the
infomation dervived from traditional PIREPs can
be fragmented across those who need to know, or
arrive too late
However the introduction of computers,
connected airliners (along with a bit of lateral
thinking) and big data is transforming the prediction
of rough weather by automating turbulence
reporting. Turning airliners into real-time mobile
turbulence and weather sensors and feeding this
data into the latest computer models allows for
extremely sophisticated weather alerts and even
prediction.
Alaska Airlines
has signed up
to WSI's Total
Turbulence
service.
Summary
Reporting turbulence and weather data
automatically could be the tip of the 'crowd
sourcing' iceberg. As airliners become more and
more connected with in-flight broadband, it is not
too difficult to imagine that this data (or other
safety critical or flight operational data) could also
be shared in an airborne network. There is, as the
saying goes, safety in numbers.
Collecting the
data
Once an event
is triggered, the
system records
data every
30 seconds,
highlighting
areas of
turbulence.
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DEFENCE
Pooled ISR force
Many eyes
30
Coinciding aims
THE
SUGGESTION
OF A NATO/
EUROPEAN ISR
FORCE MEETS
A NUMBER OF
IMPERATIVES
FROM A UK
STANDPOINT
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The European
Reaper UAS
club is becoming
larger and larger
with the UK,
France and Italy
to be joined by
The Netherlands.
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DEFENCE
role equipment necessary to cover all eventualities.
That said, aircraft would have to be fitted for but
not with various role equipment to render effective
the notion of a pool of ISR systems over and above
the standard MQ-9 Reaper fit. Such a pool might
include inter alia a common maritime system, e.g.
Selex ESs Seaspray 7500E multi-mode surveillance
radar and a long-range reconnaissance system,
such as the UTC DB-110 pod. It would be for
discussion whether system support, most obviously
in the form of mobile ground control stations
(MGCSs), could also be provided from a common
pool. Any such debate would beg the question as
to whether non-Reaper equipped nations could
buy into the concept. Nations unable or unwilling
to purchase MQ-9 systems themselves might still
wish to be part of a consortium to which any such
ISR system could conceivably become available in
a crisis. Possibilities here might include the initial
purchase of commonly available role and support
equipment, an annual contribution to Reaper
operators running costs or even the funding of
additional platforms and/or GCSs for other nations.
If such an arrangement could be brokered and
its a big if it could effectively reduce the cost to
nations already operating MQ-9 Reapers and swell
the size of any putative NATO unmanned ISR force.
How would a
pooled European
ISR force
accommodate
armed (RAF) and
unarmed (France,
Italy) Reaper
operators?
A way forward?
Further questions would inevitably arise, e.g. over
levels of dependency on US support and the
implications of weaponry (RAF MQ-9s are currently
the only European air arm Reapers equipped with
weapons). The latter issue could be circumvented
by limiting the concept, and hence operations, solely
to ISR tasks. However, a related problem would
inevitable arise: the conditions associated with the
various FMS contracts. Then, there is the issue of
command and control. Some form of co-ordination/
management/HQ structure would be required,
possibly based on a lead nation concept. Among
its more difficult tasks would be the resolution
of priorities. However, with the right motivation,
leadership and hence direction, none of these
issues and inevitably there will be more should
prove insurmountable.
A NATO/European ISR force need not be
limited to MQ-9s alone. But with nations increasing
reluctance to commit manned platforms to a
potentially hostile environment, the unmanned
element of such an entity would offer advantages
that politicians might find hard to ignore. While this
may be something of an inchoate concept, it would
nevertheless seem worthy of further study. Two
options suggest themselves here: NATOs Joint Air
Power Competence Centre and the US-led Reaper
User Group9, whose first meeting took place in Paris
in January.
General Atomics
Aeronautical
Systems and
SENER have
partnered
together to offer
the Predator B
UAV to Spain.
The partners are
proposing an
unarmed variant
for Spains ISR
requirement.
References
1. The Aerospace Professional, September 2011, pp 28-31.
2. Summit Declaration, 5 September 2014, issued by NATO Heads of State
and Government at the North Atlantic Council meeting in Wales.
3. Obama to Cameron: maintain UK defence spending or weaken Nato, The
Daily Telegraph, 10 February 2015, online
4. Strategic Defence & Security Review 2015.
5. The Daily Telegraph report, 9 January 2015, that MoD has again been
forced to call for US military assistance to help track a suspected Russian
submarine.
6. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
7. Isis forces capture Jordanian pilot after plane came down in Syria,
Guardian online, 24 December 2014.
8. 'Better together, AEROSPACE, January 2015, pp 20-23.
9. The NATO Summit Declaration, issued 5 September 2014, noted that
several Allies are establishing a multinational MQ-9 remotely-piloted air
system users group, in particular to enhance interoperability and reduce
overall costs.
MoD
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Summary
*The author is a defence consultant for General AtomicsAeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI).
The views expressed herein are those of the author alone; they
cannot be taken to imply the agreement or support of GA-ASI
or indeed as representing company policy.
AEROSPACE
Financial results
Airbus DS
Delivery of first
Malaysian A400M
can Airbus
recover from delays?
Ramp-up key
target for Airbus
A record backlog but can it now deliver? TIM ROBINSON reports
from Airbus Group's annual results in Munich.
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Revenues: up 5%
607bn
EBIT: up 54%
4bn
Aircraft order
backlog
6,386
Orderbook worth
8575bn
Airliner deliveries
in 2014
629
Summary
FAILURE IS NOT
AN OPTION
Tom Enders
Chief Executive Officer,
Airbus Group
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HELICOPTERS
Heli-Expo Show report
A Drwiega
H is for Helicopter
production is based on new techniques.
The H160 is a fully-composite helicopter which
features the companys in-house design digital
Helionix avionics suite, said to reduce pilot workload,
enhance situational awareness and improve flight
envelope protection.
There are currently two prototypes, with the first
powering on taking place at the end of November
2014. First flight is planned for later this year with
entry into service predicted for 2018.
During the event, Faury also announced the new
designation policy for all Airbus Helicopters in-line
with the corporate rebranding. According to the
company: the AS and EC letters for in-production
helicopters are replaced by H. Military versions will
be identified with an M after the model name.
H160 data:
Weight
12
passengers
160kt
cruise speed
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A Drwiega
5.5-6t
X4 becomes H160
Robinson rises
Bell Helicopters
Robinson
Helicopter turned
out 329 last year
compared to nearly two
hundred more the year before
(523). Now, he said, the weekly output is
around one R22, three R66s and up to five
R44s.
One of the problems last year concerned
the companys exposure to foreign sales and the
uncertain economic climate that had disrupted the
flow. But, with new momentum, the company signed
a deal at Heli-Expo with Rolls-Royce for the supply
of 1,000 RR300 engines over the next decade.
With the success of the R66, the company
is designing a cargo hook for it that will be rated
at 1,200lb. There are now 468 Robinson service
centres worldwide.
Elbit Systems
S Levy
AW609 production
prototype for display at
Heli-Expo and, with the help of a
small tail wind, explained Edwards, had been
transiting at around 350 knots.
We can go 25,000ft and get there
almost as fast as a turboprop. We are
pressurised and the aircraft will be certified
as dual-pilot IFR, but the way it flies we could
push for single IFR in the future.
There are three other AW609s; the second
is in Italy while the third, when it is delivered to
Philadelphia, will be used for other certification
including icing. The fourth will feature a new cockpit.
Edwards stated of the AW609 that: despite a
somewhat challenging childhood, it will be the first
commercial tilt-rotor and will change the nature of
flight as we know it. He said that AgustaWestland
is now the sole owner of the project (at the original
buy-out from Bell Helicopter engineers from the
original team were seconded to ensure that any
unforeseen problems during development could be
solved by people with well-founded experience).
The certification programme has been
somewhat of a challenge, as Edwards revealed:
This is viewed as neither an airframe nor a
helicopter so it will be certified, in a powered lift
category. We have had to help the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA). Although they have taken
a lot from Federal Aviation Regulations FAR 25
(Airworthiness category: transport category aircraft)
and FAR 29 (Airworthiness standards: transport
category rotorcraft) but we did have to write some
of our own specific paragraphs.
S Levy
AgustaWestland
Heli-Expo 2016 will be staged at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, on 1-3 March 2016. It is the first time that the event has been held
at this recently expanded facility. However, its more northern location compared to the usual Orlando, Las Vegas and Anaheim event sites, given the bad
weather that the northern US was experiencing during Heli-Expo this year, have given exhibitors and visitors alike not a little cause for concern.
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Continuing Professional Development
Aiming high
with CPD
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CPD activities
Fortunately, the variety of learning styles is matched
by a wide range of activities available and its
generally accepted that, far from professional
development being restricted to formal study, the
number and type of learning opportunities are
only limited by our imagination. Some of the most
common activities include:
on-the-job learning
RAeS Branch, Divisional or Specialist Group
meetings
academic studies
RAeS committee work
writing papers and articles
occasional lecturing
flexible or e-learning
assisting and supporting others
private reading and study
in-house training programmes
conferences and seminars
Identify
Your goals
Determine
Just taking as an example of one of these, CPD
opportunities at work might include:
attending technical presentations of new
products/components
interaction with professionals from other
disciplines, for example at project meetings
leading and facilitating meetings and
presentations of all kinds
understanding the demands of new regulations or
legislation
listening to a new clients brief, and devising a
plan to meet it
teaching, training, coaching and mentoring others,
for example, new recruits
getting to grips with a new technology or aspect
of ICT
managing a dispute or conflict situation
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and evaluate
Record
Plan
Your learning
to achieve
Log
Your
activities
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Plan to achieve
MAKE THE
MOST OF
THE SOCIETY
ITS YOUR
PROFESSIONAL
HOME
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The RAeS
offers a wealth
of opportunities
to maintain and
increase your
professional
knowledge
don't miss out!
events diary, go to www.aerosociety.com/Events
RAeS publications are recognised as the
definitive and authoritative works in the field. They
provide accessible information on a range of topics.
There are two journals published each month
plus a third online AEROSPACE, the Society's
flagship publication, a features-led guide to the
global aerospace industry; The Aeronautical Journal,
containing peer-reviewed papers covering the broad
range of aeronautical and space sciences; and The
Journal of Aeronautical History, a web-based journal
containing refereed papers of an historical nature
covering all aspects of aerospace.
Other information sources are too numerous
to list but include podcasts, Specialist Papers,
Discussion Papers and the Aerospace Insight Blog.
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7-8 October 2015
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AEROSPACE
GOLF DAY
Afterburner
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Diary
28 April
Whittle Lecture
Commercial Aviation Trends
Past, Present and Future
Sir Roy McNulty, Chairman,
Gatwick Airport Limited
- Chief Executive
The Society and the Airport Operators Association
jointly hosted an Aviation Lunch recently to discuss
a range of issues, including airport capacity, in the
presence of the Aviation Minister Robert Goodwill
MP and the Shadow Minister Gordon Marsden
MP. There were around 40 senior industrialists in
attendance with the discussion being typically full
and frank! That the Royal Aeronautical Society
is now seen as an increasingly important neutral
venue for meetings of this nature is to our credit,
and a good use of our important asset.
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52 Diary
47 Library Additions
55 Corporate Partners
56 Elections
New Society members elected in the past month.
57 Fellowship presentation
The Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force
was presented with his Fellowship certificate in a
ceremony at the PAF Air War College.
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Afterburner
WHILE THIS
REPORT IS
CLEARLY ABOUT
ENGINEERING IN
THE UK, I MAKE
NO APOLOGY
FOR MENTIONING
IT BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THAT
THE LESSONS
PROBABLY
APPLY TO MOST
ECONOMIES...
Council (EPSERC) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng). While this report is clearly about
engineering in the UK, I make no apology for mentioning it because I believe that the lessons probably
apply to most economies around the world. Therefore,
I would encourage engineers in particular, wherever
they live, to read at least the summary document
Engineering for a successful nation, which can be
found on the RAEng website: www.raeng.org.uk.
To quote from its introduction:
Engineering is central to the well-being and economic
development of every nation. Creative and dynamic, it
evolves to meet the needs of human civilisation.
Engineering is pervasive in our modern society,
enabling every sector from communication and
entertainment to finance and healthcare, as well as its
more visible applications in construction, manufacturing and transport. Progress is driven, as it has always
been, by human curiosity and experimentation but
resources are finite and the art of engineering is to
devise affordable solutions to problems.
For those of us working to inspire the next
generation of engineers I can think of no better point
of departure.
1
Assessing the economic returns of engineering research and
postgraduate training in the UK, by the Technopolis Group, March
2015, published by the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council and the Royal Academy of Engineering.
AGENDA
1. To read the Notice convening the Meeting.
2. To receive and consider the Minutes of the 149th Annual General Meeting held on 21 May 2014 (see pp 48 and 49).
3. To receive and consider the Audited Accounts and the Report of the Board of Trustees on the state of the Society for the year
ending 31 December 2014.
4. To appoint the Auditors for the year 2015.
5. To receive the names of those appointed to the Board of Trustees and those newly-elected to Council for the years
2015-2018.
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I AM DELIGHTED
TO ANNOUNCE
THAT, WITH
EFFECT FROM
MID-APRIL,
SIMON WHALLEY
WILL BE JOINING
THE SOCIETY
AS OUR HEAD
OF POLICY AND
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Afterburner
Book Reviews
IHS JANES ALL THE WORLDS AIRCRAFT
Development & Production
2014-2015
Edited by P Jackson et al
IHS Global Limited, Sentinel House, 163 Brighton
Road, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 2YH, UK. 2014. 1024pp.
Illustrated. 740. ISBN 978-0-7106-3093-3.
This excellent reference book contains listings of all
known powered aircraft that are currently in, or are
anticipating, production in 2014, with the exception
of home-builds and rapidly dismantled ultralights.
The listings are organised by country and then
by manufacturer. Each manufacturers entry begins
with an introduction that typically includes address
and telephone numbers, the names of the Chief
Executive and some senior company officers, a
short history, a list of subsidiaries and locations.
Entries for individual aircraft typically include
information on type, key events, current versions,
customers, cost, design features, flying controls,
structure, landing gear, power plant, accommodation,
systems, avionics, equipment and armament,
followed by a table of specifications which include
external and internal dimensions, areas of wings,
tail and control surfaces, weights and performance
measures such as maximum and cruise speeds,
range, maximum altitude, climb times and field
length. Photographs of each aircraft are provided
The amount
of information
varies a little
from entry
to entry but
is usually
remarkably
detailed
44
Beginning with
Sir George
Cayley, the
story continues
by way of his
successors
Stringfellow
and Henson,
Wenham
and Brearey,
Chanute,
Maxim and
finally Pilcher
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Afterburner
Book Reviews
BOLD THEY RISE
The Space Shuttle Early Years
1972-1986
By D Hitt and H R Smith
University of Nebraska Press, 1111 Lincoln Mall,
Lincoln NE 68588-0630, USA. 2014. Distributed
by Combined Academic Publishers Ltd, Windsor
House, Cornwall Road, Harrogate HG1 2PW, UK.
326pp. Illustrated. 23.99. [25% discount available
to RAeS members via www.combinedacademic.
co.uk using CS314FLIGHT promotion code]. ISBN
978-0-8032-2648-7.
This is a lightweight read but with some insightful
quotes for anyone with an interest in this era.
The preface makes it clear that the book is not a
technical volume and that it fits into the Outward
Odyssey series (A Peoples History of Spaceflight)
by relating the human experience of the Space
Shuttle programme. It does this by drawing
extensively on the NASA Johnson Space Center
Oral History Project, such that at least 40% of
the text is made up of direct quotations. On the
positive side, the book is well-edited with only one
typo spotted and the foreword by Bob Crippen
provides thoughtful context. On the negative side,
the 33 photographs are all in black and white, of
poor quality and do not really add anything to the
narrative; quotes are reproduced verbatim so the
often mangled syntax grates after a while and there
is no depth to any of the topics covered, a matter
of necessity given the books scope. You are left
with the impression that it was very much a case
of hanging a large number of quotes onto a loose
framework spanning some 15 years.
The book opens with a very brief description of
the origins and design of the Shuttle but strangely
without mention of the US pork barrel politics
that led to the controversial choice of solid rocket
boosters. Astronaut selection and training is covered
in more detail but the meat of the book is a listing
of, and quotations from, each of the 25 missions
up to and including the fateful STS-51L Challenger
mission in January 1986.
These missions are not addressed in strict
chronological order and two of the missions planned
to be flown soon after 51L are also included, the
last of which reveals some disturbing astronaut
comments on the safety of the Centaur upper
stage and the approach being taken by NASA
management. Similar comments are made about
the 1985 mission that deployed the Arabsat 1B
communications satellite. On a lighter note, the
replacement of sliced bread with flour tortillas,
which avoid crumbs in orbit, was an unforeseen
outcome of flying a Mexican Payload Specialist.
The final chapter is about the Challenger disaster
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Library Additions
BOOKS
AERODYNAMICS
Flight Vehicle System
Identification: a TimeDomain Methodology
Second edition.
R V Jategaonkar. Progress in
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Vol 245. American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics,
1801 Alexander Bell Drive,
Suite 500, Reston, VA 201914344, USA. 2014. 627pp.
Illustrated. $119.95. ISBN
978-1-62410-278-3.
Demonstrator and
the Quest for Quiet
Supersonic Flight. NASA
SP-2013-601. NASA
Aeronautics Book Series.
L R Benson. National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington,
DC. 2013. (http://www.
hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/
ic/ic2.htm). 388pp. Illustrated.
$24 plus postage/packing.
(e-book version of this
publication can be downloaded
for free via http://www.nasa.
gov/connect/ebooks/nasaebook-quieting-the-boom).
AEROELASTICITY
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Administration, Washington,
DC. 2013. (http://www.
hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/
ic/ic2.htm). 526pp. Illustrated.
$75 plus postage/packing.
(e-book version of this
publication can be downloaded
for free via http://www.nasa.
gov/connect/ebooks/dress_
for_altitude_detail.html).
A well-illustrated largeformat history of the evolution
of high-altitude pressure suits
and the key role they have
played to enable man to fly
at the extremes of the Earths
atmosphere and overcome the
major problems of hypoxia,
decompression and blackout.
FLIGHT TESTING
Sweeping Forward:
Developing and Flight
Testing the Grumman
X-29A Forward Swept
Wing Research Aircraft.
NASA SP-2013-603.
NASA Aeronautics Book
Series. F A Johnsen. National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington,
DC. 2013. (http://www.
hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/
ic/ic2.htm). 328pp. Illustrated.
$24 plus postage/packing.
(e-book version of this
publication can be downloaded
for free via http://www.
nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/
sweeping_forward_detail.html).
HISTORICAL
Thinking Obliquely: Robert
T Jones, the Oblique
Wing, NASAs AD-1
Demonstrator and its
Legacy. NASA SP-2013602. NASA Aeronautics
Book Series. B I Larrimer.
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration,
Washington, DC. 2013. (http://
www.hq.nasa.gov/office/
hqlibrary/ic/ic2.htm). 269pp.
Illustrated. $24 plus postage/
packing. (e-book version of this
publication can be downloaded
for free via http://www.
nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/
thinking_obliquely_detail.html).
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David Chinn
Ian Middleton
Air Cdre Jayne Millington
The President congratulated those who were elected to the
Council and thanked the other candidates for standing, adding
that she hoped they would stand again in the near future. She
also thanked the retiring members of Council for their support
and commitment during the past year.
The meeting also received the names of the Board of
Trustees as of the end of this AGM:
Air Cdre Bill Tyack
Mrs Jenny Body
Mr Martin Broadhurst
Dr Donald Richardson
His Honour Harvey Crush
Mrs Joanne Lindsay
Sir John OReilly
Ms Jane Middleton
Mr Howard Wheeldon
Close of Meeting
The President thanked everyone for their support during the past
year and congratulated Mr Broadhurst on becoming PresidentElect for 2014/15.
Mrs Body then formally handed over the Presidency of
the Society for the year 2014-2015 to Air Cdre Bill Tyack and
formally closed the AGM.
In taking over the Presidency, Air Cdre Bill Tyack said he was
honoured to be elected as President of the Royal Aeronautical
Society and paid tribute to Mrs Body, the Societys first female
President. He stated that Mrs Body had been an inspirational
role model for women and was a champion on matters
concerning the Societys diversity agenda, adding that he was
pleased to announce Mrs Body would continue to support the
Society in that role.
With regards to the new governance structure which had
been adopted in 2012, Air Cdre Tyack thanked Mrs Body,
Mr Boyle, as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Mr
Luxmoore and his staff for guiding the Society successfully
through a smooth transition.
Air Cdre Tyack congratulated the new Council members and
said he looked forward to working with them. He thanked all
the candidates for standing and encouraged those who were
unsuccessful to stand again.
During his Presidency, Air Cdre Tyack said he wished to
encourage continued growth in membership, including greater
engagement by all Society members, including worldwide
members. On this important point, Air Cdre Tyack announced
that, in his next commentary in AEROSPACE, he would be
issuing a challenge to all members of the Society to recruit at
least one new member during the next 12 months.
Air Cdre Tyack then presented Mrs Body with a medal in
acknowledgment of her Presidency and paid tribute to Mrs
Bodys husband.
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An artists impression of a
CVF in dock at Portsmouth
alongside an earliergeneration warship, HMS
Victory. Aircraft Carrier Alliance.
AT THREE TIMES
THE SIZE OF
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8-Ton Glider to Autorotating Helo in 12 Seconds: Testing the
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Paul Edwards, AW609 Test Pilot, AgustaWestland
Flight Test Group Lecture
27 April
Alan Bristow Lecture: Contemporary Royal Navy Helicopter
Operations
Rotorcraft Group Named Lecture
28 April
Whittle Lecture: Commercial Aviation Trends Past, Present
and Future
Sir Roy McNulty, Chairman, Gatwick Airport
Named Lecture
12 May
Ann Welch Lecture
General Aviation Group Named Lecture
12 May
Human Factors in Engineering The Next Generation
Human Factors Group Conference
Cranfield University
18 May
The Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps The Forgotten
Ancestor of the RAF
Professor Eric Grove
Historical Group Lecture
19 May
RAeS AGM and Annual Banquet
20 May
The European Space Agency
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General,
European Space Agency
Space Group Lecture
2-3 June
Delivering Weapons System Effects: The Contrast Between
Piloted and Remotely-Piloted Platforms
Weapon Systems and Technology Group Conference
QinetiQ, Malvern
8 June
Sir Sydney Camm Lecture: Air Power and the Defence
Aerospace Industry in the Whole Force Era
Air Marshal Sir Baz North, Deputy Commander Capability and
Air Member for Personnel & Capability, Royal Air Force
9-10 June
Future Challenges in Flight Simulation
Flight Simulation Group Conference
9 June
Edwin A Link Lecture: Investigation in Simulation
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ARA Social Club, Manton
Lane, Bedford. 6.30 pm.
Marylyn Wood, T +44 (0)1933
353517.
8 April Branch AGM
followed by Horseless carriage
to helicopter, a short history
of Westland Aircraft Ltd to
celebrate its centenary. Jeremy
Graham, AgustaWestland.
BIRMINGHAM,
WOLVERHAMPTON AND
COSFORD
RAF Museum Cosford. 7 pm.
Chris Hughs, T +44 (0)1902
844523.
16 April Royal International
Air Tattoo United Nations
of the air. Tim Prince, Chief
Executive, RAF Charitable
Trust Enterprises.
21 May Branch AGM
followed by The Skylon
spaceplane and Sabre engine:
progress to date and future
prospects. Richard Varvill.
18 June Dornier 17Z
recovery and conservation.
Darren Priday, Manager,
Conservation Centre, RAF
Museum Cosford.
BOSCOMBE DOWN
Lecture Theatre, Boscombe
Down. Refreshments from
5 pm. Lecture 5.15 pm.
Visitors please register at
least four days in advance
(name and car registration
required) E secretary@
BoscombeDownRAeS.org
14 April Branch AGM
followed by The use of
composites in modern aircraft
structures. Nick Livings.
BRISTOL
Concorde Room, BAWA. 6.30
pm. E elizabeth.cole@airbus.com
16 April Branch AGM
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(6 pm) followed by Material
tailoring for lightweight and
morphing structures the
shapes of things to come!
Paul Weaver, Professor in
Lightweight Structures,
Director of the Centre for
Doctoral Training in Advanced
Composites, University of
Bristol.
21 May A lucky aviator
test flying for the RAF, RollsRoyce and BAe. Heinz Frick,
Retired Chief Test Pilot.
11 June A320neo flight
testing. Sandra BourSchaeffer, Flight Test Engineer,
Airbus.
BROUGH
Cottingham Parks Golf &
Country Club. 7.30 pm. Ben
Groves, T +44 (0)1482
663938.
8 April 61st Sir George
Cayley Lecture. Captain Chris
Alcock RN.
13 May A life in aviation,
a brief look back. Drew Steel,
Military Liaison Executive, BAE
Systems.
CAMBRIDGE
Lecture Theatre O of
the Cambridge University
Engineering Department,
Trumpington Street,
Cambridge. 7.30 pm. Jin-Hyun
Yu, T +44 (0)1223 373129.
9 April Voyager An
Unqualified Success? AVM
Keith Filbey, Chairman,
AirTanker Services Ltd. Branch
supper to follow. Marshalls,
Cambridge Airport. Visitors
are required to register their
attendance in advance with
the Branch Sec at jin.yu@
marshalladg.com or +44
(0)1223 373229.
14 May Composites for
Aircraft Engines. David Cook,
Sea Vixen, XP924, during the handover to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust at RNAS Yeovilton in September 2014. Lmgaylard. 100 years of naval aviation will be discussed by
Prof Geoffrey Till at Chester on 8 April.
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Symposium Room, Airbus
SAS/HQ, B01, Campus
1, Blagnac. 5 pm. Contact:
Pass@RAeS-Toulouse.org for
a security pass.
14 April Understanding
GPS without the mathematics.
Prof David Allerton.
19 May 8th Annual ADS
RAeS Toulouse Branch
Lecture.
26 June Annual Informal
Dinner. Chteau de Larroque,
Route de Toulouse, Gimont,
45km West of Toulouse airport.
7 pm.
SHEFFIELD
AMP Technology Centre,
Advanced Manufacturing Park,
Brunel Way, Rotherham. 7 pm.
14 April Skylon and Sabre
bringing space, down to
earth. Richard Varvill, Technical
Director, Reaction Engines.
AMRC Knowledge Transfer
Centre, Brunel Way, Catcliffe,
Rotherham.
21 May Concorde an
incredible aircraft, Capt Les
Evans, British Airways (retd).
Joint lecture with IMechE.
SOLENT
Solent Sky Museum, Albert
Road South, Southampton.
7 pm. Chris Taylor, T +44
(0)1489 445627.
20 May Branch AGM
followed by Inside the Cold
War. Air Cdre Ed Jarron, former
Vulcan pilot.
WEYBRIDGE
Brooklands Museum,
Weybridge. 6.45 pm. Ken
Davies, T +44 (0)1483
531529.
15 April Branch AGM.
24 April Branch Social.
7.30 pm.
SOUTHEND
The Royal Naval Association,
79 East Street, Southend-onSea. 8 pm. Sean Corr, T +44
(0)20 7788 0566.
14 April Branch AGM.
12 May Ernest Dove
Lecture. The VC10 in the
operational environment. Wg
Cdr Paul Morris.
A Royal Air Force A400M Atlas City of Bristol of 206(R) Squadron based at RAF Brize Norton. Sqn Ldr
J J Harrison will discuss the A400M at Medway on 15 April and Richard Thompson will describe the
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The Lunch Pad Restaurant,
Airbus Defence and Space,
Gunnels Wood Road,
Stevenage. 6 pm. Matt Cappell,
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16 April Leslie Bedford
Lecture. Introducing the new
A400M into service. Richard
Thompson, HO Airbus Military
Aircraft. The Quadrangle and
The Metropolitan Restaurant,
YEOVIL
Dallas Conference Room 1A,
AgustaWestland, Yeovil. 6
pm. David McCallum, E david.
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com
16 April The Reggie Brie
Young Members Lecture
Competition.
21 May Airshows behind
the scenes. George Bacon.
YEOVILTON
Nuffield Bar, Little Yeovilton,
RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester,
Somerset. 6 pm.
28 April Team Invictus.
Norman Wijker.
26 May The Merlin engine.
Peter Maynard.
30 June 100 years of world
class aircraft. David Hassard.
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