RAeS DGLR/VDI Date Title Lecturer Position/Company Lecture with Lecture with Presentation download link DGLR/VDI RAeS
2016
2016-11-03 Potential of Aerodynamic Design in a Constrained Environment Gerd Heller Senior Aerodynamics Expert, Airbus x
2016-10-19 ETW – Bis an die Grenzen des Möglichen (presentation in English) Guido Dietz geschäftsführender Direktor ETW ETW
2016-09-01 Corporate Jet Cabin Evolution David Velupillai Marketing Director, Airbus Corporate Jets x x Corporate Jets
Third Gerhard Sedlmayr Lecture 2016-07-05 David Owens Senior Director, Flight Crew Training Policy, Airbus x Training for Resilience
2016-06-09 A Lucky Aviator – Test Flying for the RAF, Rolls-Royce and BAe Heinz Frick Chief Test Pilot (rtd.) X
2016-04-14 The Birth of the Tornado Jock Heron Group Captain RAF (rtd.) X
2016-04-07 Hybrid Elektrische Antriebe - Paradigmenwechsel für den Flugzeugentwurf? Dipl.-Ing. Peter Rostek Long Term Concepts, Future Projects Office, Airbus X Elektrische Antriebe
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lorenz 2016-03-03 Neue Technologien im Flugzeugbau - Herausforderungen für die Aeroelastik Direktor, Institut für Aeroelastik, DLR Göttingen X Tichy
2016-01-28 A320neo Flight Testing Sandra Bour-Schaeffer Flight Test Engineer, Airbus X
2015
Prof. Michael Bagshaw, Visiting Professor of Aviation Medicine, Kings College 2015-12-03 The Cabin Environment and Crew Performance X Cabin Environment FRAeS London
2015-11-19 Aircraft Conservation - the Dornier Do17 Darren Priday Manager, Conservation Centre RAF Museum Cosford X
Second Gerhard Sedlmayr Lecture 2015-07-15 Andrew Warner Experimental Test Pilot, Airbus Helicopters X Safety Priorities in Helicopter Flight Test & Operation
2015-06-25 Innovative Aircraft Design – Options for a New Medium Range Aircraft Dieter Scholz Hamburg University of Applied Sciences X Download lecture
Material Tailoring for Lightweight and Morphing Structures - the Shapes of things 2015-06-11 Paul Weaver University of Bristol X to come
Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Research 2015-04-16 Manufacturing the Future – The Case for Metals Keith Ridgway X Case for Metals Centre (AMRC) with Boeing, University of Sheffield
Dassault/Dornier ALPHA JET - ein deutsch-französisches 2015-01-22 Rainer Stadelmann Oberstleutnant a.D. X Alpha Jet Rüstungskooperationsprojekt
2014
Exploring the Appropriateness of the Aviation Industry Evacuation Certification Director Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG), 2014-10-16 Edwin Galea X Evacuation Certification Requirements Using Fire and Evacuation Simulation University of Greenwich
1st Gerhard Sedlmayr Named Lecture 2014-07-01 GERHARD SEDLMAYR - Pioneer Aviator and His Commitment to Safety and Andreas Sedlmayr MD, Autoflug GmbH X Gerhard Sedlmayr Rescue Lecturer in Energy and Air Transport, UCL Energy 2014-06-12 Mitigating the Climate Impact of Aviation – Is Technology Enough? Tony Evans X X Download lecture Institute, University College London
2014-05-06 Multicopters – A Practical View on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Jon Verbeke Leuven University, Belgium X Download lecture
2014-05-22 X-Planes of Europe - Secret Research Aircraft from the Golden Age 1947-1967 Tony Buttler Aviation Historian & Author X
2014-04-03 55 Years of Flying Fun Clive Rustin RAF Test Pilot Rtd. X
2014-03-20 Rolls-Royce Technology for Future Aircraft Engines Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich Wenger, Rolls-Royce Deutschland X Future Engines
Einsatz der Flugzeugmuster Lockheed F-104 G "Starfighter" und Dornier/Dassault 2014-01-30 Rainer Stadelmann, Oberstleutnant a.D. X Starfighter Alpha Jet
2013
2013-11-07 History of Aircraft Accident Investigation in the UK Peter Coombs Aircraft Accident Investigation Board X Accidents
2013-10-24 Future Freighter Aircraft – Converted Passenger Aircraft or Dedicated Freighters? Prof. Dr. Dieter Schmitt Formerly Airbus X Freighter Aircraft
2013-06-18 Producing the Airbus A350 – and the “Future Factory” Concept Eckart Frankenberger VP A350 Component Delivery Team, Airbus
2013-05-30 21st Century Challenges for the Design of Passenger Aircraft Jeff Jupp former Technical Director, Airbus UK X 21st Century Challenges
2013-04-18 Aerospace 2050: the Future in Aviation and Space Graham Roe former Strategy Director, BAE Systems X Aerospace 2050
formerly Head of Business Development, Airbus 2013-04-11 Aerospace, Today and Tomorrow - and the Role of the Royal Aeronautical Society Jenny Body X Aerospace Today & Tomorrow President-Elect, RAeS
2013-03-14 Weltflug mit dem Flugboot Dornier Do-24 von 2004 - 2006 Klaus Daser Formerly Dornier X
Landing Gear Architect, 2013-02-28 Development of Landing Gear Concepts Bob Thompson X Airbus, Filton
The Clean Sky Joint Technology Programme - Preparing for the Next Generation VP Research & Technology Programmes, Business 2013-01-31 Gareth Williams X Clean Sky of Civil Aircraft Development & Partnerships, Airbus
2012
2012-11-15 Comprehensive Obsolescence Management Methods – an Overview Bjoern Bartels Senior Consultant ABSC GmbH, member of DDW-Group X Obsolesence
2012-11-08 Aircraft Cabin Air Contamination - Health & Flight Safety Implications Susan Michaelis Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE). X Cabin air
2012-06-19 Flight Testing the EuroHawk Reinhard Exner Senior Manager Flight Test, EuroHawk GmbH X EuroHawk
2012-04-26 The Development of the Variable Pitch Propellor Patrick Hassell Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Bristol X Propellors
2012-03-29 Volcanic Ash in Europe – Next Time David Learmount FlightGlobal X Ash
Alfred Wegener Institut for Polar and Marine Research, 2012-03-15 Operation of research aircraft at high latitudes and low temperatures Daniel Steinhage X Bremerhaven
2012-03-01 Some Memories of a Test-Flying Career David Eagles AFC, RN X
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hanns- 2012-02-16 100 Jahre Jubiläum Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain ehem. Bereichsleiter Entwicklung, MTU Aero Engines X Jürgen Lichtfuß
Computational Fluid Dynamics - Industrial Use of High-fidelity Numerical 2012-01-26 Klaus Becker Airbus X CFD Simulation of Flow about Aircraft
2011
2011-11-17 A380 Advanced Cabin Line Maintenance Werner Holzer Airbus X A380 Cabin
2011-11-03 Luftfahrtforschung in Deutschland Horst Prem X Luftfahrtforschung
2011-10-27 The Schneider Trophy Air Races 1913-1931 Mike Marsden former Head of Wind Tunnels, Airbus Filton X
2011-09-20 Flight Testing the A400M (repeat) Fernando Alonso Airbus X A400 Flight Tests
Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) in the Airline Industry "A Sales Manager's 2011-09-15 Matthias Gondeck Goodrich, Rosemount Aerospace GmbH, Munich X Electronic Flight Bags Perspective"
2011-06-21 Flight Testing the A400M Fernando Alonso Airbus
2011-05-26 American Secret Fighter Projects Tony Buttler Aviation Historian X
Lecture presentation 2011-05-05 European Aerospace at a Crossroads - Civil, Military and Space Keith Hayward RAeS London X Defence Industries
Improvements for More Efficient & Greener Civil Aviation - Air-to-Air Refuelling & 2011-03-31 Raj Nangia Consultant X Air-to-air refuelling Close Formations
2011-03-03 Development of the Swept-wing in Germany 1935-1945 Hans-Ulrich Meier X Swept-wing
2011-01-27 Aerodynamic Design of High-Lift Wings at Airbus – from A350XWB into the Future Daniel Reckzeh Airbus X High-lift
2010
2010-11-11 The Role of EUROCONTROL and the Challenges Ahead Ian Middleton EUROCONTROL, Brussels X EUROCONTROL
Conseil national des ingénieurs et 2010-10-28 Conception & Construction of Millau Viaduct Jean-Francois Coste X Millau Viaduct scientifiques de France
2010-06-24 Engine Design for the Environment Andrew Bradley Chief Design Engineer, APSV, Rolls-Royce Derby X Engine Design
VP Final Assembly and Integration, A320 Family Programme, 2010-06-17 Building an Airbus Final Assembly Line in China Manfred Porath X Airbus
2010-06-03 Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boat Bob Wealthy Aviation Historian X Princess
2010-05-20 US Airways Flight 1549 - "The Miracle on the Hudson" Thiery Thoreau Airbus SAS, Director of Flight Safety X
2010-01-28 New Concepts in Pilot G-Protection Rainer Stuwe Product Manager, Autoflug X Pilot G-Protection
2009
2009-11-12 Boeing’s Flight Deck – Future Navigation Capt. Erich Mahr 737 Chief Technical Pilot, Boeing X Boeing’s Flight Deck
2009-10-29 Fiber Metal Laminate Structures - from Laboratory to Application Dr Thomas Beumler Senior Expert FML Structures, Airbus X FML Structures
2009-10-01 The world’s first true rocket aircraft – the Heinkel He176 Douglas Downer-Smith Aeronautical historian X Heinkel He176
2009-06-18 Design, Art & Science Prof. Geoff Kirk former Chief Designer, Rolls-Royce x Design, Art & Science
2009-06-10 Visit to Sweden, Saab, FMV, Airforce Museum. 10th-14th June 2009
2009-06-04 The Management of Programmes at Airbus Tom Williams Executive VP Programmes, Airbus Management of Programmes
The Optimum Aeroplane and Beyond: Rising to the Professor of Aerospace Engineering, 2009-04-23 Prof. Ian Poll x Optimum Aeroplane opportunities and challenges of the 21st century Cranfield Aerospace
2009-03-26 The Great European Aviation Expansion in 1908 Claudius La Burthe Consultant to Airbus x Aviation in 1908
2009-01-29 Flight Simulation Hugh Dibley former B747 pilot and Chairman RAeS Toulouse x Flight Simulation
2008
Christmas Dinner followed by after-dinner speech ("Pioneers in Swiss 2008-12-02 Dr Georges Bridel President of CEAS Swiss Aerospace Aerospace")
2008-11-13 The story of UK VSTOL John Farley x UK VSTOL
former VP Policy, Development & Systems Transport Aircraft Systems 2008-10-30 Transport Aircraft Systems Design - Past, Present & Future Richard Smyth x General, Airbus Design
2008-10-05 Visit to Switzerland, RUAG, Pilatus, Verkehrshaus Luzern (2-5.10.2008)
2008-09-25 The Future of Aircraft Interiors Bob Lange Head of Aircraft Interiors Marketing, Airbus x
German Advanced Aviation Technology in WW2 with special reference to Blohm & Capt. Eric Brown CBE, 2008-06-03 former test pilot x Voss aircraft DSC, FRAeS
2008-06-05 Aircraft Landing Gear - "The feet of the plane" Andy Hebborn. Head of Landing Gear Systems, Airbus U.K. x
Professor Ann Dowling 2008-05-27 Towards a Silent Aircraft Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. x Silent Aircraft and Dr Tom Hynes,
2008-04-08 The Turbojet: Invention & Development – Britain & Germany Capt. Ian Whittle Former RAF & B747 pilot x
Senior Engineering Advisor, Manager Advanced 2008-03-27 CFD Applications to High Speed and Low Speed Aerodynamic Design Dr Fassi Kafyeke Aerodynamics and Strategic Technology, Bombardier x Aerospace
2008-02-28 The Implementation of Lean Maintenance Methods at Lufthansa Dipl.-Ing. Bjoern Kohrs Lufthansa Technik x Lean Maintenance
Airbus A380 - Solutions to the Aerodynamic Challenges of Designing the World’s 2008-01-31 Dipl.-Ing. Axel Flaig Head of Aerodynamic Domain, Airbus x A380 Aerodynamics Largest Passenger Aircraft
2007
Christmas Dinner followed by after-dinner speech ("Hot Topics during this year's David Marshall CBE MA 2007-12-04 RAeS President, 2007-2008 RAeS Presidency") CEng FRAeS
2007-11-20 The Challenge of the Low-cost Airlines Dr Keith Mason Senior Lecturer in Air Transport, Cranfield x Low Cost Airlines
2007-11-09 Visit Airbus Stade (Composite manufacturing)
former CEO of Stork Fokker Aerostructures, Taskforce 2007-11-01 DELcraFtWorks CleanEra Project – “the ultra-eco-friendly plane” Kees de Koning x Delft Cleanera Project DELcraFTWorks
2007-10-23 British Fighter Projects since 1945 Tony Buttler MA, AMRAeS Aviation Historian & Author x
2007-09-27 A380 Flight Controls Xavier Le Tron Airbus x A380 Flight Controls
2007-09-20 A350XWB Family & New Technologies Oliver Criou A350 Chief Engineering, Airbus, Toulouse x A350 XWB
RAeS Regional Conference, “Airports for the 21st Century - Preparing for the New 2007-09-19 Various Generation of Commercial Aircraft” 19/20.9.2007
2007-07-05 Propulsion Integration Challenges Vincent Rivoire Senior Manager, Future Projects Office, Airbus, Toulouse x Propulsion Integration
Deputy to VP Market Research & Forecasts, Airbus, 2007-06-21 Airbus Global Market Forecast Guy Dellary x Airbus Global Market Forecast Toulouse
The Myths of CO2 in the Airline Industry. (This lecture will be preceded by our Head of Aeropolitical Affairs, Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft 2007-06-14 Dr Raphael von Heereman x CO2 in Airline Industry Ordinary General Assembly) mbH
2007-04-11 Concorde - Souvenirs of Supersonic Transport Design and Development** Dudley Collard Retired designer, Concorde Programme x Concorde Synopsis
2007-03-30 Visit to Airbus UK Broughton/RR Derby/RAF Cosford 30.3-1.04.2007 Lieutenant-Colonel Eric 2007-03-15 Flight Testing in Canada** x Volstad 2007-02-27 Introducing the Eurofighter into Service with the GAF** LtCol. Stefan Kleinheyer German Air Force x
The Impact of Aviation on the Environment - how will the future for Air Transport 2007-01-25 Prof. Jeff Jupp FRAeS Consultant x Aviation & Environment be affected?**
2006
Prof. Keith Hayward 2006-12-07 Christmas Dinner & Lecture. US-EU relations in Aerospace & Aeronautics Head of Research, RAeS FRAeS Wing Co. Mark Northover 2006-11-23 The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team - the Red Arrows** Royal Air Force x MRAeS 2006-11-17 Afternoon visit to Lufthansa Technik
Director Strategy and Business Integration, Boeing 2006-11-01 Boeing 787 and Beyond – Technologies for Future Air Transport Eric Schwartz Boeing 787 International
2006-10-11 Lean manufacturing in the aircraft industry Dr. Hans Altfeld FRAeS Vice-President Fuselage Single Aisle Plant Hamburg, Airbus x
Dipl.-Ing. Lars Head of Defence Sales, RR Deutschland Chief Engineer 2006-09-19 The A400M - Aircraft, Wing and Engine Development Seumenicht x A400M A400M, Airbus UK Roger Taplin Dipl.-Ing. Alfred 2006-06-01 Air Systems - Today and Future Challenges Liebherr Aerospace Lindenberg x Air Systems Sauterleute
Changes and new challenges in the field of Test Processes and Education as seen 2006-03-16 John L. Minor Technical Director, USAF Test Pilot School x by the US Air Force Flight Test Center
2006-02-27 Flight Demonstration of UAV in Controlled Airspace Dr. Holger Friehmelt Head of Aircraft Department, Institute of Flight Systems, DLR
Gustav Weißkopf Nr. 21B – Das erste Motorflugzeug Erprobung eines historischen 2006-01-23 Horst Philipp Former Test Pilot, German Armed Forces Flight Test Center Flugapparates
2005-12-12 Christmas Dinner followed by after-dinner speech Keith Mans CEO RAeS
2005-11-25 Flight Testing the GROB SPn Utility Jet Alan Lawless Flight Test Engineer, GROB Aerospace
Capt. Claus Cordes Heinkel meets Rolls - Royce 2005-10-19 Inaugural Event Capt. David Rowland Concorde – an aerospace success story