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Issue 9 11 January 2021

List of previous lectures, 1994-2020

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2020 10 July Paul Beaver: Secrets of The https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5gTyBb0bhg&feature=youtu.b e

2019 12 March Air Cdre Bill Tyack: The Shackleton 2 April Dr Michael Pryce: NBMR 3/Supersonic VTOL 3 June Seminar: 100 years of transatlantic flying 8 July Dr Brett Gooden: The Bachem Natter. Historic step to human spaceflight 5 December Calum Douglas: Development of high-performance piston engines during World War 2 2018 6 March Sqn Ldr Graham Laurie: The History of Royal Flying 3 May Graham Simons: Memphis Belle Issue 9 11 January 2021

5 July Prof. Adrian Smith: The President and the Commissar: Richard Fairey and the Soviet Union 5 September Nigel Eastway: projects 12 November Dr Robert Hopkins III: in the UK

2017 30 January Grp Capt Jock Heron: Harrier Operations in the https://www.aerosociety.com/news/podcast-raf-harrier-in-the-cold- war/ 8 March Keith Hayward: Political History of the VC 10 and https://www.aerosociety.com/news/podcast-the-political-history-of- the-vc10-and-trident/ 1 June Paul Stoddart: Spitfire to Berlin: Making ’s Finest an Escort Fighter 7 September Dr Ron Smith: Evolution in General designs– from Moth to eGo 24 October Seminar: The 1957 Defence White Paper: The Riddle of the Sandys

2016 11 April Dennis Newton The Lear Fan 20 June Bob Kirby: The Avro 19 September Seminar: The Spitfire at 80 24 October Paul Ross: Silver City

2015 9 February Sir Donald Spiers: The life and times of the Harrier 16 March Howard Torode & Afandi Darlington: History & development of high-performance sailplanes http://www.aerosociety.com/news/Podcast/2931/The-History-and- Development-of-High-Performance-Sailplanes 18 May Prof. Eric Grove: The Naval Wing of the - The Forgotten Ancestor of the RAF 7 September Steve Bond: The Wellington

2014 17 February Air Cdre ‘Dolly’ Parton: The Development of RAF Doctrine in the Inter-War Years Issue 9 11 January 2021

14 April Phil Jarrett: Howard Pixton – Britain’s first winner http://www.aerosociety.com/news/Podcast/2080/Howard-Pixton- Britains-First-Schneider-Trophy-Winner 9 June AVM Graham Skinner: The introduction of RAF Jet : Engineering and supply issues http://www.aerosociety.com/news/Podcast/2271/The-Introduction- of-the-RAF-Jet-Aircraft-Engineering-and-Supply-Issues 15 September Tim Hall: Beneath the skin. A History of the Cutaway Drawings from Flight and The Aeroplane 17 November Mike Bowyer: Farnborough 1945: Farewell to the Luftwaffe - pointers to the future

2013 11 February Mike Draper: UAVs 11 April Peter Coombs: History of air accident investigation. 16 May Richard Knott: Flying boats of the Empire http://www.aerosociety.com/news/Podcast/1523/Flying-Boats-of- the-Empire 14 October Captain Dacre Watson: British Overseas Airways Corporation 1940–50. http://www.aerosociety.com/news/Podcast/1529/British-Overseas- Airways-Corporation-194050-and-its-Legacy 11 November Captain David Rowland: The development of the Royal Flying Corps 1912 to 1914 http://www.aerosociety.com/news/Podcast/1530/The-Royal-Flying- Corps-at-War-The-Early-Years

2012 22 February Dr Ron Smith: The aircraft industry in the London area. 22 March Dr Michael Pryce: The Rise and Fall of the P.1154 https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-the-rise- and-fall-of-the-hawker-siddeley-p1154-by-dr-michael-pryce/ 17 April AVM Peter Dye: The centenary of the Royal Flying Corps (Cody lecture at Farnborough) 11 October Professor Robert Blackburn: Robert Blackburn 8 November Wg Cdr C G (Jeff) Jefford: Pilot Training in the First World War https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-pilot- training-in-the-rfc-raf-1912-18-by-wg-cdr-jeff-jefford/

2011 8 February Paul Hogan: Missed Approaches – the Politics of Airport Planning (London’s Airports post-1945). Issue 9 11 January 2021

8 March Captain John Eames and Senior Roger Brickness: Training Aircrew for (Main Society Concorde Lecture) 21 March Hermione Giffard: Gadget or Ersatz? The Early History of the Aero-Engine in Britain, Germany and the United States, 1936-1945 (afternoon seminar) 20 May Spitfire Ladies – 70th Anniversary of the Air Transport Auxiliary Half-day Women’s Group Seminar (with Historical Group Support) http://www.aerosociety.com/news/Podcast/1493/PODCAST- Spitfire-Womens-Half-Day-Seminar 20 October Harry Fraser-Mitchell, Andrew Bradley and Chris Roberts: The Hawker Siddeley Hawk 24 November Wg Cdr John Stubbington: Kept in the dark - the Use of Air Intelligence by the Air Ministry during World War 2.

2010 25 February Peter Waller: Accident Data Recorders – Where we are and how we got there. 15 April: Chris Pocock: Mayday 1960 – Reviewing the U-2 Incident 50 Years Ago https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-the-u-2- reconnaissance-aircraft-incident-of-1960-by-chris-pocock/ 18 May John Chaplin, John Saull and Tony Heath: Concorde's airworthiness - The derivation and application of the TSS Standards 13 July Gordon Bruce: Centenary of the death of 4 October Peter Davison and Dr Giles Camplin: The R101 Airship disaster - 80 years on https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-rewind-the-r101-airship- disaster-80-years-on-by-peter-davison-dr-giles-camplin/ 4 November Dr Michael Pryce: The rise and fall of the Hawker Siddeley P.1154 (replaced with an impromptu discussion, due to the lecturer’s sudden illness)

2009 24 February Gordon Bruce: The Before and After 1909 https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series-the- short-brothers-before-and-after-1909-by-gordon-bruce-fraes/ 2 April Keith Hayward: Offers They Couldn’t Refuse – Mergers in the UK Aircraft Industry, 1957- 1962 https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-offers- they-couldnt-refuse-mergers-in-the-uk-aircraft-industry-1957-1962- by-prof-keith-hayward-fraes/ 6 July Joint RAeS/RIN seminar: Conquering the Atlantic – Alcock & Brown and the R34 Issue 9 11 January 2021

10 September Centenary Conference 15 October John Blake: Air Shows 3 November Brian Miller: Martin-Baker, Much More than Ejection Seats 8 December Dr Ervine Glenny: Carbon Fibre: an RAE invention (Cody Lecture at Farnborough)

2008 20 February David Lockspeiser: The Boxer Utility Land Development Aircraft 15 April Philip Jarrett: Cody and Roe: Two Remarkable Men https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-cody-and- roe-two-remarkable-men-by-philip-jarrett-honcraes/ 2 October Gordon Bruce: The : Their Influence on Cody and the Pioneers 16 October Philip Jarrett: Cody and Roe: Two Remarkable Men (Cody lecture at Farnborough)

2007 22 February Air Cdre Graham Pitchfork: The Buccaneer 17 May Tony Blackman: The and Dr Robert Pleming: The “Vulcan to the sky” project https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-video-rewind-vulcan-to- the-sky-return-of-the-vulcan-nearly-there-by-dr-robert-pleming- fraes/ 3 July Robert Gilliland: Flying the world's fastest : Kelly Johnson's F-104 and SR-71 4 October Dr Chris Welch: The Sputnik lecture: fifty years in space 6 Nov Graziano Freschi: The BAC three-eleven widebody airliner project: the British that should have been 4 December Lt. Col. Peter Reese: Samuel Cody, 100 years on (Cody lecture at Farnborough)

2006 9 February Gordon Bruce: The Defence Regulations 1939 – 1945: Short Brothers, Power Jets and Others 11 May Don Richardson: From Gliders to Jets – A Historical Perspective https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series- from-gliders-to-jets-the-insiders-guide-to-the-hiller-x-18-the- fairchild-c-123-by-dr-don-richardson-hon-fraes/ 27 June John Fairey, Peter Twiss, Harold Colliver & Norman Parker: The Fairey FD2 speed record https://www.aerosociety.com/news/podcast-fairey-delta-lecture/ Issue 9 11 January 2021

23 November John Farley: The V/STOL Wheel of Misfortune https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series-the- vstol-wheel-of-misfortune-a-survey-of-vstol-aircraft-by-john-farley/ 11 October Keith Hayward: Sir Frederick (Freddie) Page: Engineer & Industry Leader https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio- classic-lecture-series-freddie-page-aerospace-engineer- businessman-by-prof-keith-hayward/ 5 December Sir John Charnley: The RAE contribution to all weather landing (Cody lecture at Farnborough)

2005 3 February Carlo Logli: MC.72 and - Yesterday and today (paper presented by Sergio Coniglio) 3 May Harry Fraser-Mitchell: 86 years of service: Handley Page and the RAF (the Handley Page Lecture) 21 July R L Wheeler: The history of the SRN series of 6 October Barry Swainston: Flight simulators: the quest for fidelity 1 November Philip Birtles: The DH.110 Sea Vixen: design, development and service 6 December Frank Armstrong: Farnborough and the Beginnings of Gas Turbine Propulsion (3rd Cody lecture at Farnborough)

2004 12 February Ron Smith: The evolution of the British Aircraft Industry https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series-the- evolution-of-the-british-aircraft-industry-by-dr-ron-smith/ 28 April : The right size matters a lesson from a career in the British aviation industry https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series-the- right-size-matters-a-lesson-from-a-career-in-the-british-aviation- industry-by-peter-hearne-hon-fraes 12 October Andy Sephton: Flying historic aircraft https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series- flying-historical-aircraft-by-andy-sephton/ 28 October Conference: 4 November Mike Hirst: The Miles M52 Project https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series-the- miles-m52-project-by-mike-hirst/ 14 December Hugh Warren: The RAE during World War II (2nd Cody lecture at Farnborough)

2003 Issue 9 11 January 2021

13 February Brian Armstrong: Aeronautical Aspects of the Spanish Civil War 10 April David Foulger: The history of air-to-air refuelling 10 May Wright Symposium: The Beginnings of Powered Flight 30 Sept Ralph Denning: Setting the agenda for aerospace; the influence of German R&D in World War II 6 November David Lockspeiser & David Morgan: Hunter and Swift; record breakers and beyond 3 December John Ackroyd: From Cayley to Cody (1st Cody lecture at Farnborough)

2002 21 February Dr Colin Sinnott: Specifications and projects pre WWII – RAF requirements and aircraft design 23 April David Newman: The D.H. Comet: 1st 17 October Keith Hayward: The rise, fall and rebirth of UK commercial aircraft development, 1945 – 1978 https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series-the- rise-fall-and-rebirth-of-uk-commercial-aircraft-development-1945- 1978-by-prof-keith-hayward/ 21 November Wg Cdr Andrew Brookes: The V- Force: An Overview of its Operational History and Effectiveness https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series-the- v-bomber-force-an-overview-of-its-operational-history-and- effectiveness/

2001 20 February Sqn Ldr P Garth: 24 April Wg Cdr C G (Jeff) Jefford: RAF Long Range Flights 4 October Tony Buttler: British secret fighter projects 22 November Prof. John Allen & Sir James Hamilton: Marine Aircraft Research up to 1945

2000 28 February Lord Selkirk & Lord James Douglas-Hamilton MP: Man's First flight over Everest 6 April Sqn Ldr Tony Iveson: Sinking of the Tirpitz 20 July Dr Robert Pleming: Return of the Vulcan 10 October Norman Barfield: The Vickers Viscount – Turbine Age Pioneer. A Fiftieth Anniversary Tribute 28 November Dr David Crow: Pratt & Whitney 75th Anniversary Lecture Issue 9 11 January 2021

1999 25 February R M McKinley: Airbus - The First Thirty Years 17 March Seminar: History of the UK strategic deterrent 27 April Gordon Page: Canberra: 50 golden years 28 May Seminar: The Berlin Airlift 50 Years On and the Future of Airlift (with the SBAC and British Berlin Airlift Association) 16 Sept Ann Welch: The Story of Gliding: No Engine to Stop 18 November Frank Vann: An Insight into Sir Frederick Handley Page: The Man and the Manufacturer

1998 19 February Christopher Bartlett: Through the Looking Glass: An Overview of the Development of Head-Up Display Systems https://www.aerosociety.com/news/audio-classic-lecture-series- through-the-looking-glass-the-development-of-head-up-displays-by- christopher-bartlett/ 28 April Molly Sedgewick: The adventures of an Edwardian lady parachutist, Dolly Shepherd 15 October Paul Chapman: 90th Anniversary of Powered Flight in the UK: and the Development of the Aeroplane No.1 24 November Sebastian Ritchie: The expansion of British Aircraft Production 1935 - 41

1997 20 February Sir Michael Knight: Barnstorming in the 1930s with 's Flying Circus (the Handley Page lecture) 29 April Kenneth Owen: Concorde and the Americans 25 September Patrick Hassell: The history of the variable-pitch propeller 27 November Alan Vessey: Napier: the Company and its aero engines

1996 15 February Peter Twiss: 40th Anniversary of the Fairey FD2 speed record 23 April John Allen: The Definitive History 26 September John Bagley: The history of Short Empire flying boats 19 November Frank Vann: The life and work of Prof Willi Messerschmitt

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1995 14 February Stuart McKay: The life and times of the Tiger Moth 20 April Katy Fisher-Freullet: The History of KLM 28 September Sir Peter Masefield: The story of the Brabazon Committee (1942- 45) 28 November N W (Spud) Boorer: The later years of Sir

1994 15 February Mark Lambert: 50 years of the 19 April Tony Spooner: Memories of the Stratocruiser 27 September Dennis Allen: The History of pilotless aircraft 22 November Ron Moulton: History of man-powered flight

A selection of recordings of older lectures can be found as on our Soundcloud, whilst some papers are available in the Aeronautical Journal Archive. RAeS Members can access the Aeronautical Journal Archive via the RAeS website.