Issue 9 11 January 2021 List of previous lectures, 1994-2020 Visit our Soundcloud to listen to a selection of our past lectures: 2020 10 July Paul Beaver: Secrets of The Battle of Britain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5gTyBb0bhg&feature=youtu.b e 2019 12 March Air Cdre Bill Tyack: The Avro 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: Tupolev airliner projects 12 November Dr Robert Hopkins III: Strategic Air Command in the UK 2017 30 January Grp Capt Jock Heron: Harrier Operations in the Cold War https://www.aerosociety.com/news/podcast-raf-harrier-in-the-cold- war/ 8 March Keith Hayward: Political History of the VC 10 and Trident https://www.aerosociety.com/news/podcast-the-political-history-of- the-vc10-and-trident/ 1 June Paul Stoddart: Spitfire to Berlin: Making Supermarine’s Finest an Escort Fighter 7 September Dr Ron Smith: Evolution in General Aviation 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 Manchester 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 Royal Flying Corps- The Forgotten Ancestor of the RAF 7 September Steve Bond: The Vickers 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 Schneider Trophy 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 Aircraft: 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 Hawker Siddeley 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 Flight Engineer Roger Brickness: Training Aircrew for Concorde (Main Society Concorde Lecture) 21 March Hermione Giffard: Gadget or Ersatz? The Early History of the Turbojet 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 Charles Rolls 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 Short Brothers 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 Handley Page 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 Wright Brothers: Their Influence on Cody and the United Kingdom 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 AVRO Vulcan 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 airplanes: 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 airbus that should have been 4 December Lt. 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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: Aerospace 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 Aermacchi - 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 hovercraft 6 October Barry Swainston: Flight simulators: the quest for fidelity 1 November Philip Birtles: The de Havilland 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 Peter Hearne: 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-