AeroSociety Podcast

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What's AeroSociety Podcast about?

The Royal Aeronautical Society is the world's only professional body dedicated to the entire aerospace community. Established in 1866 to further the art, science and engineering of aeronautics, the Society has been at the forefront of developments in aerospace ever since.

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AeroSociety Podcast episodes:

05.31.2024
AEROSPACE NOTAM - June 2024
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (June 2024)...
05.15.2024
Classic Podcasts - Triumph Tears : British Aviation from 1945-75 by Peter Reese
In 1945 confidence in British aviation was sky-high. Yet decades later, the industry had not lived up to its potential. What happened? The years that followed the war saw the Brabazon Committee issued flawed proposals for civil aviation planning. Enforced...
04.30.2024
AEROSPACE NOTAM - May 2024
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (May 2024)...
04.24.2024
RAeS Corporate Partner Briefing: Fireside Chat with Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton RAF
Listen to the Royal Air Force, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton in conversation with Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper at a Royal Aeronautical Society Corporate Partners briefing, held on 9 April.
04.10.2024
Rewind – The Schneider Trophy by W. Cox
The ultimate test of the great powers’ pilots, aircraft and powerplants in the interwar period, the Schneider Trophy seaplane contest pushed forward aviation design to new heights and directly led to the Spitfire and Merlin engine. W. Cox, a member...
03.29.2024
AEROSPACE NOTAM - April 2024
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (April 2024)...
03.07.2024
Classic Lectures - The Contribution of Power Jets Ltd to Jet Propulsion by G. B. R. Feilden
After being redeployed from Unilever to a small firm just outside Rugby in May 1940, Bob Feilden played a key role in the development of Whittle’s jet engine, working with his colleagues to transform the jet from theory into practice....
03.01.2024
AEROSPACE NOTAM - March 2024
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson and Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater analyse recent aviation, aerospace and spaceflight news - and preview the next (March 2024) edition of the magazine....
02.23.2024
AEROSPACE NOTAM Singapore 2024
AEROSPACE Editor-in-Chief Tim Robinson and Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater sum up the 2024 Singapore Air Show
02.14.2024
An interview with the civil pioneers….. life flying the HP.42 and seaplanes for Imperial Airway
RAF turned Imperial Airways pilot, Captain Parker, gives us a flavour of what life was like working for Imperial in the 1930s. He tells us about operating the Handley Page HP.42 and recounts a story of being stranded in the...
02.14.2024
Interview with the civil pioneers.. the first Brisbane-Singapore route to post-war Qantas management
Captain Crowther operated the first service from Brisbane to Darwin and then onto Singapore in 1934 and recalls life flying a DH.86 on that route. He also describes the time when he was transferred to flying boats, including the period...
01.30.2024
AEROSPACE NOTAM - February 2024
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (January 2024)...
01.17.2024
Rewind - Fair Names & Famous - Naming of British Aircraft & Engines by Gordon T. Wansbrough-White
What’s in a name? This lecture takes us through the evolving picture of how manufacturers were required to name their military aircraft and engines and shows how different aircraft followed and deviated from the Ministry’s requirements. Gordon T. Wansbrough-White...
01.02.2024
AEROSPACE NOTAM - January 2024
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (January 2024)...
12.27.2023
Classic Lecture: The invention of the aeroplane near Scarborough at the time of Trafalgar
“Oh come on, surely it was the Wright Brothers who did this!” In his lecture Dr John Ackroyd FRAeS tries to persuade us that Sir George Cayley, not the Wright Brothers, defined the concepts behind the aeroplane and flew it...
11.28.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM - December 2023
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (December 2023)...
11.17.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM Dubai 2023
AEROSPACE Editor-in-Chief Tim Robinson and Features Editor Bella Richards sum up the 2023 Dubai Air Show and speak to special guest Royal Aeronautical Society President, Kerissa Khan.
11.14.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers… Kingsford Smith & Australian National Airways between the wars
After service in World War I, Capt Allan moved to the other side of the world and joined the fledgling Australian National Airways. He retells stories of his time with the airline, including his experiences of flying Avro 10s between...
11.14.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers….. Flying for Qantas between the wars by Captain Russell Tapp
Tapp joined Qantas when it employed 25 people, including just seven pilots. His path to Australia started after service with the Royal Air Force and a spell promoting the Westland Widgeon light aircraft. From there Captain Tapp heard about Qantas,...
11.14.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers….. Creating Australian airfields by Lt Cdr A. D. S. Murray
Aircraft not only need to fly, but also need to land safely. A. D. S. Murray spent his early years in Australia surveying the country or emergency and permanent landing grounds. In this interview, he describes some of the challenges...
10.31.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM - November 2023
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (November 2023)...
10.10.2023
Rewind – Aeronautical Aspects of the Spanish Civil War by Brian Armstrong MRAeS
The Spanish Civil War came at a significant period in the development of aviation and foreshadowed aerial warfare in the Second World War. But how much was the Royal Air Force taking notice of what was happening on the continent...
09.29.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM - October 2023
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (October 2023)...
09.11.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers….. Flying for Imperial Airways in the 1930s and 1940s
After training with the RAF just after the First World War and service in India, Capt Mollard made his way to Imperial Airways, and tells us about life at Croydon Airport and the London to Paris route. In 1929 Mollard was...
09.11.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers... Karachi to New Zealand Catalina Flying Boat survey flight
The captain of the 1937 flying boat survey flight from Karachi to New Zealand explains how he became involved in the historic event and how they prepared for the flight, before retelling the story of the eventful trip. He also...
08.29.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM - September 2023
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson and Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (September 2023) edition of the magazine....
08.16.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers…. early days of the Karachi to Singapore route
Captain Egglesfield commanded some of the earliest commercial flights over India and the Far East including the first scheduled service from Karachi to Calcutta in July 1933 in an Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta, the first scheduled Karachi to Rangoon service,...
08.16.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers…. first experimental civil flight between Karachi and Darwin
In April 1931 Captain Alger was asked to fly the first experimental airmail flight between Karachi and Darwin in his de Havilland DH.66, the City of Cairo. In this interview Alger retells the story of this eventful flight. Captain H....
07.28.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM - August 2023
In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson and Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (August 2023) edition of the magazine....
07.11.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: Panel Discussion
Was the incoming Labour Government right to cancel TSR-2? Was there a possibility of creating an Anglo-French military aircraft programme in the early 1960s? Who was the panellists’ favourite villain in the TSR-2 story? These and many other questions were...
07.11.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: A Warning for Tempest? By Dr Michael Pryce MRAeS
What lessons did the UK’s aerospace industry learn from TSR-2 and what key points can we take into today’s aerospace projects? As a student, Michael Pryce lived close to Ivan Yates, the man who Warton sent to liaise with Weybridge....
07.11.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: What could have been? By Benjamin Goodlad
What would have happened if Britain decided to keep TSR-2? Benjamin Goodlad explores the possible strategic and tactical use of the aircraft, discusses the gaps it would have filled and considers which aircraft it could have replaced. He also asks...
07.11.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: Empty Skies: British procurement dilemmas and opportunities following TSR-2
The cancellation of TSR-2 left a large gap in the RAF’s armoury, but how should the gap be filled? Samuel Hollins explores the immediate procurement dilemmas faced by Britain upon the death of TSR-2 and examines the viability of the...
07.11.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: A ‘melancholy spectacle’: the downfall of the TSR-2 by Clive Richards
How did those in the corridors of power see the development of the TSR-2 project once it had been awarded? Clive Richards explores the political and strategic debates that took place within Whitehall between 1957 and the cancellation of the...
06.30.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM - July 2023
In this new podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson and Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (July 2023) edition of the...
06.23.2023
NOTAM - Paris 2023
Listen to the AEROSPACE team sum up the 2023 Paris Air Show.
06.21.2023
Pride Month 2023 - Supporting LGBTQ+ People in Aviation: A conversation with EPAN
Happy Pride Month! Supporting LGBTQ+ people in the industry is so important, in this podcast we spoke with Zac Brown, the President of the European Pride in Aviation Network about all the amazing work they’re doing to support LGBTQ+ people...
06.14.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: Off-the-Shelf Options by Paul Stoddart FRAeS
How effective would the Royal Air Force have found a completed TSR-2 compared to its rivals? Paul Stoddart compares the aircraft’s actual and potential performance data with its competitors in the international military aircraft market: the F-4C Phantom, BAC Buccaneer...
06.14.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: Building the industrial coalition by Prof Keith Hayward FRAeS
Keith Hayward explores the politics and personalities behind the TSR-2 project, which, at its heart, was a tension between two separate design teams in two different companies, with the young pretenders at English Electric headed by Frederick Page and the...
06.14.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: From Paper to Hardware by Tony Buttler AMRAeS
Tony Buttler takes us through the runners and riders that competed with the combined Vickers/English Electric design that became TSR-2, chief amongst them a proposal from Hawker Siddeley. He then goes onto explore TSR-2’s path to the first flight, highlighting...
06.14.2023
Classic Lecture - TSR-2: The path to GOR339, 1951-1957 by Clive Richards
Clive Richards explores the debate within the Air Ministry and Ministry of Supply on the need to procure a replacement for the English Electric Canberra bomber, culminating with the release to industry of General Operational Requirement 339 in 1957.
05.30.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM -June 2023
In this new podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson and Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (June 2023) edition of the...
05.26.2023
NOTAM Combat Air Space Summit
What is the future of combat air and space capabilities? AEROSPACE TIM ROBINSON FRAeS and STEPHEN BRIDGEWATER round-up two days of high-level debate and discussion at the RAeS Future Combat Air & Space Capabilities Summit.
05.09.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers.... flying over the Middle East with Capt H. W. C. Alger
Captain H. W. C. Alger first began flying Vickers Vernons on the Cairo to Baghdad airmail route when serving in the RAF and, when Imperial Airways took over the route, he was selected to join the national carrier, this time...
05.09.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers….. aircraft maintenance in the desert with Capt W. L. Garner
Though flying the early civil aircraft could be a challenge, so could maintaining the aircraft along the desert air route. Capt. Garner explores the challenges supporting aircraft as a ground engineer in North Africa, first for the Royal Air Force...
04.28.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM - May 2023
In this new podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson and Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next May 2023 of the magazine....
04.19.2023
An interview with the civil pioneers... early days of flying over the Outback with Capt Lester Brain
Captain Brain was one of Qantas’ first pilots, taking the airline from converted World War I bombers to Catalinas in World War II. In the interview, Brain explains what life was like in the early days flying over the Outback,...
03.31.2023
AEROSPACE NOTAM - April 2023
In this new podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson and Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next edition of the magazine. Find...
03.29.2023
Rewind - The History of the SRN Series of Hovercraft by Ray Wheeler FRAeS
The SRN-1 was the world’s first amphibious hovercraft and it led to a series of craft designed and built on the Isle of Wight. Though most famous for civil uses, the SN series was adapted for military uses and models...
03.07.2023
International Women's Day 2023: alta Mentoring Spotlight
Happy International Women’s day! As part of our celebrations this year we are showcasing our alta mentoring platform, a platform by women, for women. This podcast features Alessandra Badino FRAeS and Erika Ramos da Silva, a mentor and mentee on...

What's AeroSociety Podcast about?

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AeroSociety Podcast episodes:

AEROSPACE NOTAM - June 2024

Classic Podcasts - Triumph Tears : British Aviation from 1945-75 by Peter Reese

AEROSPACE NOTAM - May 2024

RAeS Corporate Partner Briefing: Fireside Chat with Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton RAF

Rewind – The Schneider Trophy by W. Cox

AEROSPACE NOTAM - April 2024

Classic Lectures - The Contribution of Power Jets Ltd to Jet Propulsion by G. B. R. Feilden

AEROSPACE NOTAM - March 2024

AEROSPACE NOTAM Singapore 2024

An interview with the civil pioneers….. life flying the HP.42 and seaplanes for Imperial Airway

Interview with the civil pioneers.. the first Brisbane-Singapore route to post-war Qantas management

AEROSPACE NOTAM - February 2024

Rewind - Fair Names & Famous - Naming of British Aircraft & Engines by Gordon T. Wansbrough-White

AEROSPACE NOTAM - January 2024

Classic Lecture: The invention of the aeroplane near Scarborough at the time of Trafalgar

AEROSPACE NOTAM - December 2023

AEROSPACE NOTAM Dubai 2023

An interview with the civil pioneers… Kingsford Smith & Australian National Airways between the wars

An interview with the civil pioneers….. Flying for Qantas between the wars by Captain Russell Tapp

An interview with the civil pioneers….. Creating Australian airfields by Lt Cdr A. D. S. Murray

AEROSPACE NOTAM - November 2023

Rewind – Aeronautical Aspects of the Spanish Civil War by Brian Armstrong MRAeS

AEROSPACE NOTAM - October 2023

An interview with the civil pioneers….. Flying for Imperial Airways in the 1930s and 1940s

An interview with the civil pioneers... Karachi to New Zealand Catalina Flying Boat survey flight

AEROSPACE NOTAM - September 2023

An interview with the civil pioneers…. early days of the Karachi to Singapore route

An interview with the civil pioneers…. first experimental civil flight between Karachi and Darwin

AEROSPACE NOTAM - August 2023

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: Panel Discussion

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: A Warning for Tempest? By Dr Michael Pryce MRAeS

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: What could have been? By Benjamin Goodlad

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: Empty Skies: British procurement dilemmas and opportunities following TSR-2

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: A ‘melancholy spectacle’: the downfall of the TSR-2 by Clive Richards

AEROSPACE NOTAM - July 2023

NOTAM - Paris 2023

Pride Month 2023 - Supporting LGBTQ+ People in Aviation: A conversation with EPAN

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: Off-the-Shelf Options by Paul Stoddart FRAeS

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: Building the industrial coalition by Prof Keith Hayward FRAeS

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: From Paper to Hardware by Tony Buttler AMRAeS

Classic Lecture - TSR-2: The path to GOR339, 1951-1957 by Clive Richards

AEROSPACE NOTAM -June 2023

NOTAM Combat Air Space Summit

An interview with the civil pioneers.... flying over the Middle East with Capt H. W. C. Alger

An interview with the civil pioneers….. aircraft maintenance in the desert with Capt W. L. Garner

AEROSPACE NOTAM - May 2023

An interview with the civil pioneers... early days of flying over the Outback with Capt Lester Brain

AEROSPACE NOTAM - April 2023

Rewind - The History of the SRN Series of Hovercraft by Ray Wheeler FRAeS

International Women's Day 2023: alta Mentoring Spotlight

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