Events

Lecture Programme 2008-2009

Tuesday 23rd September 2008

All four engines have failed
Eric MOODY
Former British Airways Boeing 747 Captain
Symposium Room, Building B01, Airbus Central Entity, Blagnac, 18h00

Tuesday 21st October 2008

Subsonic & Supersonic Land Speed Records & Other Projects
Richard NOBLE
Symposium Room, Building B01, Airbus Central Entity, Blagnac, 18h00

Wednesday 19th November 2008

Airborne Separation Assistance Systems (ASAS) for Fuel Efficiency and Environmental Benefits
Captain Philip HOGGE
Former British Airways GM & IATA Director, Chairman ASAS Thematic Network forums
Symposium Room, Building B01, Airbus Central Entity, Blagnac, 18h00

Wednesday 17th December 2008

German VTOL Aircraft Development and Flight Testing the VAK 191B V/STOL Ground Attack Aircraft
Richard SMYTH
Former VP Policy, Development & Systems General, Airbus, Toulouse
Symposium Room, Building B01, Airbus Central Entity, Blagnac, 18h00

Tuesday 27th January 2009

17th Annual Gordon Corps Lecture
Breaking the Chain - Returning Concorde to Service following the Paris Accident July 2000
Jeff JUPP
Former Technical Director Airbus UK
Symposium Room, Building B01, Airbus Central Entity, Blagnac, 18h00

Tuesday 17th February 2009

Rolls-Royce Mini-Lecture Competition *
20 minute lectures by students from Toulouse aeronautical universities
Followed by:
"The Environmentally Friendly Engine"
Richmond SWARBRIGG
Programme Lead - EFE Rolls-Royce PLC
Symposium Room, Building B01, Airbus Central Entity, Blagnac, 18h00

* Note: The competition is open to all undergraduate students.

Tuesday 24th March 2009

Pre-Cooled Engines For Access To Space & Hypersonic Flight
Alan BOND
Reaction Engines Limited
6th Floor lecture room, Building M01, Airbus France, Saint-Martin-du-Touch, 18h00

Tuesday 21st April 2009

European Commission 6th Framework
New Aircraft Concepts Research Project
João FROTA
NACRE Project Leader
6th Floor lecture room, Building M01, Airbus France, Saint-Martin-du-Touch, 18h00

Tuesday 19th May 2009

Airbus A350XWB
Laurie EMBERSON
Airbus A350XWB Programme
6th Floor lecture room, Building M01, Airbus France, Saint-Martin-du-Touch, 18h00

Thursday 25th June 2009

2nd Annual SBAC RAeS Toulouse Branch Lecture
UAV/UAS Operations
Bruno ESPOSITO
Director Civil Air Transport, SBAC
Symposium Room, Building B01, Airbus Central Entity, Blagnac, 18h00
This lecture will be preceded by the Branch AGM

Friday 26th June 2009

Annual Dinner
Kit MITCHELL
Chairman RAeS Historical Group
Château de Larroque, 32200 Gimont
www.chateaularroque.fr

Lecture Programme 2008-2009 (PDF: 100KB)

Lecture Programme 2007-2008

Tuesday 25th September 2007

How Do They Think of That? - Innovations leading to UAVs
Chris CLARKSON
Technical Director, Autonomous Systems and Future Capability, BAE Systems
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 23rd October 2007

The Environmental Challenge for Civil Aviation in the 21st Century
Dr John GREEN
Chairman, Science & Technology Subgroup, Greener By Design
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 13th November 2007

An Introduction to CNES Launch Vehicle Activities and the PERSEUS Project
Kevin DE GROOTE
CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales)
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 18th December 2007

Breaking Land Speed Records - Designing, Building and Driving the World's Fastest Cars
(1,223kph Supersonic Thrust SSC, 563kph JCB DIESELMAX)
Wing Commander Andy GREEN, Royal Air Force
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 15th January 2008

15th Annual Gordon Corps Lecture
Flight Testing (Plus ça change, plus c'est la mème chose)
John FARLEY, ex Chief Test Pilot, BAe Dunsfold
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 12th February 2008

Rolls-Royce Mini-Lecture Competition *
Students from Toulouse aeronautical universities
Followed by
Professor Geoff KIRK, former Chief Designer, Rolls-Royce PLC
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

* Note: The competition is open to all undergraduate students.

Please note that from March to June 2008 Lectures will held on Wednesdays

Wednesday 12th March 2008

Space Tourism - 3 lectures organised jointly with the AAAF Groupe Régional Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Alex TAI, Chief Operating Officer, Virgin Galactic
Christophe BONNAL, Expert Senior, CNES - Direction des Lanceurs
Hugues LAPORTE-WEYWADA, Senior Vice President Astrium, Head of Space Tourism Programme
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Wednesday 16th April 2008

AMDAR - Weather information from commercial aircraft in Europe
Stewart TAYLOR, UK Met Office, Exeter
Technical Co-ordinator to the EUMETNET-AMDAR Programme
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Wednesday 21th May 2008

The Great European Aviation Expansion in 1908
Claudius LA BURTHE
Consultant Engineer for Airbus and Pilot of Airships, Balloons and Ultra Light Aircraft
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00
This lecture will be preceded by the Branch AGM

Wednesday 18th June 2008

Airborne Separation Assistance Systems (ASAS) and their use in Cruise Climb and other Fuel Efficient Procedures
Captain Philip HOGGE
Independent Consultant, ex British Airways/IATA Technical Director
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Friday 27th June 2008

Annual Dinner
Speaker to be announced
Château de Larroque, 32200 Gimont
www.chateaularroque.fr

Lecture Programme 2007-2008 (PDF: 34KB)

Lecture Programme 2006-2007

Tuesday 19th September 2006

Souvenirs of Supersonic Aerodynamic Design - Avro Arrow to Concorde
Dudley COLLARD
Avro Canada, Boeing & Aerospatiale Aerodynamicist
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 17th October 2006

Environmental Research by French & European Scientific Aircraft
Dr Marc PONTAUD, Director of SAFIRE
Service des Avions Français Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Wednesday 15th November 2006

Renault Formula 1 - Flying on the Ground
Dr Pat SYMONDS, Executive Director, Renault F1 Team
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 12th December 2006

An Encounter with Sir George Cayley (1773 to 1857)
Jim MATTHEW, formerly Head of Physics, University of York
Ian WORMALD, formerly with BAE SYSTEMS
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 23rd January 2007

15th Annual Gordon Corps Lecture
Learning from Experience in Airworthiness and Maintenance
Dr David KING, Chief Inspector of Air Accidents, UK AAIB
UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 20th February 2007

Rolls-Royce Mini-Lecture Competition *
students from Toulouse aeronautical universities
Followed by
Rolls-Royce Aero Engines - A Story of Continuous Development
Sir Ralph ROBINS, Chairman retired, Rolls-Royce PLC
AirBusiness Academy, 18h00

* Note: The competition is open to all students under 27 years of age.

Tuesday 20th March 2007

Vital Role of Simulation in Aircraft Development & Training
Bernard MATTOS, Simulation Expert, Airbus France
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 17th April 2007

High Speed Helicopters
Dr Ken HART, University of Hertfordshire
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00

Tuesday 22nd May 2007

The Story of the Development of UK Vertical Take-off Aircraft
John FARLEY, ex Chief Test Pilot, BAe Dunsfold
Airbus Symposium Room, 18h00
This lecture will be preceded by the Branch AGM

Friday 22nd June 2007

Boeing 777 and 787 Developments
Frank SANTONI, Boeing Director of Flight Operations/Chief Pilot
Salle du Sénéchal, 17 rue de Rémusat, Toulouse, 17h30
Joint lecture with ANAE

Friday 29th June 2007

Annual Dinner
Château de Larroque, Gimont (32)
www.chateaularroque.fr