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Papers and Presentations

A selection of the papers and presentations recently delivered to branches of the Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division

Mr Ron Bartsch, Managing director, Avlaw Pty Lt, on the link between Aviation Safety and Profitability

Mr Ron Bartsch delivered this presentation on Making airlines more profitable by making them safer to the Sydney Branch in May 2011.

The presentation slides are available here.

Eminent Speaker Program - March 2011: Dr Mark Shuart

During March 2011 the RAeS Australian Division supported an eminent speaker tour by Dr Mark Shuart on Advanced Composites Technologies for Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles. 

The tour was hosted by the Joint Board for Aerospace Engineering (Engineers Australia & RAeS)

A video stream of the presentation is available here.

The presentation slides from Dr Shuart's tour are available here.

Eminent Speaker Program - December 2010: Dr John Hart-Smith

During December 2010 the RAeS Australian Division supported an eminent speaker tour by Dr John Hart-Smith on Lessons learned by one Aerospace Structures Engineer in a 40-year career

The tour was hosted by the National Committee on Applied Mechanics of Engineers Australia.

The presentation slides from Dr Hart-Smith's tour are available here.

The RAeS is investigating the copyright limitations on the paper authored Dr Hart-Smith and will upload it to this site, or provide a link, as soon as posssible

Dr Bill Schofield on Dr David Warren and the Black Box

Dr Bill Schofield FRAeS delivered this presentation on Dr David Warren AO entitled the Scientist, the Black Box Saga and Lessons learnt to the Melbourne Branch's Hargrave Lecture in December 2010.

The presentation notes and photos are available to download here.

Centenary of Powered Flight in Australia

Throughout 2003, The Royal Aeronautical Society - Australian Division, and its Branches, celebrated the centenary of powered flight. The focal point of these celebrations was the Centenary of Flight Dinner, held on December 17, at The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, to coincide with the  centenary of the Wright Brothers momentous achievement at Kitty Hawk.

Since 2003, there have been ongoing celebrations as individual nations have reflected on their own contributions to a technology that has so profoundly reshaped our world.

The anniversary of the first powered flight in Australia however has aroused considerable controversy over exactly who made the first successful attempt.

RAeS member John Scott has compiled a fascinating summary of the activities at the time which should resolve the issue down to how one defines the flight.

Kingsford Smith Lecture 2009 - John Roundhill, VP of Product Development at Boeing

In October 2009, the Sydney Branch hosted John Roundhill, VP of Product Development at Boeing, for the annual Kingsford Smith lecture. You're welcome to download the the slides from John's presentation on Connecting the World - Boeing’s Long-Range Commercial Jetliners

Rolls-Royce Australia Services

This paper was re-presented by Mr Andrew Dudgeon, Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Australia Services Pty Ltd, at the Aero Environment Summit 2010, hosted by Boeing, help 13th April, 2010 at The Mint, Sydney.

Bristol Aircraft Factory by David Farrar

Presentation by David Farrar to the Sydney Branch in 2010

Australian Aviation Industry Forum by Malcolm Robertson

Presentation by Malcolm Robertson to the Sydney Branch in 2010

Kingsford Smith Licture 2010 - Brett Godfrey, former CEO of Virgin Blue

Speech by Brett Godfrey, former CEO of Virgin Blue, delivered to the Sydney Branch in October 2010