A preview of what to look forward to at this year’s Paris Air Show on 20-26 June

Thanks to the UK’s National Army Museum we have a great competition for readers – tickets to an exclusive talk by Ed Macy MC, former British Army Apache AH1 pilot and author of the bestselling ‘Apache’ & ‘Hellfire’ books.

This week, Aerospace International Editor Tim Robinson has been interviewed on one of the web’s most popular aviation podcasts, Airplane Geeks, on the effects of the UK’s SDSR on the British military rotorcraft fleet, and how the UK’s Joint Helicopter Command prepares for the challenges of operations in Afghanistan.

This weekly podcast is the no1 aviation-related podcast on iTunes and in the past has featured other aviation journalists, analysts and commentators to talk about current issues in the aerospace community, such as airline strategy, safety and Required Navigation Performance (RNP). It covers commercial, general and military aviation news stories.

RAF Chinook on Excercise Pashtun Jaguar 2011 earlier this year.

Why not head over to airplanegeeks.com to listen to this week’s episode (144)  and check out their other episodes!

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This week, the Royal Aeronautical Society has been featured in a segment on  one of the web’s most popular aviation podcasts, Airplane Geeks, with Aerospace International Editor Tim Robinson being interviewed for the show on the UK’s SDSR and defence cuts - and the Libyan no-fly zone’s impact on these decisions.

This weekly podcast is the no1 aviation-related podcast on iTunes and in the past has featured other aviation journalists, analysts and commentators to talk about current issues in the aerospace community, such as airline strategy, safety and Required Navigation Performance (RNP). It covers commercial, general and military aviation news stories.

Why not head over to airplanegeeks.com to listen to this week’s episode (143) to hear the Editor talking about UK defence cuts, SDSR and Libya  and check out their other episodes!

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The Airworthiness and Maintenance Specialist Group Committee will be visiting the Airbus wing manufacturing facility at Broughton on 24th March. A few places have become available so Society members who would like to come on this half-day visit should contact Tony Harris on 07765 866080 or [email protected] for further details.

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After a barren few years, PC flight simulation in 2011 is set to be a bumper year with two major franchises returning and other exciting releases.

Exclusive interview with Dr Reinhard Opitz - German WW2 veteran and one of the few pilots to have flown the rocket-powered Messerschmitt Me 163 fighter.

This week, the Royal Aeronautical Society has been featured in a segment on  one of the web’s most popular aviation podcasts, Airplane Geeks, with Aerospace International Editor Tim Robinson being interviewed for the show.

This weekly podcast is the no1 aviation-related podcast on iTunes and in the past has featured other aviation journalists, analysts and commentators to talk about current issues in the aerospace community, such as airline strategy, safety and Required Navigation Performance (RNP). It covers commercial, general and military aviation news stories.

Why not head over to airplanegeeks.com to listen to this week’s episode (131) highlighting the RAeS and check their other episodes!

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At this time of year we would like to wish all Aerospace Insight readers Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year.

Since the launch of this Royal Aeronautical Society blog in July, your readership has been essential in building it up into a ‘must-read’ aerospace digest. We wish to express our thanks for this support.

The weekly blog will return as normal in the first week of January.

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Exclusive interview with Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown – WW2 aviator, one of the world’s greatest test pilots and holder of the record for number of different aircraft types flown.

Rerouting aircraft to avoid creating contrails, taxiing aircraft using hydrogen from waste products and a personal aircraft that anyone can fly - it could all happen in the future. Bill Read reports from the third day of the ICAS conference in Nice on the latest research into ways to reduce the effect of aircraft on the environment

Aerospace International talks to the Rt Hon Gerald Howarth, MP for Aldershot, Minister for International Security Strategy at the Ministry of Defence and a private pilot, about this year’s Farnborough Airshow, encouraging young people into the industry and why UK aerospace and defence exports will lead the way out of the deficit.

Also high on the agenda at this year’s Farnborough airshow was ‘greener aviation’ and the efforts the aerospace industry is making in pushing forward exciting new developments in sustainable aviation. With aviation growth now set to resume, technologies such as newer ultra-efficient airliners, open-rotor engines and algae-based biofuels will be critical in balancing the worldwide demand for air travel with the need to reduce its carbon footprint. We interviewed two top-level executives - Dr Jean Botti, EADS and Charles Champion, Airbus about some of these ‘green’ developments in aerospace.