Airworthiness and Maintenance ConferenceReducing Maintenance Costs Through Innovation
Thursday 16 September 2010
Cranfield University, UK
In the current economic climate the need for cost reduction within both commercial and military aviation is becoming ever more critical. Airframe, powerplant and component maintenance represent a significant part of ongoing operating costs. How can these costs be safely driven down without compromising airworthiness?
There is much work being performed in such diverse areas as more maintenance friendly design, leaner maintenance practices, improved maintenance packages and streamlined work processes. However, these projects are fragmented and information sharing is not readily available.
This conference aims to pull together the experts from all areas of the industry: airframers, engine manufacturers, OEMs, airlines, lessors and MROs. Delegates will hear presentations from innovators in a number of specialist areas and this update and cross fertilization will enable them to return to their organisations with fresh ideas on how to reduce maintenance costs.
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Human Powered Aircraft Group Conference
Human Powered Flight, New Challenges
Tuesday 21 September 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
The Royal Aeronautical Society Human Powered Flight Group has of late been looking towards the future of Human Powered Flight,
and how this might achieve greater interest in the modern world. One outcome has been the establishing of a Human Powered flight competition in UK
schools for students up to the age of eighteen. The Human Powered Group believes that this challenge is a powerful engineering educational tool for
schools. This has led to an 18 metre class of aircraft which, while lacking in the performance needed for record breaking flight attempts, leads to an
aircraft with greater practical appeal for sport and other recreational purposes.
While there will be mention of the traditional Kremer prize aircraft, the conference focuses on this and other new ideas for Human Powered Aircraft.
This conference is being organised by the Royal Aeronautical Society's Human Powered Aircraft Group. The Group believes the Conference
will be of interest to amateur and professional aircraft designers, University
students and lecturers, as well as those with an interest in Human Powered flight.
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2010 Annual International Flight Crew Training Conference
The Global Market Place: The Challenges for Flight Crew Training
Wednesday 22 – Thursday 23 September 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
While the aviation industry is experiencing difficult times financially, safety must remain
at the top of the agenda for flight operations anywhere in the world. Safe operations need continuous attention to training,
both ab initio and subsequently throughout a pilot’s career. Type training and recurrent training require standards to be met
irrespective of location and organisation.
While aviation safety throughout the world has improved over the years, intractable problems remain. 'What is it doing now?'
is not just a flight crew joke; experience suggests that crews too often fail to understand what is happening to the aircraft
and are slow to take appropriate action to retrieve the situation. On occasions, this has resulted in aircraft losses. Sadly,
such accidents are not confined to any one part of the world. While technology may help crews to avoid such situations, it may
also leave them unprepared to manage rarely encountered handling problems. State of the art aircraft systems could possibly
lead to training programmes omitting or minimising exercises that it is assumed will never be needed. Training pilot behaviour
is as important as all other aspects of pilot training, and this is especially true in the global market place.
The 2010 Annual International Flight Crew Training Conference aims to explore and seek solutions to these issues and discuss
the basis for future improvements in both the quality and performance of national and international programmes and their
associated training equipment. This wide-ranging Conference will examine these issues from the perspectives of fixed-wing
and rotary-wing aircraft manufacturers and operators, makers and users of training systems, training providers, airspace
managers, researchers, and regulators. The very broad agenda seeks both to ensure that appropriate work is taken forward
and also to determine how the RAeS might best facilitate progress.
Regardless of whether you are involved with management, manufacturing, training, regulating, airspace, or any other aspect of
operations, this Conference will provide a unique opportunity to become involved, discuss the issues and influence the work
required to resolve them.
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International Flight Crew Training Conference
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SETP/ SFTE/ RAeS Flight Test Group Conference
4th European Flight Test Safety Workshop
Tuesday 28 - Wednesday 29 September 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
The theme of the 4th Annual European Flight Test Safety Workshop is "Flight Test Professionals - Skill sets, knowledge and experience critical to successful and safe test programmes"
The history of flight testing is full of examples of both "professional" and "amateur" approaches to the subject.
What makes the difference? This workshop's theme is an attempt to focus discussion on flight tests where the participants' skill sets, knowledge,
and experience levels proved critical to safe and successful program completion.
The scope of this annual conference is such that it will seek contributions that cover all current research, preference
will be given to presentations that highlight test programs where the linkage between participants' backgrounds and
the test outcome can be established and critical skills identified for the test professionals involved including test pilots,
test engineers, or test technicians.
The purpose of the safety workshop is to provide an open forum where test safety issues can be presented, discussed and probed with other
members and disciplines of the flight test community.
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October 2010
Human Factors in Emergency Response and Safety Management
Wednesday 6 October 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
The conference examines the way incidents and emergencies develop and how various agencies and sectors
plan for and respond to them, from airborne first alarm to airport ERP and emergency responders, to post-incident support. A particular focus
is the unpredictability of human error and the difficulty of realistically assessing and planning for these as part of SMS and ERP development and
implementation.
The conference features leading international expert Capt. Dan Maurino (ICAO ret'd) and authoritative guidance from CAA, NATS, BAA and other agencies,
as well as practical examples including the anatomy of the 2005 Helios crash. There will be a panel discussion and Q&A chaired by Prof. Jim Reason
to answer any questions about SMS implementation and Emergency Response.
Register online for Human Factors Conference here
The programme will be available shortly
Sponsorship & Exhibition Packages for the Conference are available here
Expanding our Opportunities
Women in Aviation & Aerospace Conference
Friday 15 October 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
As the aviation and aerospace industry responds to the many challenges it faces, opportunities are created which provide
career openings for ambitious and creative people. As women, we need to know how to take advantage of such breaks and learn from other women who have
succeeded in their careers and achieved their ambitions. The Women in Aviation and Aerospace Conference 2010 will not just bring delegates together
to network but will provide a serious focus on the major challenges facing the industry through a programme of inspiring speakers whose example
demonstrates how to capitalise on the opportunities that come our way.
This is the fourth Women in Aviation and Aerospace Conference to be organised by the Royal Aeronautical Society and the second to come under the banner
of the new RAeS Women in Aviation and Aerospace Committee. The event will attract delegates working in all sectors and all job titles, ranging from those
whose careers have already been successful and those who are striving to emulate that success to students who aspire to work in aviation and aerospace.
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Flight Operations Safety Conference
Tuesday 19 October 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
Since the advent of Ground Proximity Warning Systems (GPWS) and particularly Enhanced GPWS the greatest cause of loss of life in
commercial air transport operations has become loss of control in flight (LOC-I). As always, prevention is better than cure, but events that might lead to a LOC-I
cannot always be avoided. Environmental conditions such as mountain waves, or technical failures in an aircraft such as loss of airspeed information or thrust
may lead to LOC-I. Poor piloting or a lack of appreciation by the pilot of the characteristics of the aircraft may also initiate LOC-I.
There is sufficient evidence to show that some pilots are ill-equipped to recover from an event that will become a LOC-I unless prompt and appropriate action
is taken. This may be due to deficiencies in initial training or to pilots forgetting the fundamentals of aerodynamics after years of trouble free operation in
today’s highly reliable aircraft. It is important that the reasons should be identified and then addressed with urgency.
In any aircraft incident in which control is lost there is an interval between a deviation from normal flight and irretrievable loss of control during which
the resumption of normal flight is possible. Within this interval, timely recognition of the problem and application of the correct recovery action can prevent
the situation becoming irrecoverable. Speakers from major manufacturers, regulators, operators and training organisations will explore ways in which the risk
that LOC-I will occur can be minimised and, if a LOC-I should be imminent, how recovery can be initiated before control is irretrievably lost.
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The Greening of Aircraft Propulsion –
Progress and Prospects
Wednesday 20 October 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
If air travel is to survive and prosper in the medium to long term it is understood that its environmental
impact needs to be minimised. A key element in this is clearly the aircraft propulsion system, where the conversion of chemical energy to
kinetic energy takes place. The European Commission has part funded a number of Technology Demonstration Programmes aimed at improving
the efficiency of aircraft propulsion. The conference will review the VITAL, DREAM and NEWAC programmes from the EC Framework 6
and Framework 7 programmes.
The conference will also tie-in the broader concerns surrounding the development and use of biofuels. Are they
likely to be the effective mitigator of aviation’s environmental impacts? What will be the economic and technological
drivers for their adoption? Can they be produced sustainably and in the necessary quantities?
The conference will also consider how best to incentivise industry to invest in and develop technologies needed to
continue - or accelerate - the progress already made in reducing the environmental impact of aircraft propulsion.
What is the role of government and regulation?
The conference is jointly organised and promoted by the RAeS Greener by Design group and the RAeS/IMechE Combined
Propulsion Technical Activity Committee.
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Register online for this Conference here
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Structures & Materials Conference
2nd Aircraft Structural Design Conference
Tuesday 26 - Thursday 28 October 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
The Royal Aeronautical Society’s 2nd Aircraft Design Conference will address the challenges facing
the designers of the next generation civil aircraft that will be complex and have to operate under strict environmental rules
in an ever increasing market.
The scope of the conference is such that it will seek contributions that cover all current research and thinking about the
type of civil aircraft structures, including innovative forms, required to sustain a growing, but threatened, industrial
sector. Additionally it will cover the challenges that emerge from complete life-cycle consideration of an aircraft from
initial concept to final disposal. The question of disposal is a particular challenge for modern designs involving the
extensive use of composite materials.
In addition to examining structural concepts the conference will address design methods and methodologies, together with
computational methods to support the creation of these aircraft. Contributions in this area will need to cover a broad range
of research topics that match the current and future needs of the industry. Complex designs of the type normally considered
in the “innovative design” category require interdisciplinary and dynamically interactive design methods as no single
discipline can be taken in isolation. Today’s design teams are multinational, being distributed across continents, or the
globe, and the computational methods must be able to support distributed working. The control of complexity is, therefore, a
major issue that the conference wishes to address.
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Aerospace & Aviation Careers Fair
Friday 29 October 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
Looking for work in the aerospace industry?
Whether you need a job, want to change jobs or are just looking for advice, the Aerospace Careers
Event aims to bring you closer together with our industry links!
This is a unique opportunity to meet potential employers face to face at the only careers fair dedicated to the
aerospace and aviation community.
Are you a company interested in exhibiting and meeting your recruitment needs?
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November 2010
Flying through an Era of Volcanic Ash
Tuesday 9 November 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland this spring caused significant disruption
in air traffic throughout the United Kingdom and much of Europe. Eyjafjallajokull has now stopped emitting ash, but volcanic
activity in Iceland follows a cycle of about 140 years, which last peaked in 1900. Therefore we seem likely to be entering a
period of increasing activity in Iceland’s volcanoes, which may cause further disruption.
As we look ahead, what are the options and possibilities (operational and technical) to minimise the impact of volcanic ash on
aviation? Is current research likely to bear fruit or are other initiatives needed? This conference aims to answer these
questions.
Register online for Flying through an Era of Volcanic Ash here
Click here for the draft programme on this volcanic ash conference
Towards Commercial Exploitation
of Unmanned Aircraft
Wednesday 10 - Thursday 11 November 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
There are many obstacles to, but also opportunities for, the routine national and international
commercial exploitation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
This conference is the second of a series of annual conferences run by the Royal Aeronautical Society to identify and assess
these issues. The conference series will review progress of those activities which are already underway with a view to sharing
information and encouraging co-operation. Each conference will seek to identify new subjects which have to be addressed, with
a view to catalysing the establishment of work programmes to address them.
This year, the proposed themes are given below, and papers are invited on those subjects. However the organising committee,
the RAeS UAS Specialist Group, will consider any papers relevant to the general purpose of this series of conferences. The
submission of international papers is strongly encouraged.
Call for Papers: Deadline 22 June 2010 -
Click here for the Call for Papers for this Unmanned Air Systems conference
The Organising Committee invites prospective authors to submit abstracts of original work for presentation at the
Conference.
Sponsorship & Exhibition Packages for the Conference are available here.
Autumn 2010 Flight Simulation Conference
The Challenges for Flight Simulation - The Next Steps
Wednesday 17 - Thursday 18 November 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
Has Flight Simulation technology reached a plateau? Are there still challenges to be
resolved?
The Royal Aeronautical Society Flight Simulation Group believes there are many challenges in Flight Simulation, and has
organised this Conference to identify them and some possible solutions. One major challenge is to rationalise the variety
of Flight Simulation Training Devices (FSTD) used in pilot training based on training need. Results will be presented from
the International Working Group organised by the RAeS, known as the IWG-H, which has addressed the definition of FSTDs for
helicopters. The results take the form of guidance material to be published as ICAO 9625. This will be the first time that
FSTDs for rotary wing aircraft have been addressed in this way.
Two sessions of the Conference will be dedicated to the detailed reporting of both the Technical and Training sub-groups
of IWG-H. The sessions will address the approach taken to analysis the training requirement and develop the rationale for
a suitable range of FSTDs that can deliver training in all of the phases of helicopter piloting skills development.
Additional topics include the modelling of rotary wing flight performance and the access to and use of data, particularly
when addressing lower order FSTDs.
In its second main theme, the Conference will address some of the further challenges that face the flight simulation
industry as advances in technology offer increased capability. Beyond simulation technology we have new directions for aviation itself that includes the proliferation of the Unmanned
Aircraft System (UAS). The range of tasks that are addressed by a UAS extends daily, as does the desire to operate them
alongside other forms of aviation, both civil and military. What capability does flight simulation need to offer to
research and train for this challenge?
Click here for the Autumn 2010 Flight Simulation Conference Programme
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General Aviation Conference
Designing Light Aircraft - More Methods and Tools
Tuesday 23 November 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
The Conference will develop the theme successfully launched at the 2009 GAG Conference (Design Methods and Tools for Light Aircraft) which aimed to review design data,
design software and affordable tools now available to designers and entrepreneurs. The 2010 conference will address topics highlighted in the 2009 postConference reviews. It will build on the broad overview with further insight into the utility of specific computer tools, and specific aerodynamic, structural and manufacturing issues.
Again we have invited speakers who are active in their fields so that presentations are pertinent to the design challenges of today.
Aircraft Design Software (ADS) is a software package dedicated to take the designer through the entire aircraft conceptual design process. ADS can handle light aircraft,
UAV and commuter category aircraft of any configuration and can be used either to design a new aircraft from scratch or to design modifications to existing aircraft. The presentation will cover the whole conceptual design phase, including optimisation of the design.
The underlying equations and algorithms will be described and validation reports presented.
A case study of the Lambert Mission will be presented. This will be a joint presentation by designer Filip Lambert and by Francis Donaldson.
Francis was responsible for the Mission's certification through the Light Aircraft Association (LAA). By giving both the design and certification viewpoints, the two sides of the story can be compared and issues can be seen and understood.
Use of FEA software will be described, with emphasis on techniques suitable for light aeroplane design analysis.
Composites are increasingly used in light aircraft, but many still see them as difficult to use. The many types of composite, resin,
lay-up and curing techniques don't help. But they offer tremendous advantages in creating lighter, more streamlined aircraft.
This paper attempts to shed some light on which composite materials and techniques are most cost-effective in different situations from experimental one-offs to prototypes to production.
The Brunel Flight Safety Laboratory (BFSL) is currently completing a research programme on loss of control and spinning. Design lessons from this programme will be presented.
A number of people and small enterprises have expressed interest in how to build a business based on new light aircraft designs. The presentation will be broad and far reaching, not just on how to raise money, but will show that the success of a company is largely decided in the ‘day one’ decisions taken about the market and the concept, and in the design period.
The Group believes the Conference will be of interest to amateur and professional aircraft designers, University students and lecturers, as well as those with an interest in the technical development of light aircraft.
Click here for the General Aviation Group Conference Draft Programme
Designing Light Aircraft - More Methods and Tools here
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RAeS/LAA Cockpit Design Competition 2011
The General Aviation Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society, in conjunction with the Light Aircraft Association, ran a
successful light aircraft cockpit design competition in 2009. In the light of this success, the Society is planning to hold
another competition in 2011.
The competition is open to the general public and winning entries will be announced in November 2011. Prizes for entries
of a sufficiently high standard are expected to amount in total to £1500.
Full details and the Entry Form can be found here.
Weapon Systems and Technology for Enduring Campaigns
Classified Conference
Wednesday 24 -Thursday 25 November 2010
MoD Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, UK
Enduring Campaigns are a feature of warfare and in this context mean those operations that require a sustained, long-term presence
of a military force in order to assist a country to achieve an acceptable end state. Examples include the conflict in Gaza, Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger conflict, the war
in Darfur, cocaine trading in Colombia, UK troubles in Northern Ireland and the US and NATO operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. It could be said that recent
Planning Assumptions didn’t account for enduring campaigns.
Today’s enduring peace-keeping and policing campaigns are recognised, by definition, as those worth the outcome. Typically, the investment to ‘make a stand’
comes from a participating nation’s defence budget or special funding. But, especially when defence budgets shrink and other economic pressures prevail,
the investment in enduring campaigns is scrutinised. Reasons for the extension of campaigns are examined. Emphasis is placed on achieving the end-goals
of the campaign, but often the available prosecution methods prove less effective than initially expected.
What technologies can be developed or transferred to these enduring campaigns to address expectations, or can be brought to bear after campaigns
take unexpected turns?
Please note this is a UK Classified Conference and all delegates will be required to hold the necessary security clearance. Each participant is responsible
for obtaining their own security clearance to enter MoD Shrivenham for the purpose of attending this conference. Cleared foreign nationals to give 6 weeks
notice of attendance
Click here for the Weapon Systems and Technologies Conference Programme
Register online for Enduring campaigns will be available soon;
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Sky’s The Limit? – Aerospace Innovation In The 21st Century
Young Members Conference
Friday 26 November 2010
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
The 2010 Young Members Conference will provide an insight into some of the upcoming step changes
in the aerospace industry. The conference is aimed primarily at young people currently studying an aerospace-related subject
or working in the sector.
The programme includes speakers from:
Register online for Sky’s The Limit? – Aerospace Innovation In The 21st Century here
Full programme to follow soon.
2011
Spring 2011 Flight Simulation Conference
The World Outside The Aircraft - Simulating The Operational Environment
Wednesday 8 - Thursday 9 June 2011
No.4 Hamilton Place, London, UK
Much progress has been made and discussed in previous RAeS Flight Simulation Group
Conferences on the simulation of an aircraft and its operational systems for use in flight crew training. International
standards have even been drafted in the civil arena defining required levels of simulation fidelity as a function of
training tasks.
But what are the challenges that still need addressing in the fidelity of the simulation of the real world environment
outside the aircraft? What is missing or lacking in this area that could improve the training value and realism of flight
simulation based aircrew training in both civilian and military operations? What are the challenges to be resolved and how
should we address them?
The Royal Aeronautical Society Flight Simulation Group believes that there has been substantial focus recently in the
media suggesting that aircrew need to be given more training and increased situational awareness skills to cope with
operating today’s advanced civil and military aircraft in an increasingly complex, busy and diverse airspace environment.
Our objective is to identify what is lacking, missing or needs to be improved and to propose some specific solutions.
In civil aviation, recent safety analyses have highlighted loss of situational awareness and losing control of a perfectly
serviceable airplane due to a variety of reasons related to external influences or procedures, as a major issue of concern.
New procedures such as RNP, voiceless communications and visual aids such as HUD/EVS require precise integration with the
simulated environment for training to be efficient.
From the military perspective the increasing amount of sensory information that is required to be shared and trained in
the use of sole or collectively training, means that there are significant challenges in integrating these systems with
a real world operating environment. For example the increased reliance on manned ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance) missions (in combination with UAV ISR aircraft) can be a real challenge that needs higher fidelity
training environments.
Call for Papers: Deadline 29 October 2010
The Organising Committee invites prospective authors to submit abstracts of original work for presentation at the Conference.
Full details on how to submit an abstract for the Spring 2011 Flight Simulation Conference can be found here.
Sponsorship & Exhibition Packages for the Flight Simulation Conference are available here
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