The Lockheed U-2 is a strategic reconnaissance aircraft, which played a crucial role during the tense years of the Cold War. It came to fame when pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the ...

To make aviation more sustainable requires ever more efficient propulsion systems. This lecture will focus on the work Rolls-Royce is doing to deliver this future with UltraFan at the centre to ...

The National Aerospace Library in Farnborough is packed to the gunnels with stories of the amazing feats of aeronautical endeavours, both past and present. Join the Royal Aeronautical Society’s ...

The Sustainable Skies World Summit 2026 was held in Farnborough in March providing an opportunity for specialist speakers ...

The RAeS Heathrow Branch is delighted to welcome Captain James Passmore, a distinguished flight crew member, now retired from British Airways, to share the stories of a 35-year career in aviation.

What inspired you into aerospace? As a child I was interested in flying. However, as a teenager, I was inspired by a movie about test pilots (The Right Stuff), and the TV series about flying doctors.

The almost unbelievable story of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) from its very beginnings as a piece of British improvisation to a well-oiled machine. Its male and female amateur pilots ferried over ...

Insight blogs Sustainable aspirations challenged 14 April 2026 The Sustainable Skies World Summit 2026 was held in Farnborough in March providing an opportunity for specialist speakers from around the ...

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Whilst familiar to many as the home of Cranfield University and, prior to that, the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield was originally built in the mid-1930s as one of a first batch of new airfields for ...

Over one year on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western air forces are now rediscovering the need for dispersed operations to survive and keep fighting. TIM ROBINSON FRAeS considers what a 21st ...