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BROOKLANDS MUSEUM VISIT
3 months ago
by Andrew Brookes
in News
On 3rd October, twelve Air League Leading Edge members ventured down to the historic Brooklands Museum in Surrey. The group was hosted by former British Airways Concorde Manager, Captain Mike Bannister.
Brooklands was the world’s first purpose built motor racing circuit, constructed in 1907. Not only was the site the birthplace of motor sport, but also aviation, boasting a vast centre for aircraft design, construction and flight testing for most of the 20th century.
Captain Bannister kindly showed the group around the historic museum, followed by a tour of the British Airways Concorde “Delta Golf”. The group were lucky enough to experience what it would have felt like to fly as a passenger on Concorde, and also had the chance to sit in the cockpit. The young members were then treated to a tour around one of only two Concorde Flight Simulators. The simulator has been restored to its original health after being abandoned and destroyed upon the grounding of Concorde.
Many thanks to Captain Bannister and all at Brooklands Museum for making the day out a great success.
Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging RAF
5 months ago
by Andrew Brookes
in News
Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, Red Four, Rest in Peace
Condolences to his wife and family from the Council and members of The Air League
SLESSOR LECTURE
1 year ago
by Andrew Brookes
in News
Given by Air Marshal T M (Timo) Anderson CB DSO MA under the auspices of The Air League in Parliament – 11 October 2010
The Royal Air Force in the 21st Century
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a very great honour for me to present the 2010 Slessor Lecture this evening in this wonderful venue. Before I move on from the present to the future though, I must say a few words about the past and, specifically, about Sir John Slessor.
Slessor
Slessor was an extraordinary military airman, commander and thinker whose career spanned the years 1915 to 1952, and whose breadth of experience encompassed operations on the Western Front in the First World War; in Egypt, Sudan and Waziristan (for which he won the Distinguished Service Order); who commanded a bomber group during the most difficult period of the Second World War; who was closely involved in planning the strategic bomber offensive against Germany; and who then commanded RAF Coastal Command during the most critical phase of the Battle of the Atlantic. After the war, his intellectual skills were put to use as Commandant of the Imperial Staff College, before, as Chief of the Air Staff, he was instrumental in promoting the development of a British nuclear deterrent.
Cuts for now – or forever?
1 year ago
by Andrew Brookes
in Insights
Filling a £37bn black hole in planned but unfunded purchases may spell doom for some Royal Air Force capabilities.
UK defence secretary Liam Fox’s recent speech on the vexed question of his ministry’s grievously overstretched budget raised as many questions as it answered.
Air League Director Andrew Brookes’ view is presented in this Flight International article along with other leading aerospace officials.
UK GENERAL AVIATION IS VITAL
1 year ago
by Andrew Brookes
in Insights
UK GA – The Foundation of a Vibrant Aviation Sector
UK aviation will only be sustained for the good of national economic, defence and leisure interests if there is an active and vibrant General Aviation (GA) sector at its core.
Throughout the history of UK aviation, many of key innovations and developments have been spawned by GA. In war and peace, the GA sector and the associated interests that it catalyses in aviation have been a major source of the pilots, engineers, controllers and multiplicity of functions that sustain operations and keep them airborne.
GA covers the widest spectrum of aviation of any sector from training and private flying to specialist support for police and ambulance, to gliding, ballooning, helicopters and parachuting, air taxi and business aviation. Of the 21,000 UK registered aircraft[1], over 90% are in the GA sector!
