Royal Aeronautical Society Podcast
The Royal Aeronautical Society is the world’s only professional body dedicated to the entire aerospace community. Established in 1866 to further the art, science and engineering of aeronautics, the Society has been at the forefront of developments in aerospace ever since.
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From laminar flow research to pioneering greener aviation: an academic career in aerodynamics and aerospace engineering - an interview with Prof Ian Poll OBE FREng FCGI Hon FAIAA FRAeS (opens the original)
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Taking up the challenge of greening aviation, undertaking fundamental research and guiding university departments, in this fascinating interview, Prof. Ian Poll reflects on a remarkable career spanning pioneering aerodynamics research, university leadership at Cranfield and Manchester, research work at NASA Langley, and the challenge of making aviation more sustainable with Greener by Design. After seeing no future projects in the 1970s Hawker Siddeley Aviation’s Military Future Projects office,
NOTAM News 3 September 2026 (opens the original)
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Welcome to NOTAM News, a new podcast from the AEROSPACE team. In this first episode Deputy Editor, Stephen Bridgewater FRAeS, and Features Editor, Dominic Ward, discuss some of the latest news and hot topics from across aviation, aerospace and space – including Airlink’s flypast in South Africa, Heart Aerospace flying its X1 demonstrator, the latest aircraft developed to fit into in the FAA’s new MOSAIC regulations, Saab’s new CCA and NASA launching the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. #news #
AEROSPACE NOTAM - August and September 2026 (opens the original)
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In the latest podcast in the series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Dominic Ward analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the newest (August and September 2026) edition of the magazine.
From the cockpit to the flight deck – learning, flying and teaching the airliners and first time in the Concorde test pilot’s seat – part two of an interview with Alan Smith (opens the original)
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Determined to become an airline pilot after leaving the RAF in 1959, Alan Smith takes us through his tough self-financed route to his Airline Transport Pilot’s licence before breaking into the airlines, flying the DC-3, the Heron and the BAC One-Eleven in his time in Jersey Airline and on the flying staff at BAC. As well as training outside pilots on the One-Eleven, Smith also tells stories of being seconded to airlines across the world and being thrown into the test pilot’s seat in the BAC One-
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