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SUMMARY:Concorde - A Real Life Time Machine - RAeS / IMechE talk - Captain
  David Rowland FRAeS FRIN
DTSTART:20131010T180000Z
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CONTACT:Publicity Officer\, IMechE Beds & Cambs area
DESCRIPTION:In the first century of powered flight\, and to this day\, the
 re has never been another aircraft in operation\, civil or military of any
  country\, which can do what Concorde did. There were\, and are\, aircraft
  that can fly higher\, or go faster\, or carry more people or fly further\
 , but none that can combine all those capabilities to fly at Mach2\, witho
 ut refuelling\, across the Atlantic with one hundred passengers on board.\
 n\nLooking back over those one hundred years and to the origins of Concord
 e\, this talk explains why Concorde was such a technological achievement a
 nd a commercial success in airline operation.\n\n*Captain David Rowland FR
 AeS FRIN* is a Past President of the Royal Aeronautical Society.\n\nDavid 
 Rowland joined BOAC in 1969 as a co-pilot/navigator on VC 10 aircraft\, su
 bsequently joining the Concorde fleet as a co-pilot in 1976\, soon after t
 he aircraft entered service.\n\nHaving left the fleet to obtain a command 
 on BAC 1-11 aircraft and after becoming a Training Captain and Instrument 
 Rating Examiner\, he returned to Concorde as a Captain and was appointed F
 light Manager and then Commercial Manager and later General Manager of the
  Fleet. He retired from British Airways in 1999.\n\nDavid has been a membe
 r and past Chairman of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Learned Society 
 Board and of the Flight Simulation Group. He was a founder committee membe
 r of the aviation industry’s environmental group\, Greener-by-Design and
  chaired the Operations sub committee. David is a Fellow of the Royal Inst
 itute of Navigation and a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Nav
 igators.\n\nTime: Refreshments served from 19.00. Talk starts at 19.30. En
 ds at 21.00 following discussion.\n\nFree to attend. Refreshments £2. Reg
 istration not required. All welcome. Suitable for all students and enginee
 rs. You are encouraged to bring with you colleagues\, friends and family w
 ho are interested in engineering and aviation.\n\nA poster to advertise th
 is event can be downloaded from the event website at http://tinyurl.com/qg
 oc7pa\n\nThis talk is organised jointly by the Royal Aeronautical Society 
 Cambridge branch\, and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Beds and Ca
 mbs area.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 0\, Cambridge University Engineering Department\,
  Trumpington Street\, Cambridge CB2 1PZ
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