With growing frustration for longer waits for next-gen green airliners from Airbus & Boeing - do BWB projects offer a fast track to sustainability for airlines? #avgeek ow.ly/QepP50WBTvi
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With growing frustration for longer waits for next-gen green airliners from Airbus & Boeing - do BWB projects offer a fast track to sustainability for airlines? #avgeek ow.ly/QepP50WBTvi
08.08.2025 20:25 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0History repeating itself? As the KC-135 predated the 707 - @JetZeroAero turn its BWB tanker into a next gen airliner? #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/finding...
08.08.2025 16:25 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0'The shape of wings to come?' Can Blended Wing Body airliners disrupt the Airbus and Boeing duopoly? #avgeek #airlines www.aerosociety.com/news/finding...
08.08.2025 12:25 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New content on Aerosociety! 'Finding the right blend' #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/finding...
08.08.2025 08:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As #Dassault looks to Neuron 2.0 paired with Rafale F5 to bridge the gap to #SCAF - is the future of 'loyal wingman' high end UCAVs, rather than attritable CCAs? #avgeek #defence #FCAS ow.ly/Ip0m50WzT6F
05.08.2025 20:25 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0After #Airbus Defence CEO said "we no longer see any reason to continue the FCAS, other than a return to the agreed principles" is the Franco-German-Spanish future fighter programme now grounded? #avgeek #defence #Dassault #SCAF ow.ly/SGR050WzRGR
05.08.2025 16:25 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Does the mood music from Europe mean the end of the continentβs multinational #SCAF future fighter programme? @ValkStrategy reads the room as Dassault doubles down on Plan B. #avgeek #Dassault #Airbus #FCAS www.aerosociety.com/news/scaf-de...
05.08.2025 12:42 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New content on Aerosociety! 'SCAF - Dead on arrival?' #avgeek #defence #Dassault #Airbus #FCAS www.aerosociety.com/news/scaf-de...
05.08.2025 08:31 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New episode of AEROSPACE NOTAM podcast! Join myself @RAeSSteveB and @RAeSJackR as we review the latest aerospace, aviation & space news & preview the latest issue of AEROSPACE magazine #avgeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGd...
04.08.2025 09:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The best part is being able to work on projects that always serve as the frontiers of the space industry." Q&A with @RAL_Space_STFC engineer and new RAeS member Ediz Tunarli www.aerosociety.com/news/new-mem...
01.08.2025 20:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What 3 things would RAL Space spacecraft engineer and new RAeS member Ediz Tunarli take with him to the ISS? ow.ly/vb0i50Wys5E
01.08.2025 16:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Mayday, mayday - Mav's in flat spin. he's heading out to sea!" MUST READ RAeS Journal of Aeronautical History paper on F-14A design & aerodynamics #TopGun #avgeek #Tomcat www.aerosociety.com/publications...
01.08.2025 14:35 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0"Among the institutions licensed by the Engineering Council, RAeS is the best fit for me considering my career and my university degree." Senior Spacecraft Thermal Engineer, Ediz Tunarli on why he joined the RAeS www.aerosociety.com/news/new-mem...
01.08.2025 12:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New free Journal Of Aeronautical History paper! 'Goose Didnβt Have to Die: The Evolution of Lateral/Directional Departure Metrics and the Design of the F-14A' #avgeek #TopGun www.aerosociety.com/publications...
01.08.2025 09:17 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 2 π 2New content on Aerosociety! 'New Member Spotlight - Ediz Tunarli' www.aerosociety.com/news/new-mem...
01.08.2025 08:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Looking for the right blend - is the future of airliners flying wings? In the August 2025 issue of AEROSPACE #avgeek ow.ly/f6Kr50WwA9o
29.07.2025 20:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gambling it all on red? #eVTOL developers bet their chips on speedy certification - In the August 2025 issue of AEROSPACE #avgeek ow.ly/f6Kr50WwA9o
29.07.2025 16:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Battle of Britain at 85 - expert historians @BeaverWestminst @LydiaJane13 @SpitfireFilly & Adrian Constable look at little-known aspects of this epic air battle. In the August 2025 issue of AEROSPACE #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/in-the-...
29.07.2025 12:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New content on Aerosociety! 'In the latest issue of AEROSPACE - August 2025' #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/in-the-...
29.07.2025 08:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why did Boom Supersonic decide to build its own jet engine to power the Overture SST? Fascinating interview with @BScholl #avgeek #Concorde ow.ly/n9rb50Wv7SP
25.07.2025 20:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Optimising our own engine "enables a breakthrough in the passenger cabin that we havenβt shared yet - no oneβs ever going to believe you could do" On the record with @BoomAero founder & CEO @BScholl #avgeek #Concorde ow.ly/AaGv50Wv7JP
25.07.2025 16:25 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 125 years ago today the crash of Concorde in Paris sealed the fate of supersonic passenger air travel - but can Boom Supersonic bring it back? Q&A with Blake Scholl #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/mach-to...
25.07.2025 12:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New content on Aerosociety! 'Mach to the future β in conversation with Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl' #avgeek #Concorde www.aerosociety.com/news/mach-to...
25.07.2025 08:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Such a [tech demonstrator] may be particularly important with stealth... Stealth is conceptually straightforward but it makes everything else bloody difficult." How the UK's new Flying Combat Air Demonstrator will de-risk #GCAP #avgeek #Tempest ow.ly/ZbjY50Wt6ww
22.07.2025 20:25 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0In the age of digital twins and high fidelity simulation - why is the UK building a supersonic technology demonstrator? #GCAP #Tempest #avgeek #defence www.aerosociety.com/news/the-qui...
22.07.2025 16:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do X-plane demonstrators really help deliver combat aircraft programmes deliver βat paceβ? @michaeljpryce looks at lessons from #EAP for #Tempest and #GCAP #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/the-qui...
22.07.2025 12:25 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Airmanship, STEM, transferable skills and the nucleus of tomorrow's next-gen fighting force? How the Air Training Corps are embracing #drones #STEM #UAVs #RIAT25 ow.ly/Y45u50Wryq0
18.07.2025 20:25 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0With the UK Strategic Defence Review goal of boosting cadet forces - how 35,000 RAF @aircadets are set to gain #drone operator skills #STEM #UAVs #RIAT25 ow.ly/kx4250Wryni
18.07.2025 16:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How a new initiative is aiming to make the RAF @AirCadets the "largest drone operator in terms of qualified pilots in the UK, perhaps the world" #drones #STEM #UAVs #RIAT25 ow.ly/kx4250Wryni
18.07.2025 12:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New content on Aerosociety! 'Putting the βairβ into the Air Cadets' #drones #STEM #UAVs #RIAT25 www.aerosociety.com/news/putting...
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