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December AGM & Special Lecture - John Hart-Smith

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Powerhouse Museum Ultimo

December - Melbourne Branch - Hargrave Lecture

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +1100

TBA

Flight testing the Vulcan and other stories - Tony Blackman

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Room 126 Building 16 Edith Cowan University 2 Bradford Street Mount Lawley

Tony Blackman was the Avro test pilot responsible for flying their major aircraft, the Avro Vulcan V Bomber and the Avro 748 twin engined transport bought by many countries including Australia.

He was also involved with the Nimrod and Victor tanker aircraft and will be covering a number of his experiences with them.

Tony is visiting Perth for a short period and this is a welcome opportunity to meet and listen to one of the foremost test pilots of our times.

November - Melbourne Branch AGM

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Engineers Australia Auditorium 21 Bedford Street North Melbourne

RAeS Melbourne Branch Annual General Meeting 2010

Date: Monday 29 November 2010
Time: 6pm for a 6:30pm Start
Venue: Engineers Australia Auditorium
Address: 21 Bedford Street, North Melbourne

November Lecture - Tom Sonter

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1100

University of NSW, Physics Theatre, Old Main Build Barker Street Kensington

Accident Investigation - Richard Davies ATSB

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Room 126, Building 16 Edith Cowan University 2 Bradford Street Mount Lawley

Richard will be drawing on his work at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to illustrate some of the consequences of an aviation accident.

October - Melbourne Branch - GippsAero

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100

Engineers Australia Auditorium 21 Bedford Street North Melbourne

GippsAero

Presenter: TBA

Date: Monday 11 September 2010
Time: 6pm for a 6:30pm Start
Venue: Engineers Australia Auditorium
Address: 21 Bedford Street, North Melbourne, VIC

Kingsford-Smith Lecture & Dinner - Brett Godfrey

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100

The Lakes Golf Club King Street Eastlakes There is no charge for attending the Lecture Dinner prices are below: MEMBERS: $60 single, $110 double, $30 students. NON-MEMBERS: $70 single, $130 double, $35 students. CORPORATE TABLES of 8: $500 The 52nd Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Lecture entitled
"From Sir Charles Kingsford Smith to Virgin Galactic"

will be delivered by

Brett Godfrey, Former Chief Executive Officer
Virgin Blue Group of Airlines.

Australian aviation had traditionally been served by a duopoly. East West, Compass I followed by Compass II and Impulse all tried to break the Qantas/Ansett stranglehold and failed. Brett thought there was a way to break into this ‘club’ and devised a new airline model for Australian skies. It took him and his business partner, Rob Sherrard, 7 years to find a financial backer who shared this vision. That vision was and is now known as Virgin Blue, Australia’s successful and second largest airline Group. Incredibly, as a result, fares are still lower today than they were 10 years ago and the number of Australian’s travelling has doubled in that period.

Brett conceptualised, implemented and led Virgin Blue as Chief Executive for 10 years, navigating through such hazards as 9/11, the Bali bombings and more recently the GFC. Today, in the year of his stepping down, the Group employs 6,000 people, operates 4 airlines including new long haul premium carrier V Australia, all up carrying 20,000,000 ‘guests’ p.a. Brett and his team have unarguably changed the face of aviation and in so doing made air travel far more accessible to Australian’s.

Brett has been awarded the Centenary Medal for his service to Tourism and Aviation, was recognised as CEO of the Year by the Institute of Customer Service and the Outstanding Chartered Accountant in Business, by the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

He left the company he founded in May this year to take a break for 18 months. Brett however, remains engaged with Board commitments with WestJet, Canada’s 2nd carrier, Tourism Australia, The Queensland Government’s transport board, Translink and Green Cross Australia.

This Prestigious Lecture and Dinner is sponsored by:

Dinner Dress: Black tie or lounge suit.

The Committee looks forward to your company.

September Lecture - Malcolm Robertson

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1000

University of Sydney Camperdown

Maintaining a 5th Generation Fighter in Today's Air Force - Tony McDermott

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1000

Room 126, Building 16, Edith Cowan University, 2 Bradford Street Mount Lawley

Tony will primarily talk on the Joint Strike Fighter JSF (5th Generation Fighter) manufactured by Lockheed Martin in Ft Worth Texas. He will detail the proposed JSF maintenance processes and transformation from his early days as a technician to modern day. He will cover topics such as Training, Skill sets, Maintenance Planning, Corrosion Control of a 5th Generation Aircraft.

Tony joined the RAAF in 1977 as a Aircraft Technician with deployments in Malaysia, Singapore, Middle East and worked on F111, Mirage, FA 18 Hornet, Hawk 127 Aircraft. He spent 6 years teaching Engineering and Logistics Courses and has recently returned from 3 years in Washington DC, on the JSF Program representing Australia on Maintenance requirements for JSF in the development stage. On return to Australia he was commissioned and spent 12 months on developing the Maintenance Plan for JSF. Tony is currently employed as the Aircraft Maintenance Officer at 79SQN (HAWK 127).