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2 months ago | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS |Joe Coles
More than 20 years since the final Concorde flight, is a small US start-up now on course to bring back supersonic air travel? TIM ROBINSON FRAeS and JOE COLES debrief Boom’s XB-1 test pilot and consider the next steps in civil supersonics.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS
Almost three years on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s airports provide a powerful message of hope and resilience as they look forward to the skies reopening again. TIM ROBINSON FRAeS reports. Think of airport disruption and delays, and for many of us in a ‘safe’ part of the world, the first things that come to mind are lost baggage, passport queues and IT glitches.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS
In October, the Royal Aeronautical Society, in partnership with UK video gaming company Slitherine, hosted a special interactive social evening in its AeroSociety Lates series that brought together the world of PC gaming and aviation history with the early access launch of the company’s newest game, Scramble: Battle of Britain – an innovative turn-based 3D tactical air combat PC wargame that puts players in the cockpits of iconic fighters from 1940.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS
JeAhead of the Bahrain International Air Show, TIM ROBINSON FRaeS reports on the Gulf region’s oldest flag carrier – Gulf Air, which in 2025 celebrates its 75th anniversary. Despite the current challenges of conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, aviation supply chains and the workforce – air travel’s upward trajectory seems to have no limit after the near-death experience of that was the Covid pandemic. Passengers are expected to double between now and 2042 – to 18.6 bn people flying by air.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS
As modern society becomes increasingly dependent on space-based critical infrastructure, so does the need to protect, defend and even fight for this domain. TIM ROBINSON FRAeS reports from the UK MoD’s Defence Space Conference, held on 24-25 September at the IET in London.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS
As the UK prepares to go to the polls, TIM ROBINSON FRAeS looks at the top issues in aerospace, aviation and space that any new government is likely to have in their inbox on 5 July. Commercial aviationThe airline industry and government are keen to shift to net zero - but who pays? (Air BP)In civil aviation, top of the agenda will be likely be the continuing race to net zero as aerospace leaves no stone unturned in its quest to decarbonise and enable sustainable air travel.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS |Stephen Bridgewater
TIM ROBINSON FRAeS and STEPHEN BRIDGEWATER provide a look at some of the most exciting news and highlights from the third day of the Singapore Air Show 2024. The signing saw the exchange of gifts between Airbus, Vietjet and engine supplier Rolls-Royce.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS |Stephen Bridgewater
TIM ROBINSON FRAeS and STEPHEN BRIDGEWATER provide a look at some of the most exciting news and highlights from the second day at the Singapore Airshow 2024. With the second day of the show now in full swing, those who had experienced first-hand the taxi queues and traffic chaos of the first day, were no doubt wishing that there was a 10-minute door-to-door air taxi already in service. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights. Computer rendering of Starlux A350F and A330neo.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS |Stephen Bridgewater
TIM ROBINSON FRAeS and STEPHEN BRIDGEWATER provide a look at some of the most exciting news and highlights from the first day at the Singapore Airshow 2024. The first day of the show saw a slow start in terms of aviation news, but news and announcements soon began to flow as the time went on. Let's take a look at some of the highlights.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
aerosociety.com | Tim Robinson FRAeS |Stephen Bridgewater
TIM ROBINSON FRAeS and STEPHEN BRIDGEWATER provide a look at some of the most exciting news and highlights ahead of the first official trade day at the Singapore Airshow 2024.
With bright sunshine on the media preview day ahead of the official opening of the Singapore air show, journalists were treated to a foretaste of what was in store for trade visitors this week with displays by some of the world’s top aerobatic teams.
Let’s take a look at some of the highlights.
