HalfBlue - HalfGreen - Flight training at all levels, and flying the Chinook

Half Blue Half Green by Jason Davenhill, Flying Instructor.
A view from the cockpit by possibly the only military pilot to instruct at every level - UAS, EFT, Advanced FT, OCU, front line, helicopters and fixed wing, Army, Navy and Air Force, plus civilian fixed wing and helicopters.
Jason gives a run down of his life in the RAF which included spells on Cosford's own Bravo November, the UK's most famous helicopter. As well as a great insight into the mighty Chinook, he spoke about a career which has involved training at all levels and in different branches of the forces, and the effects of coaching and encouraging rather than criticising and penalising. This video is excellent for anybody who likes aviation stories (involving virtually everywhere the RAF has operated the Chinook) but also for anybody involved in any sort of training, whether aviation or any other sort.

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Museum Magic - Behind the scenes at the RAF Museum.

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Darren Priday, more usually arranging our lectures than giving them, gives an insight into his work at the RAF Museum as manager of the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre. He covers the conservation centre, the museum which we can see, both present and the future plans, moving, reassembling and displaying historic aircraft in public places, and a fascinating insight into HM Queen Elizabeth II ...

Historical Development of the Coaxial Contra-Rotating Propeller

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Antonino Filippone PhD, FRAeS, FIMechE, CEng, Professor of Computational Aerodynamics, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester explains how the contra rotating propeller was initially proposed to increase speed, then to increase propulsive efficiency, but ultimately they were limited by too much noise. Engine layouts & propulsion configurations are analysed. It is concluded that pro...

RAF Heritage

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Squadron Leader Rick Lipscomb gives a talk about his role in RAF Heritage. He explains how museums requesting airframes are vetted for how well they keep existing exhibits. There is also an assessment of the impact the exhibit will have, and in this respect it is interesting to see how Tornados originally presented with no engines have been retrofitted. Security requirements and treaties requir...

Multiple Unmanned Aircraft - Dr Joseph Barnard

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Dr Joseph Barnard speaks on Multiple Unmanned Aircraft - Formations and Swarms. The lecture looks at how formations and swarms operate effectively in nature and the lessons we can learn in the application and management of multiple Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs). It examines how swarms of UAVs can be managed from one ground control station and addresses the complex regulatory issues. It also look...

Flying the DC3 by Capt Kathryn Burnham, Head of Training, RVL

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Kath Burnham flew the DC-3 with Air Atlantique for 30 years on freight, passenger and spraying/pollution control operations. She describes technical aspects of the aircraft, what it was like to fly it, and why she holds it in such high regard. Please note that the first minute or so of the sound has a technical issue. Please be patient and accept our apologies. The talk was given on 18 January ...

BAP Promo Video

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The Branch supports, through some senior engineering members, a project building a Sherwood Ranger microlight at the Black Country and Marches Institute of Technology. The project is funded by local businesses, by personal donations from individuals, and to a very significant amount by Millenium Point Trust. In this short film the students explain what they get out of the project.

Artemis Dec23

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John Thatcher speaks on "NASA’s Artemis Moon Programme - An Overview From The Sidelines." Artemis is a robotic and human exploration program led by NASA along with six major partner agencies. It is intended to re-establish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972 and has the long-term goal of establishing a permanent base on the Moon to facilitate human missions t...

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