Absolutely fabulous evening at the Royal Aeronautical Society Annual Banquet! A celebration of aeronautical excellence and a gathering of like minds! Great to catch up with the new President, the outgoing President, and Tim Robinson, as well as finally meeting Sir Julian Young in person!

RAeS Presidents Assemble! From left - President Elect Richard Gearing, RAeS President 2024-25 David Chinn, Immediate Past President Kerissa Khan & Past President Peter Round #avgeek

Great speech from Stacy Cummings NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on defence cooperation & ramping up supplies to meet Ukraines needs. #avgeek

Guest speaker tonight at the RAeS Annual Banquet, Stacy A Cummings, General Manager, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) - a highly topical speech given current geopolitical events #avgeek

Big surprise for immediate Past-President Kerissa Khan as she is presented with RAeS Fellowship certificate from new RAeS President David Chinn at the Royal Aeronautical Society Annual Banquet #avgeek

#avgeeks assemble! Great to see so many old & new faces at the RAeS Annual Banquet - a worldwide professional community united by the love of flight!

David Chinn FRAeS, RAeS President 2024-25 outlining his 3 Presidential themes - Design/Build/Fly, professionalism of space sector, & sustainability. #avgeek

New RAeS President 2024-25 David Chinn FRAeS gives speech at the Annual Banquet, telling guests: 'The Society is you' #avgeek

David Edwards, CEO of Royal Aeronautical Society , welcoming VIP guests to the RAeS Annual Banquet tonight. #avgeek

Star-studded evening here at the RAeS Annual Banquet #Avgeek

#OTD in 1986, TOP GUN premiered. We are still waiting for TOP GUN Day to be proclaimed a national holiday.

Our recently published paper on Psychosocial Risk Management and Mental Health promotes positive policy and culture which supports the mental health and wellbeing of all staff. ow.ly/8WFK50RHXLg

#mentalhealth awarenessweek #mentalhealth

📢Final call to book your place for #FCAS24 !

There's just one week to go before this key event on future air and space combat and defence kicks off, so don't miss your chance to join the conversation - book your ticket today! ➡️ ow.ly/ZoVc50RHXSH

The National Space Operations Centre has launched 🚀

Andrew Griffith MP & James Cartlidge MP 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 are at UK Space Command today to launch NSpOC, which will operate & develop UK space surveillance & protection.

The NSpOC is led by Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧, UK Space Agency & the Met Office.

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Looking most forward to giving a free lecture entitled 'Fledglings of the Third Reich: The National Socialist Flyers Corps' at Royal Aeronautical Society on 4 July! I will also be bringing along two original NSFK brochures for the audience to look at. Register here:

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One of those ( #avgeek ) days...
#throwbackthursday

Along with the 2-ton truck and landing craft, the DC-3/Dakota/Skytrain was one of the 3 Allied machines that won WW2, according to Eisenhower. North Weald set to be the base for 11 Daks for #DDay80 anniversary events #avgeek

Tim Robinson Aero Legends A slightly more surreal view from my paratroop seat on ‘That’s All Brother’ as we fly in formation with 10 other C-47’s over the Wisconsin countryside. This was a pinch me moment.

Tim Robinson Paul Beaver @ Beaver Westminster Here’s the Dakota at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton Ontario. I was fortunate enough to take a flight in it last July.

Flight deck of vintage Aero Legends Dakota - with new 'Ghost on Arnhem' nose-art. #DDay80 #avgeek