With more pilots promoted into command faster than ever before - a paradox - why hasn't the accident rate increased proportionally for these (relatively) inexperienced aviators? #avgeek ow.ly/O1lz50Zw4ml
Tim Robinson
@raestimr.bsky.social
Editor in Chief of AEROSPACE - the magazine of the Royal Aeronautical Society. All views own, RTs not endorsements.
After every airline accident - a key question - how many hours did the pilot/co-pilot have? But what if the question was the wrong one? #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/the-com...
After an accident much is made of the crews flight hours - but are all flight hours created equal? #avgeek #safety www.aerosociety.com/news/the-com...
Waiting for the dominos to fall? How far away are we from the Kessler Syndrome making LEO inaccessible? #spacedebris ow.ly/jxNq50ZuWrC
“Even a single collision can generate thousands of fragments, creating a cascade effect that threatens other spacecraft and, in the worst case, could render certain orbits unusable” Why space urgently needs a clean-up #spacedebris www.aerosociety.com/news/keep-ou...
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Balloon busters, V1 aces and now drone hunters - how the definition of an air 'ace' has evolved to encompass more than 1 vs 1 aerial jousting' #avgeek ow.ly/MT4o50ZtJcE
"Good against remotes is one thing, good against the living is another?" As AI promises to turns CCAs into lethal air-to-air killers - will the term 'ace' come back in vogue? www.aerosociety.com/news/the-ret...
With human pilots now racking up impressive scores of ‘kills’ against one-way attack drones, what makes an ‘ace'? #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/the-ret...
Small is beautiful? Airbus sees smaller city pairs drive traffic 'Farnborough Air Show - Day Zero' #avgeek #FIA2026 #FIA26 www.aerosociety.com/news/farnbor...
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Get your fix of the hot news and top themes at next weeks #FarnboroughAirShow with our bumper #FIA2026 preview #avgeek #aviation #aerospace #defence www.aerosociety.com/news/farnbor...
Airliners out, combat drones in - Farnborough Airshow focus pivots to defence as storm clouds gather #avgeek #FIA2026 #FIA26 www.aerosociety.com/news/farnbor...
What will be the top stories and biggest news at the Farnborough Airshow this week? We've got you covered with our bumper preview! #avgeek #aviation #aerospace www.aerosociety.com/news/farnbor...
"Designing fighters, like football, is a skill best exercised by actually playing the game" How the Harrier Jump Jet won the World Cup of fighters #avgeek #WorldCup #defence ow.ly/e4J050ZncM5
The ultimate goalhanger? US money, German design influence and British risk-taking - how the plucky Harrier Jump Jet took on the world #avgeek #WorldCup #aviation #history www.aerosociety.com/news/they-th...
This year the USMC finally retired the Harrier - but did you know the US links with the jump jet dated back to 1966 - when more Kestrel prototypes were flying in the US than Britain? #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/they-th...
Choppers out, drones in - the UK defence #DIP assessed - but will it deliver? #drones ow.ly/hBAz50ZmkmB
The UK Defence Investment Plan - delivering the goods? - Royal Aeronautical Society
Veteran aerospace analyst and academic Prof KEITH HAYWARD FRAeS delves into the recent published UK Defence Investment Plan (DIP) and offers expert analysis on the latest attempt to deliver coherent…
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With the dust settled from the publication of the UK #DIP - veteran aerospace and defence analyst Prof Keith Hayward asks - will it deliver? #defence #drones #NATO www.aerosociety.com/news/the-uk-...
Putting a R-R Griffon engine from a Seafire FR47 into a composite S6B - inside the audacious British project to break the world seaplane speed record #avgeek ow.ly/5eKx50ZlUQB
Recapturing the seaplane world speed record for Britain - EXCLUSIVE report on Project Seablade #avgeek #aviation www.aerosociety.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE -inside a new British project to regain the world speed record for seaplanes - Seablade #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/exclusi...
As Europe re-arms and bolsters its defences, what were the biggest themes from last months #ILABerlin airshow? #avgeek #NATO ow.ly/Iwc450Zl12a
'Technological sovereignty' for European defence was one of the key themes at this years #ILABerlin - report #avgeek #NATO ow.ly/vAg450Zl0KG
Autonomous systems were front and centre at Germany's biggest airshow - writes RAeS Head of External Affairs - analysis #avgeek #ILABerlin www.aerosociety.com/news/reflect...
"Great instructors matter more than great aeroplanes" - what the simple 80-year-old dH Chipmunk teaches us about flying #avgeek ow.ly/IEYQ50ZjYan
"To me, the ‘Chippy’ is a mini-Spitfire. It possesses many of that epic machine’s qualities: it looks right, smells of a certain age and handles perfectly." 80 years of the legendary dH Chipmunk #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/what-80...
This year, the iconic dH Chipmunk marks its 80th anniversary - what's the secret of its success? #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/what-80...
Keep Outer Space Tidy - are we in danger of making space uninhabitable with our junk? 'In the latest issue of AEROSPACE - July 2026' #avgeek ow.ly/kZTn50ZiamB