President's Monthly Message - August

Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to the RAeS NZ Division August newsletter.? This newsletter contains an update on our speakers for the Symposium, which is rapidly approaching - book your tickets fast to avoid disappointment! We also have updates from two of our Branches, along with some more book reviews from our parent Society. ?

Shaun Johnson

2023 Symposium? ?

Our Symposium is rapidly getting closer, with our guest speakers locked in. We are pleased to announce the following speakers will be presenting at the Symposium:

• Mr James Young, Chief Executive Officer, Airways New Zealand
• Mr Keith Manch, Chief Executive and Director, Civil Aviation Authority NZ
• Air Vice Marshal Andrew Clark, Chief of Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force
• Mr David Morgan, Chief Flight Operations and Safety Officer, Air New Zealand
• Mr Brian Fearnley, Business Director - Major Programmes, Beca
• Mr Jon Kerr, Chief Executive Officer and Founding Director, Flight Structures Ltd
• Mr Graeme Gale, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Helicopters Otago Ltd
• Mr Fabian Kopu, Chief Executive Officer of Aerowork, Ravensdown Aerowork Ltd
• Mr Bob Henderson, President, NZ Aviation Federation
• Mr Ashok Poduval, President Aviation NZ (and CEO of Massey School of Aviation)
• Ms Sue Kronfeld, President, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of New Zealand (AOPANZ)

Each of these speakers will be touching on how they fit into the aviation and aerospace sector within New Zealand, and how they were impacted by COVID-19 and are adapting to the post COVID world. Following the Symposium, the annual Awards Dinner will be held. Both of these events will be held at Parliament on Friday the 3rd of November. Tickets are selling fast, so visit https://www.aerospacenz.com/events/symposia.htm to secure your tickets ASAP.

Branch Updates

This is a new feature in our newsletter, highlighting our various branch activities. This edition has updates from the Bay of Plenty and Blenheim Branches.

Bay of Plenty

The Bay of Plenty Branch has been busy as always, with its latest presentation from the Division’s Executive Officer, Phillip Harrall. Phillip delivered a well researched presentation covering both commercial and military aviation law and their related systems, and delved into how they interact with each other. This presentation was very well received and has been recommended to other Branches by the Bay of Plenty Branch.?For September, the normal Friday meeting will be replaced by a dinner and the annual Jean Batten Address on Saturday the 2nd of September, held in the main hangar at Classic Flyers, Tauranga Airport from 6.00 PM until 9.00 PM.?The Jean Batten Address will be delivered by Kiri Hannifin and David Morgan of Air New Zealand on how Air New Zealand plans to proactively address climate change challenges while remaining the principal provider of both domestic air travel within New Zealand and linking New Zealand to the rest of the world. Kiri Hannifin is the Chief Sustainability Officer for Air New Zealand, and David Morgan is the Chief Operations Integrity Officer for the airline.?The Address will be followed by the award of the annual Brian Lockstone Media Award. This award is presented to the person that the awarding committee considers has made a significant contribution to aviation media.?If you are interested in attending, please contact the Bay of Plenty Branch treasurer, Mike Feisst at [email protected]

Palmerston North

On Wednesday the 19th of July, the Palmerston North Branch gifted over $22,000 to Massey University to establish a scholarship fund supporting students studying towards either the Bachelors of Aviation or Bachelors of Aviation Management. The genesis of this fund came from New Zealand’s first commercial flight from Milson Aerodrome in 1936, by Union Airways. In 1986, a commemorative air show was held at Milson for the purposes of raising money to fund the ongoing recognition of this historic event. In 2001, the original members of the airshow committee gave the fund in trust to the Palmerston North Branch of the RAeS to administer. This year the Branch elected to place the funds in trust with the Massey University Foundation, establishing the new scholarship called the Union Airways Commemorative Scholarship.

2023 Subscriptions

You should have now received your subscription notice. If you haven’t, please contact the secretary.

Book Reviews

For July and August there are five book reviews from the AEROSPACE magazine.? The first review reviews the book ‘Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Integration into Civil Airspace’ by Douglas Marshall. This book is very comprehensive, while still being easily readable, making it a useful reference for anyone in the UAS industry. The next three reviews cover off military aviation: ‘Hitler’s Air War in Spain’ by Norman Ridley; ‘Canberra: The Greatest Multi-Role Aircraft of the Cold War Volumes 1 and 2’ by Ken Delve and John Sheehan; and ‘Tomcats and Eagles: The development of the F-14 and F-15 in the Cold War’, by Tal Tovy.? The final review looks at ‘Foreign Object Debris and Damage in Aviation’ by Ahmed F El-Sayed, which consolidates a vast range of knowledge about FOD into a single source. The July book reviews can be found here, and August reviews here. If you find these book reviews interesting, please let the Honorary Secretary, Nicholas Monk, know at [email protected]. Also let him know if there are any other points of interest you would like included in these newsletters too.

NZ Division President? ? ?Shaun Johnson? ? [email protected] Division Secretary? ? ?Nicholas Monk? ? ? [email protected]

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