Leeds Association of Engineers
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This section has been created as a vehicle for keeping our members informed of association news and by reporting current events etc. related to the wide spectrum of engineering. Contributions by members will always be welcome, but no politics or religion please.
. Members who have put their names down for the visit to Optare on Monday 25th April 2016 should note that the visit has been re-timed to suit staff commitments. The evening will commence at 5.00 pm with tea and biscuits and the tour will start at 5.30 pm prompt. The revised start time was advised in the last Newsletter … Continue reading “Visit to Optare – Reminder of Revised Start Time…..”
The 2016 Annual General Meeting & Lecture…. The AGM will be held on Thursday 31st March 2016 at the usual Cleckheaton venue. (Meeting Venue) This link will take you to the event page…… AGM & Lecture (opens in a new tab…) You can read, download and print a copy of last year’s minutes in advance of the meeting. A text document … Continue reading “Reminder of 2016 AGM, Minutes from 2015 AGM and Lecture……”
Members please take a moment to have a look at details of three recently published events. (Click on the links to take you to the event pages.) Note that the Forthcoming Events list only shows the next five events and the JCB event below will not appear on the list until after 25th February…… Bookings for this event have to … Continue reading “Notification of Alternative Events….”
The Leeds Association of Engineers is proud to be one of the corporate sponsors of the Quicksilver World Water Speed Record Craft. Our associate Nigel Macknight, who is the principal of the project, has sent us an update on this exciting record attempt. The record is at present held by an Australian … Continue reading “Quicksilver World Water Speed Record – Update….”
The presentation of the Memorial Plaque produced to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Leeds Association of Engineers and its connection with St. Peter’s at Leeds (Leeds Parish Church) now known as Leeds Minster was made on Sunday 26th April 2015. The presentation was made by the President Andrew Kibler to Reverend Canon Charles Dobbin and one of the Churchwardens. … Continue reading “The Leeds Minster 150th Year Commemorative Plaque….”
Leeds Association member John Kelsall has written an interesting and amusing report about producing ‘Miniature Schneider Trophies‘. It was originally sent to members of the committee of the Royal Aero Club of which John is a member. He sent a copy to our President, Barrie Yates, and with John’s permission we publish it here for your enjoyment…. Miniature Schneider Trophies … Continue reading “Miniature Schneider Trophies…. by John Kelsall”
As ever with our wonderful media there has not been anywhere near enough about the New Horizons probe which reached Pluto recently, so here are a few key facts for you engineers to get your heads around… and get you ‘Googling’ ! Remember it was ‘engineers’ who made a massive contribution to this project… New Horizons is an … Continue reading “New Horizons – The Pluto Probe…..”
When we think of Bugatti, we generally think of classic sportscars like the T13 and modern day supercars such as the all-conquering Veyron. However, back in the late 1930s, Ettore Bugatti also set out to build racing aircraft. In 1937 he began construction on a radical machine that had a swept-forward wing design, a twin-V tailplane, and twin contra-rotating propellers … Continue reading “The Bugatti 100P “Blue Dream” Project…..”
