Membership is open to engineers of all disciplines
The President and Council warmly welcome members to join us for the forthcoming session of events. It has been a difficult few months for us all and we have endeavoured to keep up interest with a couple of excellent online lectures from Frank Smith and Barrie Yates. The online ‘Zoom‘ meetings got off to a slightly wobbly start (!) as … Continue reading “Welcome to the 2021/2022 Session of Events…..”
Attention All Members ! New Meeting Venue… The lecture room in Cleckheaton is no longer available for our meetings due to redevelopment of the area and so council have selected a new venue in Morley for forthcoming meetings. The new venue has ample parking and similar facilities to our previous meeting room. Details are as follows:- Central Methodist Church Hall … Continue reading “New Lecture Meeting Venue…..”
. Greetings all…. I went onto the ‘Quicksilver’ website to see if they are still making any progress. The answer is yes, but slowly. Here is a graphic of what the finished craft will look like, along with some further information. Click the link….. Kind regards to all, Barrie Yates http://www.quicksilver-wsr.com/the-craft/ Meanwhile, the son of the current World Record Holder … Continue reading “World Water Speed Record…. An Update….”
Leeds Bradford Airport Our local airport has been in the news recently with proposals for a new more efficient and sustainable terminal and plans to increase passenger numbers from around four million per annum to seven million over a period of ten years. The history of the airport is an interesting story….. On October 17th 1931 ‘Leeds & Bradford Municipal … Continue reading “Leeds Bradford Airport – A Potted History…..”
The President and Council of the association ask a favour of our members. Do you know of anyone who might be interested in joining the association ? Could you perhaps print off a membership application form and propose a new member ? Seconding the application should not be a problem and we can help with that detail. Here is a … Continue reading “Propose a New Member…..”
Barrie Yates sent a couple of links which may bring back memories for some of the longer serving members of the association. Wing Commander Ken Wallis MBE came to Leeds to lecture us about his exploits with Autogyros. The lecture theatre at Leeds University was packed that evening and the audience was enthralled by this amazing gentleman. He was the … Continue reading “Remembering Wing Commander Ken Wallis MBE…”
Barrie Yates sent this link to the Airbus website that you might find interesting to peruse… Especially with news of the first Zero Emission Commercial Aircraft…. There are some informative pages, so well worth a look…. Click here to access the site:- Airbus Website
Council have decided to hold our Annual General Meeting online at the end of April, using the Zoom online meeting system. Full details of the event can be found by clicking this link: AGM Also, immediately after the AGM, John Aldersley will be regaling us with some reminiscences of his days at Wetherby Engineering… Join us for the AGM and … Continue reading “2021 Annual General Meeting”
