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MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design – Presentation to Industry

admin — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:40:27 +0000

Cranfield University, MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design: – Presentation to Industry – On Thursday 28th April (10:30 – 15:30) the MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design (AVD) students will present their final Group Project Design presentation to a prominent group of industry representatives.

Each year the project focuses on a different area of aerospace vehicle design and aims to enhance current thinking on new and innovative aircraft concepts for the future

Since working on the hand control project for disabled pilots, Cranfield University has been teaching all their Msc Aerospace Vehicle Design to design cockpits to accommodate both disabled and non disabled pilots. Current student Stefan Fischer will present the final phase of this project at the industry presentation.

http://www.freedomintheair.org/loop-magazine-has-tea-with-fita-new-hand-controls-for-disabled-pilots/

The 2011 project is looking at the design of an advanced tilt-rotor aircraft, the V-10 Sparrowhawk. There has been recent interest in the application of the tilt-rotor concept to civil aviation. The concept offers the speed and altitude capability of the turbojet combined with the flexibility of a helicopter. Such a vehicle could fill a number of niches in the aviation market.

The Group Design Project has been an integral part of the Aerospace Vehicle Design course since the very beginning. It aims to provide students with the opportunity to work as a team in a ‘virtual industrial’ environment through which the knowledge and skills acquired from the taught lecture modules can be applied to a real aircraft design project.

Freedom Press: Freedom Wings / Slideshow

admin — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:26:05 +0000

Gallery of photos from the Freedom Wings day, 24 August 2010

YIP Wings

44 Photos

Height Matters: Airmail: Pilot Magazine: June 2010 issue

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:58:09 +0000

A recent article in Pilot Magazine highlighted headaches that some women experience who are not so tall, and unable to reach the rudder pedals in light aeroplanes. We wrote to their airmail section editor informing them that perhaps hand controls that pilots with lower limb disabilities use could be a solutions for those that are of limited height.

Freedom Wings: With Variety Club: May 22 slideshow & gallery

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:54:38 +0000

Variety Club

42 Photos

Freedom Wing Walk: Slideshow

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:57:30 +0000

Thank you to everyone who came to watch the air display…

Travels with my camera: Kolkata 2009, part 2.

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:29:48 +0000

Flying to Duxford, EGSU (and seeing the Red Arrows)

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:07:07 +0000

Before departing from Cranfield for Duxford, we heard that the Red Arrows would be flying overhead Cranfield at exactly 2pm local. The Senior Air Traffic Controller was on duty and he wanted to make sure that inbound traffic to Cranfield be on the ground by 1.30pm. We made it back by 1.20pm. The Red Arrows were flying from doing a show in Poddington to Oxford, for another show.

Freedom press : The story of Gautam Lewis : FOTO8.com

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:16:50 +0000

Gautam Lewis is an ambassador on behalf of Rotary International for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which was set up in 1988 and has immunized many millions of children against the virus.

Gautam himself contracted polio when he was 18 months old living in the twin city of Howrah & Kolkata in India. At the time one in five children in the city died of the virus. Gautam not only survived, but went on to have an eventful career in the music industry in th UK before setting up a flying school providing free training for disabled people.

From street to advocate, this is his story as told to Ruby Russell… to read the rest of the story please visit foto8.com by clicking here…

Dum Dum airport; Kolkata

Mr Shoe Wingtips — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:24:32 +0000

Dum Dum airport is a very odd little place in India. I particularly like their style of announcements as per this slideshow..you will need to have headphones or switch on your speakers.

Plane trip: cross country; EGTC – EGBJ – EGTC

Mr Shoe Wingtips — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:01:43 +0000

During my week in Kolkata I talked alot about what it is like to fly light aeroplanes. During my flight home, i could not stop thinking about getting back in the air in the left hand seat of the PA28. My first call once i got back was to Terry at Cranfield and i booked his PA28.

Yesterday was such a beautiful day for flying. I chose to go on my own and enjoy spending some quality me time with myself and watching the world. My first time flying to Gloucester. The Landing fee was a bit steep but nevermind. I had planned to fly to Kemble, however due to the Royal International Air Tattoo, there was no way that i was going to get caught up in all the various restrictions in the NOTAMS. So i chose the diversion airfield for Kemble, which is Gloucester.