Welcome to the

 

Royal Aeronautical Society
  
New Zealand Division

The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) is a learned society and the professional body for the aviation and aerospace industries offering Professional Membership to those working in aviation and aerospace.

This website provides information on the activities of the professional and branch members of the New Zealand Division of the Society, and for all those interested in aviation.

 CPD  

 (Continuing   Professional   Development) 

On-line ZOOM meetings usually the
last Thursday each month Feb-Nov.

 NEXT MEETING :

Thursday 26 March 2020
1000 - 1100 hours
IS CANCELLED OWING TO COVID-19

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(check again in April/May)

Tim Dutton

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Key Points:

Briefs open to the entire NZ Aviation Technical Sector: NZDF, CAA, Air NZ, RAeS, AIRBUS, NMIT, DTA etc.

Two presenters, 15 min each (10 min presentation, 2-5 min questions) per session.

Presenters may elect to remain logged-in following the presentations to engage with personnel seeking additional interaction.

The presentations will not be recorded.

All presentations to be open source (UNCLAS).

For further information,
and log-in details

 contact our Secretary in 'Contact Us'.

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PAST CPD MEETINGS

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Thursday 27 February 2020
1000 - 1100 hours
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Thanks in anticipation to our speakers:
(one speaker this week)
Mark Sefton - CAA NZ - SMS Specialist  'Assuring Product Safety with your SMS', in the context of aviation design and production.

Tim Dutton
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Thursday 2 December 2019
1300 - 1400 hours

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Thanks in anticipation to our speakers:

1st -  Andy Hewett – delivering a presentation on Electric Aviation and how it applies to New Zealand.
and
2nd - Charlie Morris – will deliver a presentation on considering cyber security through aeronautical design 

Shaun Johnson
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Thursday 28 November 2019
1030 - 1130 hours
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Thanks in anticipation to our speakers:

1st: Charlie Morris - on his recent attending the GAMA 'Electric and Hybrid Engines' & 'eVTOL' and ASTM F39 meetings in the USA
and
2nd: Andy Hewett – delivering a presentation on Electric Aviation and how it applies to New Zealand. 

Shaun Johnson
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Thursday 26 September 2019
1000 - 1100 hours

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Thanks in anticipation to our speakers:

1st: Jozef McGurk will deliver a short presentation on positive safety culture and SMS..
and
2nd: Des Ashton (I'm yet to ask Des so it might be me) - an overview of this year's RAeS symposium, speaker line up and theme. 

Shaun Johnson
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PREVIOUS MEETING:
Thursday 25 July 2019
1000 - 1100 hours

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Thanks to our speakers:

1st:  Wg Cdrs Trev Hammond and Pete De Rungs - a short presentation on the changes to the RNZAF technical workforce and RNZAF technical airworthiness regulatory system.
and
2nd:  Flying Officer Jack Mckinney-Ryder - a presentation entitled: Pyke River Disaster: responsibilities of a Leader. 

Shaun Johnson

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Thursday 30 May 2019

1000 - 1100 hours

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Thanks to our speakers this month

1st:  Henry Dumbleton, Flight Structures Ltd, will make a pre-recorded
 presentation for us which we will replay.
and
2nd:  To be advised, speaker and subject to be advised 

 – click "Join the Meeting" for video link.

Shaun Johnson

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 Thursday 28 March 2019

1000 - 1100 hours

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Thanks to our speakers this month

Lino Miguel, CAA, will present a morphing-wing project he was involved with; background info.
and
Allan Knox, NZDF Capability Branch, on the V1 RC model he helped build for the 2015 Omaka Air Show

 – click "Join the Meeting" for video link.  Allan will talk of the challenges associated with legally
 getting a 220lb scale model of a flying bomb into public airspace for an Air Show.

Shaun Johnson

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Friday 22 February 2019

1500 - 1600 hours

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The next CPD session is scheduled for Friday 22 Feb, when I hope to be able to live-stream presentations from

 the joint CAA-RAeS mini-symposium at the Wings over Wairarapa Airshow http://www.wings.org.nz.

 The theme of this symposium:  Is New Zealand Aviation Ready for the Future.

We are planning to run it in two panel sessions from 1300-1700, with Q&A at the end of each session.

 Clearly none of you will be able to 'down tools' and tune in for the entire symposium.

  As such, I propose to stream the final session;1500-1630 technology and event WiFi permitting.

Shaun Johnson

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7th / 8th MEETING:

Thurs 29 November 2018

1000 - 1100 hours

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Thanks to our speakers this month:

Sqn Ldr Dean Bishop, RNZAF, on T56 turboprop 2^nd stage compressor wheel risk mgmt plan. 
 First time use by NZDF of the civil EASA risk acceptance criteria for Part 25 aircraft.

and
Charlie Morris of CAA speaks on the recent ASTM F37 conference in the US.
 F37 is the consensus standard for Light Sport Aircraft, a rapidly growing GA area in NZ 

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Sixth 2018 CPD meeting was 
 
Thurs 25 October 2018
1000 - 1100 hours

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Chris Calvert (ex-RNZAF) on disposal of a retired naval vessel.
 His knowledge will benefit those of us at the creation end.

and

Des Ashton as incoming Chair on his vision for the RAeS NZ Division.
His background is A4 Pilot and Engineer to Civil aircraft maintenance, Dep Dir Acquisitions MoD.
Also time for questions / suggestions on how RAeS can continue to flourish in NZ.

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 Fifth 2018 CPD meeting was 

Thurs 27 September 2018

1000 - 1100 hours

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An Engineering focus this month from:   

Rowan Jamieson (RNZAF) who will give us a 10-15 min brief on the .  
RNZAF Anechoic (Shielded) Chamber and work on Portable Electronic Device testing :
and
James Pointon (DTA) who is going to share his research on:
UAS integration within New Zealand controlled airspace.

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Fourth 2018 CPD meeting was 

Thurs 30 August 2018

1000 - 1045 hours

A bit more of an engineering focus this month:

Simon Tait – Air NZ 
From Nothing to Design Change in 60 seconds:

How to get a repair onto an aircraft quickly
 [probably best that the CAA tunes-out for this one]
and
Murray McGregor - Flight Structures 
Fatigue monitoring of the Agricultural 750 XL 

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Third 2018 CPD meeting was 
Thurs 26 July 2018
1000 - 1100 hours

July's CPD focuses on aspects of both the old and the new: 

Brendan Odell (CAA Airworthiness Inspector) will deliver a presentation on
 the Management of Aging Aircraft
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Trent Fulcher (Airways NZ Innovation lead) will provide some insight into
the Future of Air Traffic Management

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Second 2018 CPD meeting was 
Thurs 21 June 2018
1000 - 1045 hours

Two presentations from key players within the NZ Aviation Technical Space: 

Sqn Ldr Paul Wright – RNZAF Officer Commanding Aeronautical Software and Avionic Systems:
 Data Contracts and Trouble Shooting complex faults (NZ3618)
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Mr Gaetano Settineri – CAA:
Design and Certification challenges for Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace
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First 2018 CPD meeting was:
Thurs 17 May 2018
1000 - 1045  hours.
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Wg Cdr Graham Streatfield –
NZDF Future Force Development:
Visions of the Future
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Simon Williams - Spidertracks
Director of Product Innovation
Aerial Firefighting Innovations

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