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Past Events

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The Role of the Rotary Wing Flight Test Engineer

| 01 November 2011 18:00 to 19:30
Event type:Technical Lecture

Tony Dyer, Empire Test Pilot School qualified Flight Test Engineer with 24 years flight test experience, provides an insight into the role of a Flight Test Engineer with many examples from helicopter trials.

Industry sector: Aerospace Industries.

Being There - Immersive Entertainment

| 2011年10月04 18:0020:00
Event type:Technical Lecture

At the cinema we may sometimes suspend reality for a while and feel that we are part of the on-screen action, experiencing sweating and a fast heartbeat just as though we really were being chased by dinosaurs or about to fall off a building. What is happening? How can we trick the senses in order to harness this ‘immersive’ effect for entertainment purposes? And how can we do this without evoking headaches and sickness? In his entertaining presentation Nick will look at over a century of imme

Industry sector: Telecommunications, communications & IT.

Helicopter Snow and Icing Flight Test

| 13 September 2011 17:30 to 19:00
Event type:Technical Lecture

Tony Dyer, Empire Test Pilot School qualified Flight Test Engineer with 24 years flight test experience, offers an insight into some of the challenges faced during a Merlin snow and icing trial and identify some of the tools/methods which QinetiQ employed to make the project a success.

Industry sector: Aerospace Industries.

Tally Medical

Talley Group Limited | 18 May 2011 14:00 to 16:00
Event type:Technical Visit

Talley Group Ltd is the UK’s largest privately owned specialist in pressure ulcer prevention and therapy. Its dedicated divisions cover a comprehensive range of pressure reliving mattresses, compression therapy products; negative pressure wound therapy along with services for sanitising hospital wards, nursing homes, GP surgeries and specialist bedding.

Industry sector: Biomedical engineering.

男子扛着离心机

QinetiQ (Farnborough) | 11 May 2011 14:00 to 15:00
Event type:Technical Visit

Visit to the man-carrying centrifuge. The centrifuge was designed in the 1950s and installed at the former RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine's site at Farnborough for use in high-G experiments. The most recent use has been developing aircrew equipment and assemblies for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

Industry sector: Aerospace Industries.




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