Note from the publisher

Citation

(2003), "Note from the publisher", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 75 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2003.12775baa.002

Note from the publisher

University Aerospace Challenge

Emerald and Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology are pleased to be amongst the sponsors of the first University Aerospace Challenge awards.

The awards were launched at the recent School's Aerospace Challenge Awards Ceremony, held at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Building in London, UK.

Presented in conjunction with the Association of Aerospace Universities (AAU), the University Aerospace Challenge is a new annual award for those first year students studying aerospace-related subjects at AAU Universities who have shown special commitment and determination.

The award consists of a certificate and cheque for £100, plus courtesy of Emerald, a free electronic subscription for 1 year to Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology. In this initial year of the scheme seven universities have notified us of suitable recipients:

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  Paul Robert Hampson, Salford;

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  Suneth Hewage, Farnborough;

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  David Johnson, Queen's (Belfast);

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  Rowland M. Jowett, Bristol;

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  Ian Mitchell, Birmingham;

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  Haakon Dahle-Smith, UMIST;

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  Martin Graham Smith, UWE Bristol.

Our congratulations to the winners!

Schools Aerospace Challenge

The Schools Aerospace Challenge started life as a Summer School at Cranfield in 1996 – an initiative between the Education Liaison team of the then British Aerospace led by Chris Rogan and Cranfield's College of Aeronautics and School of Mechanical Engineering. Three years ago it evolved into the Schools Aerospace Challenge – an aeronautical design and engineering competition based on the requirements of the Royal Air Force.

The central philosophy behind this initiative was to encourage young people not only to consider aeronautical engineering as a career, but to encourage them to set their sights on becoming the world's best aeronautical engineers of the future.

BAE SYSTEMS has now been joined in partnership by some of the biggest names in aerospace and engineering – all of which appreciate the need to encourage the best young people to join the industry.

The University Aerospace Challenge is an extension and consolidation of this initiative.

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology is delighted to be amongst the supporters of the awards, and is also delighted to welcome on to its Editorial Advisory Board one of the School and University Aerospace Challenge key figures, Professor John Farley, OBE, AFC, CEng. John Farley began his career as a test pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1964, piloting the Hawker P1127. He spent 19 years contributing to the development of the Harrier, retiring as chief test pilot BAe Dunsfold. He then spent 5 years as manager of Dunsfold and a further two as special operations manager at BAe Kingston. In 1990 he became the first Western test pilot to fly the MiG-29 fighter.