Representing Great Britain's Aerospace Industry

Abstract

IN less than two years‘ time—on March 29, 1966—the Society of British Aerospace Companies will celebrate the completion of fifty years’ activity. It was on March 29, 1916, that the Society of British Aircraft Constructors was incorporated, thus being younger than the Royal Aeronautical Society and Royal Aero Club but two years older than the Royal Air Force. The Society continued under that title until February 26 this year, when by special resolution at an extraordinary general meeting its name was changed to the ‘Society of British Aerospace Companies’. The new title thus retains the well‐known initials S.B.A.C. but embraces more appropriately the wide range of activities of the Society's Members— not only the manufacture of aircraft, but of engines, missiles, electronics, hydraulics, electrical equipment, and all other components and materials essential to a modern aerospace industry. The new title also brings the Society into line with comparable engineering associations in the United States, France, Germany and Italy.

Citation

Bowyer, E. (1964), "Representing Great Britain's Aerospace Industry", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 36 No. 9, pp. 262-264. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033925