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Some Thoughts about the Future of European Aeronautics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2017

Handel Davies*
Affiliation:
Aircraft (Research and Development) Ministry of Technology

Abstract

The twenty-first Louis Blériot Lecture was given in Paris on 5th April 1968 under the auspices of L’Association Françaises des Ingénieurs et Techniciens de L'Aéronautique et L'Espace. The lecture “Some Thoughts about the Future of European Aeronautics” by Handel Davies, CB, MSc, CEng, FRAeS, FAIAA, was read on his behalf in French by General Lecamus, FRAeS. The Lecture was attended by the President, Mr. M. B. Morgan, CB, MA, FRAeS, the Secretary of the Society, Dr. A. M. Ballantyne, OBE, TD, PhD, by several members of Council and a large and distinguished French audience.

The Chair was taken by Monsieur Robert Blum, President of AFITAE. Following the lecture a dinner was given by AFITAE.

Type
The Twenty-First Louis Blériot Lecture
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1968 

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