An All-Day Discussion on the Training of Guided Missiles Engineers was held by the Astronautics and Guided Flight Section of the Society in the Lecture Theatre on 16th March 1961. The Chair was taken by Mr. A. D. Baxter, M.Eng., F.R.Ae.S., M.I.Mech.E., F.Inst.P., Executive Director (Engineering), de Havilland Engine Co. Ltd.

Introductory papers were given by L. H. Bedford, C.B.E., M.A., B.Sc, A.F.R.AcS., Director of Engineering, Guided Weapons Division, English Electric Aviation Ltd.; Ian Dean, M.A., Education Officer, de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd.; F. G. Tarrant, Assistant Director, Guided Weapons (Engineering), Ministry of Aviation; Professor G. A. Whitfield, B.Sc, F.R.Ae.S., Professor and Head of Department of Aircraft Electrical Engineering, College of Aeronautics; Commander E. G. lege, Greenwich; Professor C. Holt Smith, C.B.E., M.Sc., M.I.E.E., Head of Department of Electrical and Instrument Technology, Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham; and Wing Cdr. G. C. Wainwright, B.Sc, A.F.R.Ae.S., A.F.I.A.S., Chief Instructor, Weapon Systems Engineering Wing, R.A.F. Technical College, Henlow. The Discussion was opened by M. Armstrong, Chief Training Engineer, Bristol Aircraft Ltd.; Professor E. J. Richards, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc, F.R.Ae.S., Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Southampton; Colonel J. P. G. Lewis, War Office (Directorate of Equipment Production), and Colonel W. J. Mellors, M.B.E., School of Electronic Engineering, R.E.M.E. Twenty-three other speakers took part in the General Discussion.