RAeS – The Royal Aeronautical Society
The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community. Founded in 1866, it is the oldest aeronautical society in the world. The objectives of The Royal Aeronautical Society include: to support and maintain high professional standards in aerospace disciplines; to provide a unique source of specialist information and a local forum for the exchange of ideas; and to exert influence in the interests of aerospace in the public and industrial arenas. The Royal Aeronautical Society is a worldwide society with an international network of 67 branches and its headquarters is located in London, United Kingdom.
The Royal Aeronautical Society Montreal Branch was initiated in 2002 and was formally constituted at the Annual General Meeting on 7 October 2003. The Society has a Permanent Representative to ICAO.
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First cover commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Issued on 23 April 1991. The cachet shows the following aircraft: Balloon, Avro 504N, Concorde, and HOTOL aerospaceplane. It also shows three of the stamps from Great Britain depicted on the miniature sheet shown here-after.
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Miniature sheet with control number. Shows Boeing 707‑720 from Belize Airways Ltd. The ICAO emblem was printed over the reproduction of 5 stamps recalling historical aviation events of Great Britain. Details on the stamps from Great Britain reproduced on the following souvenir sheet (from left to right, from top to bottom): 1. 50th Anniversary of 1st non-stop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland (St. John’s) to Ireland (Clifden) by Capt. John Alcock and Lt. Arthur Whitten Brown (Alcock and Brown), 14-15 June 1919, on a Vickers Vimy airplane, with an extract from newspapers and the Vickers Vimy airplane. Issued on 2 April 1969. 2. British discoveries: Vickers VC-10 jet engines by Whittle; shows twin engines of the VC-10. Issued on 19 September 1967. 3. First test flight of the prototype Concorde 001 at Toulouse, France (2 March 1969); shows plan and elevation views of the Concorde, and France and Great Britain flags. Issued on 3 March 1969. 4. 50th Anniversary of the first flight from Great Britain to Australia by Ross and Keith Smith (12 November to 10 December 1919), on a Vickers Vimy airplane; shows the Vickers Vimy biplane and a globe with the flight route. Issued on 2 April 1969. 5. 50th Anniversary of Royal Air Force (RAF), 1918-1968; shows a biplane Sopwith Camel and English Electric Lightning fighters (1914-1918). Issued on 29 May 1968. |
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