Classic Lecture Series: Aviation and the development of remote areas by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh

Summary: “Aircraft must be simple, robust, and easy to maintain….. this does not mean that aircraft have to be slow. If high speed makes them more economical to operate, so much the better”. In this lecture, delivered before 800 of Britain’s aeronautical elite, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh shows how aviation played a vital and integral part in the lives of those who reside in remote areas of the Commonwealth, through uses such as agriculture, pest control, surveying and shipping freight and challenges his audience to work with these markets to produce aircraft that were flexible or specifically designed for the customer’s demands. This podcast includes Sir Sydney Camm’s reply to the lecture. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh gave the Royal Aeronautical Society’s 10th British Commonwealth and Empire Lecture on 16 December 1954. The podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS and it was digitised thanks to a grant from the Royal Aeronautical Society Foundation.