Ladies and Gentlemen

The Paper we are about to hear this afternoon is obviously of very great importance to manufacturers and potential operators, and no less to all of us who have the interest of helicopters at heart It is quite reasonable to suppose that the more we know of the problems of operation, the more likely we are to produce the right type of helicopter for the job

It would be difficult to think of anyone better qualified to give this paper than our lecturer to-day, and we are very much honoured that so eminent a gentleman should do so MR ROWE is a Fellow and a Vice President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, has had a varied and distinguished aeronautical scientific career, and was Director General of Technical Development at the Ministry of Aircraft Production in 1945 His present appointment is that of Controller of Long Term Research and Development with British European Airways Corporation, in which capacity he is intimately concerned with the problems of helicopter operation, both present and future