Airfix: Scaling Down Reality

Simon Owen, Lead Researcher at Airfix

This year's Christmas Family Lecture is about an iconic toy: the Airfix kit.

What is the history of Airfix? How did it rise to become Britain’s mostprolific toy manufacturer, and how does it survive today in a vastlydifferent toy market? How does the company use the latest cutting edgemethods to research and produce the current generation of market-leading model aircraft? And what models are coming in the future, forSanta Claus to put under your tree next year?

Free festive refreshments from 6pm - please register for a place athttp://tinyurl.com/IETBS17XmasReg

This is a joint event, brought to you by the local branches of the Institutionof Engineering and Technology, the Royal Aeronautical Society, theInstitution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, theNuclear Institute, the West of England Metals and Materials Associationand the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Date: Thursday 7 December 2017 at 6pm for 6:30pm (until 8pm)Venue: 2B025, B-block, University of the West of England (UWE)http://tinyurl.com/UWEMap2Registration: http://tinyurl.com/IETBS17XmasReg

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Bristol Christmas Family Lecture