The Royal Aeronautical Society has been honouring outstanding achievers in the global aerospace industry since 1909 when Wilbur and Orville Wright came to London to receive the Society’s first Gold Medal. In the years that have followed, honouring world aerospace achievers has become a permanent tradition of the Society. Included among these awards are the written paper prizes.
The Royal Aeronautical Society Written Paper Prizes are awarded annually for the best papers published in The Aeronautical Journal by the Society during the previous calendar year. Awards can be conferred at Gold, Silver or Bronze level. A new prize for the best paper to appear in the Journal of Aeronautical History has recently been added. The Written Paper Prizes are presented following the approval of the Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society on the basis of recommendations from the RAeS Medals & Awards Committee, supported by the Editor-in-Chief of The Aeronautical Journal. The Society recognises the achievements, innovation and excellence of both individual and multiple authors.
As ever, the nominations received for the 2025 Awards, for papers published within the 2024 calender year, were highly competitive, and on behalf of the RAeS Council, the Medals and Awards Committee is very pleased to announce the winners as:
Written Paper Prize Awards
Awarded to: B. Singh MRAeS, Dr M. Murugaiah, R. R. Shah, P. Priyan and R. S. Pant.
A parametric design approach for multi-lobed hybrid airships. The Aeronautical Journal, 128, (1319), January 2024, pp 1-36.
Awarded to: C. Mourouzidis, G. Singh, X. Sun, J. Huete, D. Nalianda, T. Nikolaidis, V. Sethi, A. Rolt, E. Gooder and P. Pilidis
Abating CO2 and non-CO2 emissions with hydrogen propulsion. The Aeronautical Journal, 128, (1325), July 2024, pp 1576-1593
Awarded to: X. Gao, A. Isoldi, D. Nalianda and Dr T. Nikolaidis
Water extraction in aero gas turbines for contrail mitigation. The Aeronautical Journal, 128, (1325), July 2024, pp 1344-1361
Awarded to: G. Gratton, T. Delaney, B. Zaghari and G. Kendall
Take-off performance of a single-engine battery-electric aeroplane. The Aeronautical Journal, 128, (1330), December 2024, pp 2781-2798
The 2025 Young Persons’ Written Paper Prize
Awarded to: I. Stratikis, G.E. Protopapadakis, P. Katsapoxaki, V.G. Gkoutzamanis, G. Ghorbaniasl and A. Kalfas
Aerodynamic and aeroacoustics sensitivities of Contra Rotating Open Rotors to operational parameters. The Aeronautical Journal, 128, (1330), December 2024, pp 2832-2855
Awarded to: H. Raza, O. Rodera, K. Carpenter, T. Pärnänen, J. Jokinen, M. Kanerva and J. Bayandor
Predictive methods for initiation of delamination and intralaminar damage in carbon fibre reinforced polymer laminates subject to impact. The Aeronautical Journal, 128, (1323), May 2024, pp 846-874
Journal of Aeronautical History Written Paper Prize Awarded to: T. Takahashi
Ezra Kotcher: the Father of the Bell X-1 and X-2
November 2024
https://www.aerosociety.com/publications/jah-ezra-kotcher-the-father-of-the-bell-x-1-and-x-2/
