1. Centennial of Naval Aviation Meeting Report Stanley Smeltzer AIAA Structures Technical Committee Fall Meeting, Oct 4 2011

2. Centennial of Naval Aviation Forum AIAA Centennial of Naval Aviation forum was held in conjunction with ATIO conference on Sep 21 st & 22 nd The Virginia Beach Convention Center was an attractive location with easy access to all meeting rooms & exhibit halls Easy to move from room to room during between sessions/papers as all the rooms were on two levels Very large space outside meeting rooms for attendees to move between sessions and network A small number of abstracts were received (<10) for the Structural Design, Analysis, Fatigue track which resulted in: The organizing committee performing the abstract reviews (May-June) The abstract review evolving into a manuscript solicitation due to the low number of quality submissions A total of 5 conference papers and 7 oral presentations were accepted to the three structures sessions

3. Centennial of Naval Aviation Forum Three dedicated structures sessions were planned: Blended Wing Body Military Transport Structural Design, Fatigue, and Structural Integrity of the Navy Fleet (Part I and II) The structures sessions were relatively well attended: Blended Wing Body Military Transport: 11 person average Structural Design, Fatigue, and …(Part1) : 18 person average Structural Design, Fatigue, and …(Part2) : 14 person average Thanks to those Structures TC members and friends that volunteered to review abstracts!