The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) is a learned society formed in 1947. It has three main aims: to unite all those with a professional or personal interest in any aspect of navigation in one unique body; to further the development of navigation in every sphere; and to increase public awareness of both the art and science of navigation, how it has shaped the past, how it impacts our world today, and how it will affect the future.
The RIN allows members to plug into the heart of the navigation issues that matter most to them, via Special Interest Groups and Regional Branches. See which ones most appeal to you.
Aviation history fans won't want to miss our joint seminar with the RAeS on 6 July. Marking the 90th anniversary of two historic 'firsts' - Alcock & Brown's first non-stop transatlantic flight, and the airship R34 making the first double crossing. Find out more about their fascinating stories and book your place here.
Come join us; be a part of the UK's leading voice on all areas of navigation and keep up to date with the very latest leisure, commercial and academic advances.
The most complete terrain map of the Earth's surface has been published.
A European research initiative - Project Horizon - has been launched to tackle the problems posed by seafarer fatigue. It was inaugurated with a meeting at Warsash, UK.
The European Regions Airline Association - representing 62
intra-European airlines - reports a decline in passenger demand of 10.7% for the period January – March 2009 compared with the same period
in 2008.