In the year 2001 the South African Institute of Aerospace Engineering, AeSSA and the Royal Division merged, and this new South African organisation was registered as a Section 21 Company in terms of the Companies Act under the name The Royal Aeronautical Society of South Africa We arrange lectures, conferences, symposia and training courses, as well as award prizes, bursaries and medals for certain categories of personnel in recognition of their achievements Our membership ranges from highly revered aerospace professionals to enthusiastic amateurs We also embrace companies as members through the Associated Company Scheme, which includes some of the largest aerospace organisations in the world, to name Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Denel Aviation, Dowty, Daimler Chrysler Aerospace, BAE Systems, etc as just a few of the number of some 100 company members