Last year was crowned by our double visit to the NATO AWACS base and Eurocontrol, and this year, we aim even higher. Second Thursday after Easter holiday, we go to Paris! We'll visit Dassault Aviation's plant in Argenteuil, where there are several production and assembly lines for Dassault's Rafale fighter and Falcon business jet.
Before that, we stop at the het Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, right next to Paris' Charles De Gaulle airport. All top pieces from French aerospace history are on display, including a Concorde prototype. You can find more about the museum at http://www.mae.org.
Practical:
We plan on leaving Leuven at about 7h. Fuel costs will be shared.
We visit the museum first, and then are expected at Dassault around 14h30.
For the Dassault visit, we'll need your name, nationality, birth date and place, but also a scan of your ID card. We need to have everything Sunday evening April 4th at the latest!
The number of participants is limited, so if you'd like to join the visit, send an email quickly to simonvdb [at] gmail [dot] com.
In May, EUROAVIA Stuttgart is organising a very interesting symposium about the power generation of the future. The symposium will deal with the aerospace, automotive and railway industries, with a nice program full of lectures, visits and social activities. Sound really great, a pity we have exams coming up in that period...
At the beginning of April, a crew of 6 students from UCL university are going to man the Mars Desert Research Station, in the desert of Utah. They are going to perform several experiments there. For these, the students would like to cooperate with K.U.Leuven and EUROAVIA. A joint KUL/UCL mission is in the pipeline for next year, but for this year's mission, there are also a lot of opportunities. JUMP is looking for geologists, architects, psychologists, engineers, biologists, physicists, etc. This call is aimed at all students, from 1st bachelor up to PhD level.
At an information session (with free reception afterwards) on Thursday March 4th, the JUMP students will tell us everything about their mission. The session is held at 20h00 in 200S 01.03. The presentation will be in English.
On Tuesday March 2nd at 14h00 EUROAVIA visits Sabena Flight Academy at Brussels Airport. Sabena Flight Academy is a leader in training of airline pilots and owns an impressive range of infrastructure to make that happen, such as five Full Flight Simulators (A320, A340, B737,...).
The programme of our visit:
- A general introduction to Sabena Flight Academy and its activities.
- 'Basic Flying Course': a fully stripped cockpit in which you can study each component separately.
- 'Theory': how to prepare for a flight, common but fatal mistakes... Get to understand the complex task of an airline pilot.
If there is one available, we'll also have a session on a simulator.
Confirm your participation by email ( leuven@euroavia.net ) . Please mention your name and the number of your ID-card (590-...). Deadline is Thursday 25 februari at 23h00 .
UAV's are a hot topic in the media, because they are used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The unmaned airplanes exists in many forms and mesures, form bomber to micro-espionage-plane. They just are part of modern warfare. On top of that, the systems can do much more, UAV's are also very handy in civil tasks.
Prof. em. Roland Decuypere will give (for EUROAVIA) an overview of varied families of Unmanned Aerial Systems en there applications. Hi will talk about the many challenges that designers, builders and users of UAS are confronted with.
The presentator can lean on 15 years of experience as expert in this matter. Under his command an UAV research group was founded that mainly focuses on the development of a mini- and micro UAS. His effort and his publications about UAS were awarded with the prestigious “RTO Scientific Achievement Award”.
The lecture takes place on Wednesday evening 24 February at 20h in classroom 03.22 of the department bouwkunde on the Arenbergcampus in Heverlee. Everybody is welcome, even non-members of EUROAVIA. Afterwards there will be a free little reception to talk on.
17 February EUROAVIA goes to ESTEC, the technical heart of ESA. Satellites and other spacecraft are being tested at true scale. In the clean rooms the spacecrafts are being fine tuned before they leave for the launch site in Kourou.
ESTEC
Program:
10.00 hrs Arrival at Space Expo, Welcome by Robert Willemson, ESTEC Communications, coffee/tea service
10.15 hrs Introduction to ESA and its technical centre ESTEC, R. Willemson
10.45 hrs Ariane 5 presentation by Johan Steelant
11.15 hrs Transfer to ESTEC Test Centre
11.30 hrs Tour of Test Centre
12.15 hrs Transfer to Space Expo
12.30 hrs Tour of Space Expo
13.30 hrs End of visit and departure INTERGRAL ATV
Ever wanted to know how EUROAVIA works on an internationale level? Or do you just want to decide who's going to be the next international board? The agenda of this year's Electoral Meeting of the EUROAVIA Congress is filled with proposals to reinforce the international and local workings of EUROAVIA, so discussions will be spicy. This is a very nice experience, and something you can surely put on your CV! And of course, there is time for partying and meeting a lot of new people. Every member is welcome! Check http://www.emeac2010pisa.eu/ for more details.
EUROAVIA Delft invites all of us to their fly-in at the end of March. It start a couple of days before our Easter holiday. The promising program includes a symposium on European cooperation in aerospace, multiple visits to Dutch aerospace companies and an Amsterdan visit during the weekend. Served with the delicious EUROAVIA sauce, all for the low price of 100 euros plus travelling costs. Places are limited, and filled very quickly, so don't hesitate! Check http://www.flyindelft.com for more details.
A week of Romania with people from all over Europe, organised by EUROAVIA youngest local group. This promises to be a unique event! Check their website http://detect.east.utcluj.ro/euroavia/fly-in_2010/ for all the details. Application deadline is March 1st, 2010.
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