Good morning #EUROAVIAns, in today’s Fact Friday we talk about turbine blades. Efficiency is of great importance in the field of aerospace engineering. Efficiency decreases fuel usage, increases capacity and reduces environmental effects. A major part of an aircraft’s efficiency is the burning temperatures of the fuel. A typical jet engine sucks in air, compresses …
Hello #EUROAVIAns 🚀💫, The Italian AS of @euroavia and @sidiinternational are pleased to announce a Webinar opened to everyone interested in innovation, technology and disruptive ideas 🤓. The event aims to explain in detail and in depth what the partnership with the School of Disruption consists of and what experiences and opportunities will be offered, both to EA members and to …
Hello Euroavians! 🚀 Christmas is approaching, and the exam session stares menacingly at us in the background. We thought this was the perfect time to share some positive vibes together, and to take a breath from the strict timetable of this period of the academic year! 🌪 We asked. You answered with enthusiasm, and so we …
Mae Jemison was born in Alabama in 1956 and raised in Chicago. She was obsessed with space and had always known that one day she would go there. But she had noticed that amongst all astronauts there was no one who looked like her. But thanks to the Star Trek TV series, which showed different …
Good morning EUROAVIAns, today we talk about… flight simulators! To become a pilot you have to fly a lot of hours but also to keep your licence alive you have to train and practice emergency manoeuvres which are so dangerous that you can’t just fly and try it with a real plane: it’s only possible …
In this film Brad Pritt is Roy McBride an experienced astronaut, living in the late 21st century, who is chosen to do a special mission, he must save the Earth from power surges that are happening all around the world. These events are caused by another spacecraft of a previous mission called “Lima Project” and …
Good morning dear #EUROAVIAns, in this Fact Friday we talk about how humans will try to divert an asteroid! 🌑 Let’s imagine this situation: we discover that a 100 m wide asteroid is directed towards Earth and it will hit a large city. How could this thread be faced? 😱 Panic is not an option …
Hello #EUROAVIANs 🚀💫,Get ready for the second space rendezvous! This time the guest will be Nabil Souhair, a PhD candidate, and he will talk about “novel electric propulsion systems: helicon plasma thrusters” 💥.If you are curious to know more on the subject, we are waiting for you at Bifor on November 25th at 19:00 🍻. Also remember …
Mostly people remind him as the first American on the space. I honestly know him as the first person to play golf on the moon, without any participation to a “Major golf” tournament. Now I am going to sum up his life, which looks like an adventure book. He was born in New Hampshire in …
Good morning #EUROAVIAns, in today’s Fact Friday we talk about Carbon-neutral flights (CO2 neutral). In recent years, due to the growing attention to climate problems, airlines are also trying to change things into greener aviation. One of the terms mostly used these days is “carbon-neutral flights”, but what does it mean? Carbon neutrality means to …
Hello #EUROAVIAns 🚀💫,We are glad to announce a collaboration between @ASNapoli, @ASPisa and @ASForlì-Bologna, that created a #partnership with @SIDI (Swiss Institute for Disruptive Innovation) 🤝. SIDI identifies, studies, and explores opportunities and risks of imminent disruptive innovations to guide companies, institutions, and public administrations to unlock their growth potential 💡. They #believe that in a world in constant evolution, thinking in terms of systems is critical.As …