A team from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia is leading a European study on how to partially replace electromagnetic compatibility tests on real aircraft with simulations. The goal is to reduce the interference of onboard electronic equipment and thereby improve aircraft safety and reduce construction costs

STAFF | JANUARY 11TH, 2011

The recent explosion of a Rolls-Royce engine on a Qantas aircraft should not be a serious blow to the Airbus consortium taking into account that the company does not manufacture aircraft engines and that the decision of which type of engines is mounted on an aircraft corresponds exclusively to the airline. But the lack of public awareness of these issues could complicate Airbus’s business.

NOVEMBER 19TH, 2010

On the night of July 7, Solar Impulse, piloted by the Swiss aviator André Borschberg, flew above the Jura mountains in search of an achievement never before obtained by aviators. For 26 hours, the airplane was kept airborne by an unprecedented fuel source; electric batteries charged with 12,000 solar cells made possible this flight that is already part of the history of aviation.

Xavier Pujol Gebellí | 20 July 2010

The team of students Trencalòs 2009 ' has built an unmanned original and unpublished aircraft capable of taking off and flying with a load five times its own weight. The 'Trencalòs' is able to take off and fly 60km/hour carrying a weight of up to 10 kilograms. The secret: the intensive teamwork over nearly two years during which the students carried out calculations, created their own material for the aircraft, designed the form and made dozens of tests to achieve a prototype capable of flying.

The exhibition Objective to fly! shows how man kind has used techniques to fly similar to other living beings since the origins of aviation. It explains the principles and physics laws that allows flight, as well as the mechanisms that plants, animals and man use, to beat gravity and move through the air.

The Great Dragon seeks to design and build its own aircrafts to respond to the demands of the fastest growing market in the world

25 may 2009

Zigor Aldama, Shanghai