by Octavian Thor Pleter | Feb 24, 2018 | Aviation and Astronautics, News, Top Read
The story of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is mainly the story of its students. Daniela Andrioaie is a 3rd Year student of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Constructions program of studies. She came to this faculty from a pretty long distance,...
by Octavian Thor Pleter | Dec 9, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Top Read
The academic community of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is in pain and deep sorrow for the loss of HM King Michael I of Romania (1921-2017). The King was a passionate of technology, especially of aviation. Some pictures that we found illustrate this...
by admin | Jul 21, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Events, News, Top Read
The 2017 Richey Medal of the Royal Institute of Navigation was awarded to a team of the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. The medal is awarded annually for the best scientific paper published in the previous year in the...
by Octavian Thor Pleter | Jun 25, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Top Read
These testimonials of my fellow avionics engineers regard the time span 1986-1992 and seem to be extracted from Zoshchenko. They are true stories of life of aviation engineers of that time, illustrating how high level engineering was done in a country, which...
by Octavian Thor Pleter | May 31, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Top Read
French-Romanian Company of Air Navigation (“Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne”) was founded by Aristide Blank, a controversial Romanian banker, using French ex-military pilots, made redundant after the war. The company was located in rue de...
by Octavian Thor Pleter | May 30, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Laboratories, Top Read
The Wind Tunnel in Polizu at the time of its inauguration represented one of the most advanced aerodynamic labs in the world. The tunnel was designed by Ion Stroescu (1888-1961), based on an original blue print, which included a patent and more innovations...
