This past week has been a mess; war in Europe, nuclear threat, blah blah blah, but one thing has been living in my mind rent free: the People’s Liberation Spy Balloon, launched by China. For a first approach, why in heavens would you pick a balloon for spying purposes if you have thousands of questionable…
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Need some competition?
Boeing 737 entered service in 1968 with Lufthansa and was an instant hit. Its main competitor was McDonnell Douglas DC-9, followed by its MD-80/MD-90 but there were signs that Europe also wanted its own major aircraft. After a jointure between some of the largest aircraft manufacturers in Europe, Airbus was formed and started to design…
What to expect from the space field in 2023
From asteroids to huge spaceships, 2023 will be filled with great developments for the space industry. You are about to find out the projects you should look forward to this year!
About chemtrails and fake planes…
Chemtrails are a common topic among conspiracy circles, where people affirm governments spend millions of dollars annually to poison our population by emitting chemicals in the atmosphere trough planes. Also, there are some who say planes don’t really exist and that they’re actually trains fitted with screens instead of windows… Isn’t that crazy? Well, today…
The history of legendary McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger in 1967 of McDonnell Aircraft, which was founded in 1939, and the Douglas Aircraft Company, which was founded in 1921. In 1997 it was merged with Boeing, and you can see the logo of McDonnell Douglas in the current…
How efficiently does Santa fly around the world on Christmas Eve?
Christmas is approaching and Santa Claus is getting our presents ready, but have you ever wondered how efficiently Santa flies over our skies? ANSYS did ask this question and analyzed the famous sleigh. The well-known software for engineering simulations, ANSYS partnered up with Popular Science, a science magazine founded back in 1972, to analyze Santa’s…
The unsolved hijacking…
Today’s conspiracy article will not be an actual conspiracy theory because it is a mysterious event that, because it has not been solved yet, has been the basis of a lot of funny theories, some more realistic than others. Today I’m going to talk about D. B. Cooper, who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305…
Did you know? Formation Workshops (FoWo)
Did you know that formation workshops are an idea that came along the way and was not a standard at the beginning of EUROAVIA? Even though we are now familiar with these events and they keep our organization going, this was not always the case. At the 1999 AMEAC, the congress decided to create a…
Artemis I is finally going towards the Moon
After several failed attempts to put the Orion spacecraft on its way to the Moon, the mission Artemis I finally left the Earth on November 16th. Artemis I is an uncrewed space-mission that will test the spacecraft’s systems around the Moon. Artemis I was originally planned to leave the Earth on August 29th, 2022, but…
Flat Earth conspiracy theories
I promised I would have not talked about why the Earth is round and not flat, but luckily, I’m a person with no principles nor respect for myself. The Flat Earth theory is the most old-school of conspiracy theories, like an old man when he gets to a new area of the city and says:…