Category: EUROAVIA Insights

Chapter 6 – The Millennium (2000 – 2009)

The new millennium arrived with nonstop cultural and technological changes that made people from all over the globe more easily connected. That change included EUROAVIA, which was devoted to adapting and embracing the new challenges the 21st century brought.   

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Chapter 5 – The foundation of modern EUROAVIA (1990-1999)

With the introduction of the new Statutes and Bylaws, EUROAVIA showed a strong and unified image in Europe, being considered the top association for aerospace youth activities by winning awards like the “European Space Trophy”. Today’s EUROAVIA was shaped during the decade of the 1990s, which served as a period of strengthening and restructuring of the association.

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Chapter 4 – The revival, part 1 (1984-1986)

The following years of hibernation since 1975 were characterised by significant problems both in communication and financial for EUROAVIA. Thanks to the efforts of few Local Groups still motivated to rebuild the association brought EUROAVIA to its revitalisation. Students from five different groups reunited in a congress in Kingston, UK, in September 1984 to make this possible.

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Chapter 3 – The dark years 

After a first decade of advancements and network reinforcement, from the beginning of the 1970s, EUROAVIA started lacking sponsorships. Companies were not considering investing in EUROAVIA profitable enough, which led to problems in financing the activities of the association. Moreover, the members started losing interest and they were not identifying anymore with the highest principles of the association. Under these circumstances, a period of low activity and engagement commenced, which we can refer to as the “dark years” of EUROAVIA. 

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Wingspan Conversations: a sit-down with Victoria Prieto Rueda

In this month’s Wingspan Conversations, we sat down with Victoria, President of the International Board 2021-2022 and Vice-President in 2022-2023. Read on to learn more about her incredible journey in EUROAVIA, filled with contributions that will have a lasting impact on the association.

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