by George IGNAT | Nov 26, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics
Traian Vuia, was a Romanian aeronautical pioneer, from Surducul-Mic, then a small village in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Being scientifically minded, he attended the School of Mechanics at the Polytechnic University in Budapest. Due to a lack of money, soon he...
by George IGNAT | Nov 22, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics
Traian Vuia Traian Vuia (also known as Trajan Vuia) was a Romanian inventor and pioneer in the aviation field. He is credited with the achievement of successfully building, thus demonstrating, that a flying apparatus could rise into the air using only its...
by George IGNAT | Nov 20, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics
Traian Vuia Traian Vuia (also known as Trajan Vuia) was a Romanian inventor and pioneer in the aviation field. He is credited with the achievement of successfully building, thus demonstrating, that a flying apparatus could rise into the air using only its engine and...
by George IGNAT | Nov 19, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics, Extracurricular, Partners
On 18 November 2017 in the Acad. Virgiliu Constantinescu amphitheater, professors and students of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering met Eng. Pilot Gabriel Iancic, President of the IAR AMERICAN organization and Eng. Sorin Ploscaru, aircraft designer. IAR...
by George IGNAT | Nov 13, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics
George (Gogu) Constantinescu was a Romanian engineer, scientist, innovator and inventor. He was born in Craiova, on October 4th 1881. His mother was a pianist of Alsacian origins and his father was a renowned Romanian mathematics teacher. He attended high school in...
by George IGNAT | Nov 11, 2017 | Aviation and Astronautics
Where and When Smaranda Brăescu was born? She was born in the village of Hânţeşti, Buciumeni commune, in the present-day Galați County. It is very vague, many say on May 21, 1897, but as an example, on her student grades book it is mentioned May 23, 1904. We...
