Eric Platteau – A gourmand communicator Eric is the communications chief of the SESAR Joint Undertaking What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I wanted to become a cook, a chef. I am quite a gourmet and greedy. It is also linked to a family habit of long and friendly family… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
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The Grand Design
By Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Publisher: Bantam Books ISBN : 978-0-553-80537-6 If you have read and liked “A Short History of Time” from Hawking, you will love his new book, “The Grand Design”, co-written with California Institute of Technology physicist Mlodinow. Few scientists combine the ability to come up with totally new ideas of… Continue reading The Grand Design
28 January 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
The space shuttle system was an innovative solution for sending humans into space. The whole program, from inception to this day, has a varied history, one that can serve up several lessons in what happens when government bureaucracy and brilliant engineering come together to create something that had never been tried before. Challenger, at the… Continue reading 28 January 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
Fluid Flow
The wind and the general flow of air and ocean currents around our planet is of great importance to aviators and sailors alike. It is often hard to visualise exactly what is going on. Satellite pictures can show us a lot, not only for illustrating the weather forecasts we all see on TV, but sometimes… Continue reading Fluid Flow
Supermarkets and air traffic control – what is the connection?
It is tough times in Belgium these days. After the shocking news that Opel will close its car plant in Antwerp leaving thousands without work, it is now the Carrefour supermarket chain that announced the closure of 21 of its locations in the country. For our non-European readers, Carrefour is a French chain similar to… Continue reading Supermarkets and air traffic control – what is the connection?
Anniversary – The fall of the Berlin Wall
20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 2009 Roger-Wilco deals with politics only in as much as it is aero-politics so you may wonder why we would include in our list of anniversaries the fall of the Berlin Wall now 20 years ago on 9 November 1989. As you will… Continue reading Anniversary – The fall of the Berlin Wall