First Formation

In 1956, a group of students in Aachen, Germany, observed an unstable situation of the Aerospace industry due to a lack of collaboration between this industry and bigger economic branches. After long discussions between students from Germany, France and the Netherlands, finally a solution could be achieved, this has been named “A good cooperation of aerospace and astronautic industries of different countries”. In addition, a vision of this group has been created: An association of all European Aerospace students could help to achieve this goal of a European cooperation.

From that point, active correspondence with professors from Belgium, France and the Netherlands began. A sentence at the beginning of this long correspondence was: “Single European nations cannot provide resources for further development of the European Aerospace. For that reason, it is essential to meet the problems and challenges of the future with a collective cooperation of the European states on a civil, military and university basis.”

First International Visits

At the beginning of the year 1958, Aachen could recruit fourteen active and highly motivated members. The first meeting there with students from France and the Netherlands was a big step, furthermore visits to Italy, France and the Netherlands established a lot of contacts. During one meeting, a “comité provisoire” was founded. The aim of this group was organising a congress where the statutes for the association with the name “EUROAVIA” should be shaped.

Target definition

Between the 22^nd and the 28^th of September 1958, representatives of Aachen, Delft, Paris and Pisa discussed the targets and the structure of EUROAVIA.

First business year

During the first year, the international board (IB) was represented by the local group of Aachen. Jean Roeder was the first president of EUROAVIA. His dream became true when EUROAVIA was born. Establishing contacts between students and the industry and getting people, that come from different countries, to socialise were the first achievements of this board. The next step was to spread the vision of EUROAVIA to other European countries.

Adjunct Member Kourou

Adjunct Member Kourou joins. For the first time in EUROAVIA history, a group of students, geographically outside main Europe, joins the network.

55 years - Lustrum Stuttgart 2014

The Lustrum is a traditional EUROAVIA event which takes place every five years. This Lustrum that took place from the 25th to the 27th of April 2014, is the 11th Lustrum in EUROAVIA history. It shows the EUROAVIA spirit and community and delivers a clear message about our association. The official celebration included presentations from Alumni of EUROAVIA, former presidents or other prestigious people that have been part of or have collaborated with EUROAVIA.