HALLBERGMOOS, Germany, August 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The students' team from Italy won the Eurofighter Typhoon Trophy of the first International Aerospace Summer School competition. Teams from 12 nations competed in this unique event supported by the four national Eurofighter consortium.
Eurofighter Test-pilot Chris Worning of EADS Military Air Systems handed over the Trophy to a smiling Italian team. After submission of a presentation to define a "stealthy transport aircraft", the teams had to prove who is best during one week full of aerospace activities at Cranfield University, England. They flew small aircraft and helicopters, took a first hand glance at windtunnel testing, flew in a testbed and were briefed in many areas of aerospace. The special highlight was the visit to the Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon base at Coningsby, where they received first hand information from the pilots.
Each team consisted of three students aged 16 to 18 accompanied by a teacher. They came from the five Eurofighter nations Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom plus from Denmark, Greece, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, and Turkey.
The Eurofighter consortium with Alenia Aeronautica, BAE Systems, EADS Germany and EADS CASA had announced in November 2005 that it will support this new initiative to involve and attract the engineers of the future into the aerospace industry through a new international aerospace competition.
It will continue this effort in 2007 and the years to follow.
More than four hundred companies and suppliers throughout Europe are involved in the Eurofighter programme securing a vital technology base for the nations participating in the project. They all are in the need for young engineers to manage the challenging task that lie ahead of them.
Contact:
Wolfdietrich Hoeveler
Vice President Communication
Eurofighter GmbH
+49-811-801-555 (Office)
+49-170-855-0474 (Mobile)
wolfdietrich.hoeveler@eurofighter.com
Mark Ritson
Head of Public Relations
Eurofighter GmbH
+49-811-801-555 (Office)
+49-172-893-21-47 (Mobile)
mark.ritson@eurofighter.com
Contact: Wolfdietrich Hoeveler, Vice President Communication, Eurofighter GmbH, +49-811-801-555 (Office), +49-170-855-0474 (Mobile), wolfdietrich.hoeveler@eurofighter.com. Mark Ritson, Head of Public Relations, Eurofighter GmbH, +49-811-801-555 (Office), +49-172-893-21-47 (Mobile), mark.ritson@eurofighter.com
