In Italy - a symposium on saring flight and sailplane construction/design

Hope some of the readers of RAS will be able to participate.

Looking forward to meet you there!

Aldo Cernezzi





"Motorless Flight Symposium"
Varese, 8-10 October 2004

An International Meeting

Organized by:
AIDAA -Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica, Sezione
Lombarda

Sponsored by:
OSTIV -Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol à
Voile
DIA -Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale del Politecnico di Milano

With the Patronage of:
Comune di Varese

To join the Symposium please contact the organizers:
Cesare Cardani - DIA and AIDAA Lombard Chapter President

or
Vittorio Pajno - Sailplane Designer


Registration fee: 60 €

Preliminary Program
* 8 ottobre/8th October
09.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-12.30 MFS Opening
Authorities Welcome Greetings
L.M.M. Boermans, OSTIV Chairman, Opening Remarks
A. Pronzati: Lo sport del Volo a Vela
12.30-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-15.30 1st Technical Session
L.M.M. Boermans: Aerodynamics
J. Schwochow: Aeroelasticity
R. Kickert: Glider Design
15.30-16.00 Discussion
16.00-16.30 Break
16.30-19.00 2nd Technical Session
W. Roeger: Glider Rescue System
M. Sperber: Crashworthiness
V. Giavotto: Cockpit Crashworthiness
A. Segal: Survivable Loads on the Pilot
19.00-19.30 Discussion
* 9 ottobre/9th October
09.00-10.30 3rd Technical Session
U. Kopp: Design Rules
C. Kensche, S. Ronig: Composite Structures
10.30-12.00 4th Technical Session
R. Aoki: NonDestructiveTests
H. Trimmel: Meteorology
M. Seischab: Flight Instrumentation
12.00-12.30 Discussion
12.30-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-16.00 5th Technical Session
W. Dirks: Motorglider Design
O. Roer Thorsen: Electric Propelled Motorglider
P. Morelli: Alianti ULM (ultralight) Gliders
P. Ballocchi, W. Mauri: The ULM sailplane Silent
16.00-16.30 Discussion
16.30-17.00 Break
17.00-18.30 6th Technical Session
F. Paetzold: Performance Measurements
R. Blume: Flight Tests
J.M. Clement: Record Flights
18.30-19.00 Discussion
* 10 ottobre/10th October
10.00-12.00 MSF Closing / Tribute to the history, machines, men
and women of the soaring activity in Varese

Opening and Closing Sessions will be held in the Palazzo Estense
Ceremony Room. Technical sessions will be held in the Lecture Room of
the adjacent Palazzina della Cultura.

Thanks to:
CSVVA - Centro Studi del Volo a Vela Alpino - Calcinate del Pesce
ACAO - AeroClub Adele Orsi - Calcinate del Pesce