International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
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The International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) is a worldwide institution, established as an international forum for individual national aeronautical professional associations.
History[]
It was formed on 29 January 1957 at a conference in the US.[1] The first ICAS Congress was held in Spain in 1958. Frank Wattendorf, of AGARD, was the first Director.
A second meeting was held in Paris, with Hugh Latimer Dryden of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and representatives from ONERA (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales), the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), the WGL (now the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt), the Association Française des Ingénieurs et Techniciens de l'Aéronautique (now the Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France), and the Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden.
Congress[]
It holds a biennial international congress in September. In 1986 it was held in London. In 2000 the congress was held in North Yorkshire. The 2018 Congress was held by (ABCM) in Brazil. The 2020 congress will be held in Shanghai, China.
Presidents[]
- 1978
- Boris Laschka 1986
- 1990
- Murray Scott 2013
- 2015
- 2017
- 2017
Structure[]
The secretariat of ICAS is at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Bonn. It was first headquartered at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the DLR from 1978, the RAeS in 1986, the from 1990, the AAAF (Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France) from 1997, then Sweden from 2002, and Germany from January 2011.
See also[]
- Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS)
- Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)
- International Astronautical Federation
- International Energy Forum
References[]
External links[]
- 1957 in aviation
- Aerospace engineering organizations
- Aviation organisations based in Germany
- International aviation organizations
- International organisations based in Bonn
- Scientific organizations established in 1957
- Scientific organisations based in Germany