24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-0.6: VON KARMAN LECTURE:

GARTEUR: 30 YEARS OF EUROPEAN COLLABORATION IN AERONAUTICS RESEARCH

E. A. Van Hoek, B. Oskam*, C. M. van Beek
MoD of the Netherlands; *NLR

Keywords: aerodynamics, structures, materials, helicopters, flight mechanics, systems and integration

This paper presents an overview of collaboration in aeronautics between European countries as stimulated continuously by the Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in Europe (GARTEUR) over the last thirty years. Its mission, operating principles and organization, as well as its fields of scientific and technical activities are exposed.

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