Sommer 2004: airplanes factories

"Esta bien tener suerte,
pero prefiero hacer lo que debo.

Así, cuando la suerte llega,
estoy preparado."

(Ernest Hemingway, El Viejo y el Mar)

During 2002 - 2004 i have the opportunity to visit with several groups (as the VDE) the most important airplane factories in north Germany: Lufthansa Technik (located in the Hamburg Airport) and Airbus (located in Hamburg-Finkenwerder and, Bremen). In fact, those companies are proud to shown to the engineering students their procedures and methods, in airplane construction, re-design and development.

In Summer 2004 we went to the Airbus Airplane Factory placed in Bremen: they are focused there to produce the Wings, tail and indoor composite parts as divisory panels for walls, ceiling and floor. The tour was organized by the "Freundeskreis-DAAD Hamburg", under the responsability of the local "heads": Rudolf, Katerina and Katho (photo).

When you have some notions about hydraulic systems, reliability, aircraft engines, production processes, design of parts with composite materials, advanced ceramic materials, and deployment of communication networks, this kind of activities are ever charge of opportunities to learn more...

This other picture is not a unconventional stammtisch. We were waiting for the famous local beer: Becks.

Prosst!





By the way, in Hamburg-Finkenweder is located the biggest facility of Airbus in Germany. I was there several times, but the best was in Nov 19, 2003 because it was with another group: VDE.

The visit with the VDE (the assoc. of electronic engineers) incluided the Museum (Haus 23) and the most relevant production halls.

Hugo