AIAA History
In January of this specific year, SDSU researchers Khodadi, Cook, Tobita, and Liu formally published and presented the comprehensive paper titled "AIAA SDSU Student Branch History" at the AIAA SciTech Forum.
What is 2026?
Established in 1946, this demonstration team currently flies the F/A-18 Super Hornet
What are the Blue Angles?
This was the first living mammal sent to outer space
Who was Laika the dog?
This is what NASA stands for
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The current president of AIAA SDSU in years "26-"27. Co-auhtor of AIAA SDSU chapter history paper.
Who is Ava Cook?
This sister student organization at SDSU, frequently collaborating with AIAA, was founded 40 years after the branch, in May 2003, by five engineering students. (hint: rockets)
What is the SDSU Rocket Project?
This twin engine biplane with twin counter rotating propellers first flew in 1903
What is the the Wright Flyer?
Launched in the Baikonur Cosmodrome from USSR
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This company was awarded the contract for the F/A-XX program, a sixth generation Naval fighter.
What is Boeing?
The chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at San Diego State University
Who is Dr. Luciano Demasi?
AIAA SDSU official sister organization. Partnered in fall 2026 for a welcome back social gathering.
What is WOAA?
Piloted by Chuck Yeager, this experimental rocket plane became the first crewed aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight, in 1947.
What is the Bell X-1?
Year of Apollo XI launch
What happened on 1969?
This group is credited with developing the first stealth technology, creating both the first stealth aircraft and stealth ship.
What is Skunk Works?
This term describes the minimum speed an object needs to completely escape a planet's gravity without further propulsion.
What is escape velocity?
The AIAA SDSU student branch was established during this specific season and year, coinciding with the exact same year the national AIAA organization itself officially began operations
What is Spring 1963?
This aircraft has the highest number of distinct variations in history
What is the Lockheed C-130 Hercules?
This mission successfully launched on April 1, 2026. Conducted a lunar flyby on the far side of the moon.
What's Artemis II?
Current NASA Administrator
Who is Jared Isaacman?
This NASA mathematician calculated Mercury mission trajectories and was portrayed in the movie "Hidden Figures."
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This landmark aerospace textbook authored by Daniel Raymer was published by AIAA in 1989
What is Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach?
This aircraft flies in such extreme conditions that its skin shrunk in flight, completely sealing itself.
What is the SR-71 Blackbird?
This rocket is powered by 9 Merlin Engines in its first stage. First launched June 4th, 2010.
What is Falcon 9?
This eVTOL startup founded in 2009 in Santa Cruz is designing and testing an electric tiltrotor air taxi
What is Joby Aviation?
This principle (equation) states that faster-moving air has lower pressure, often cited as part of how lift is generated.
What is Bernoulli's principle/equation?