Organisation
Members are recruited by sponsorship and co-optation.
Our members (fellows, honorary, emeritus, associate and correspondents) come from a wide variety of backgrounds – engineers, industrialists, researchers, managers, pilots, astronauts, doctors, lawyers, economists, journalists, writers and artists – and together constitute a pool of knowledge unique in Europe.
Since 2007, AAE has embraced a European dimension, welcoming its European members as fellows.
Board
AAE is run by an Executive Board.
It is composed of a president, four vice presidents, a secretary general and a treasurer, all members of AAE.
List of members and correspondents
- Honorary memberswho have made an outstanding contribution to the conquest or knowledge of the air and space;
- Holder members,from European States
- Associate members, from non-European States;
- Beyond the age of 75, fellows and associate members enter Emeritusmembership, while continuing to participate in AAE activities.
- Correspondents, from Europe or elsewhere, providing a link with current national and international aerospace activities;;
Sections
Sections bring together members and correspondents with the experience of a similar type of activity.
The number of people in each section is about one sixth of the number of fellows, except for section 2 which has about one-third. Associate members and correspondents are assigned to specific sections.
Commissions
Ad hoc commissions are responsible for studying specific problems possibly involving several sections simultaneously, and proposing solutions. Some commissions sit on a permanent basis, other have the temporary existence necessary to deal with a particular problem. Some commissions sit on a permanent basis, other have the temporary existence necessary to deal with a particular problem.
The Academy is working on the collaboration of a director who ensures that it works and manages theadministrative team.
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