INTA AND UAVS: New Technologies for the Future. Unmanned aircrafts.

By Pablo Rodeiro Rañales and Sergio Dopico Arnoso (4th year ESO)

(After a visit to the INTA facilities in Rozas, we're presenting the second part of the article published on June 8th 2016, called 'The Drone Industry in Galicia')

Since the taking off of the first aircraft by the end of the XIX century or beginnings of the XX until now many things have changed. The first aircrafts used to fly just a few metres from the ground, were piloted at least by a pilot and they were very little self-sufficient concerning fuel. Today, the situation is completely different and the models which are trying to get a place in the world of aviation are unmanned aircrafts, which can travel long distances and don't even need any crew on board to be piloted.

In a recent visit to the INTA installations near Lugo to investigate this new centre of development that the Xunta de Galicia, together with private enterprises, has promoted, we became aware that the future of aviation is probably in the hands of these aircrafts.

THE DRONE INDUSTRY IN GALICIA.

By Pablo Rodeiro Rañales.

 

The Rozas Aerodrome is a private aerodrome in the municipality of Castro de Rey, about eight kilometres from the town of Lugo in the north of Galicia, Spain.

It was opened on 4th June, 1943. It is generally intended for sports aviation. The ground where it's installed belongs to the Ministry of Defence, but the airdrome is managed by the Royal Flying Club in Lugo.

The aerodrome was built by the Germans during the Second World War, with the purpose of providing quick maintenance to the antennas of the radio beacon Consol.

Once the battle was finished, the airdrome was recognized as an exceptional place for the creation of a larger airport. It was an airbase for some time, where there was a military garrison for aviation troops. In 1949, Rozas Aerodrome became the Central Airport in Galicia and it kept this status for 2 years , while the Santiago de Compostela airport was being built.