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Student Team EUROAVIA Athens Builds Aircraft, Competes Internationally
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Student Team EUROAVIA Athens Builds Aircraft, Competes Internationally

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • EUROAVIA Athens, a student team from the National Technical University of Athens, builds remote-controlled aircraft.
  • The team represents Greece in international competitions and recently placed third in the New Flying Competition in Hamburg in 2025.
  • EUROAVIA aims to provide students with practical aerospace experience beyond their academic studies, fostering teamwork and soft skills.

EUROAVIA Athens, a student team from the National Technical University of Athens, is demonstrating how knowledge, collaboration, and passion can lead to success in aerospace engineering. This chapter of the European Aerospace Students Association is celebrating 20 years of providing young engineers with hands-on experience in building remote-controlled aircraft.

We are a student team from the National Technical University of Athens. Our main goal is to build UAVs, that is, remote-controlled aircraft, and to participate in European and global competitions.

— Athina Maria AthanasakiThe team president described EUROAVIA Athens' core mission and activities.

The team, primarily composed of mechanical engineering students but open to others, designs and constructs unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for international competitions. They recently participated in the Air Cargo Challenge in Germany and achieved a significant milestone by securing third place at the New Flying Competition in Hamburg in 2025, marking one of their greatest achievements.

Building each aircraft involves months of dedicated, voluntary work. Students handle the entire process, from initial design and study to construction, often utilizing the university's workshops. "We start from scratch with the design, study, and construction," says team president Athina Maria Athanasaki. "Perhaps we need external help from a machine shop, but all the essential work is done 100% by us in our lab at the polytechnic."

We start from scratch with the design, study, and construction. Perhaps we need external help from a machine shop, but all the essential work is done 100% by us in our lab at the polytechnic.

— Athina Maria AthanasakiThe team president detailed the hands-on construction process for their aircraft.

Beyond the technical aspects, EUROAVIA offers a platform for personal development. "Anyone who loves aircraft will have the opportunity to do something practical beyond the theoretical knowledge the school provides," Athanasaki explains. "At the same time, they will meet people, make friends, learn to collaborate, gaining benefits in soft skills as well as the technical side." The organization also engages students interested in areas beyond engineering, including social media, event organizing, and business planning. EUROAVIA actively shares its knowledge through workshops for students not directly involved in the team.

Anyone who loves aircraft will have the opportunity to do something practical beyond the theoretical knowledge the school provides. At the same time, they will meet people, make friends, learn to collaborate, gaining benefits in soft skills as well as the technical side.

— Athina Maria AthanasakiThe team president highlighted the personal and professional development opportunities offered by EUROAVIA.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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