Webinars

Throughout the year, our industry-expert instructors create and present free, one-hour webinars on a variety of aerospace topics. These webinars are recorded and made available on our website.

History of Airplane Design Webinar Series

Dr. Jan Roskam presents the History of Airplane Design webinar series. Each one-hour webinar focuses on specific companies and their contributions to the commercial, military and transport aircraft industries. Learn from a legend in aircraft design how some of today's best known companies got started, persevered or went bankrupt, merged or made it on their own. History of Airplane Design webinars are also presented free.

Courses & Events

History of Airplane Design - 2021: The Russian Aircraft Manufacturers, Part II: Tupolev, Sukhoi and Antonov

Join Dr. Jan Roskam, founder of the KU Aerospace Short Course Program and Professor Emeritus of the KU School of Engineering, as he discusses the Russian Aircraft Manufacturers: Tupolev, Sukhoi and Antonov.

Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Webinar (Overland Park, KS)

History of Airplane Design - 2021: The Japanese Aircraft Manufacturers: Kawanishi, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Nakajima and Kyushu

Join Dr. Jan Roskam, founder of the KU Aerospace Short Course Program and Professor Emeritus of the KU School of Engineering, as he discusses the Japanese Aircraft Manufacturers: Kawanishi, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Nakajima and Kyushu.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Webinar (Overland Park, KS)

History of Airplane Design - 2021: Miscellaneous Aircraft Manufacturers, Part I: SAAB, Embraer, Blohm & Voss, Fieseler, Mooney and Aero Commander

Join Dr. Jan Roskam, founder of the KU Aerospace Short Course Program and Professor Emeritus of the KU School of Engineering, as he discusses these aircraft manufacturers: SAAB, Embraer, Blohm & Voss, Fieseler, Mooney and Aero Commander.

Wednesday, July 14, 2021, Webinar (Overland Park, KS)

History of Airplane Design - 2021: Miscellaneous Aircraft Manufacturers, Part II: Shorts, Saunders-Roe, Britten-Norman, Armstrong-Whitworth, Cirrus, Diamond, PZL and Pipistrel

Join Dr. Jan Roskam, founder of the KU Aerospace Short Course Program and Professor Emeritus of the KU School of Engineering, as he discusses these aircraft manufacturers: Shorts, Saunders-Roe, Britten-Norman, Armstrong-Whitworth, Cirrus, Diamond, PZL and Pipistrel.

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, Webinar (Overland Park, KS)