What is the history of aeronautical engineer in the Philippines?

Answer 1

There was no specific date when this profession was started to invade the Filipino community. Based on the brief history of Society of Aerospace Engineers of the Philippines also known as SAEP, Filipino pioneers of Aeronautical Engineering were gained their knowledge overseas. They studied in foreign schools like University of Michigan and Sorbonne University in Paris. And it also stated in the history of the organization that no law is regulating for the practice of Aeronautical Engineering in the country. Only the school which made the first aeronautical class on 1946 at FEATI University and SAEP as the first organization of Aeronautical Engineers established on 1950 was considered as the origin of Aeronautical Engineering in the Philippines.

from prc.gov.ph

The need for a law that would regulate the practice of aeronautical engineering as a profession was strongly felt in the late 1960's when aeronautical engineering and the jobs available for them had increased tremendously.

Through the efforts of the Society of Aerospace Engineers of the Philippines (SAEP), Presidential Decree No. 1570, otherwise known as the "Philippine Aeronautical Decree" was enacted on June 11, 1978.

Subsequently, the first Board of Aeronautical Engineering was constituted on April 6, 1982 with Brig. Gen. Recaredo R. Albano as Chairman and Engrs. Timoteo A. Cordova, Jr. and Teofilo P. Alberto as Members. It conducted its first licensure examination in July 1983. Successful examinees took their oath in November of the same year.

- shaine david, Philsca, BSATC