Dimitrios Ziakkas

Dimitrios Ziakkas was born in Ioannina, Greece on June 12, 1972. He earned a B.S in Aviation Science in 1994 from Hellenic Air Force Academy, Athens Greece, and a B.S in Economics from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece in 2003. He earned a M.S in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 2006. He holds a Ph.D. at the Graduate Program in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and National Technical University of Athens (2014). Also he holds a M.S in Human Factors in Aviation from Coventry University, UK, (2016).
His research is focused in the adoption of electronics in the aviation technology, flight safety and economical approach of the software and hardware localization and the formation of the Greek aviation – military project. Also interested in the competition between Europe and USA in the aviation industry in and after the cold war period worldwide. He works on a project in the history of the appropriation of aviation electronics and related technologies in Greece.
He retired from Hellenic Air Force in 2008 and is now a commercial pilot. As a pilot he has a 9500 total flying hours experience with aircraft types such as McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II, Lockheed C-130 H/B Hercules, Gulfstream G-V, Premier 1/A (RA-390), Airbus A-320, A330, A340, A-380. During his service with Hellenic Air Force, he was trained as an electronic war officer and also as a flight safety investigator officer. He was Head of Training in Flight Training Organizations / Type Rate Training Organizations, Flight Instructor, Type Rate Instructor, Crew Resource Management Instructor in Greece and U.A.E under JAR / EASA. He has also taught courses in the History, Technology and Doctrine Program in Hellenic Air Force Academy.