With the announcement of record enrollment this semester, 3,166 students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Chancellor Anette Karlsson says a new five-year plan for growth and expansion is being introduced, including new facilities on the Prescott campus. Major construction efforts will include a new wind tunnel to replace the current one. Also being planned are a new contemporary student union building, a new residence hall to accommodate the growing student population, and renovation … [Read more...] about ERAU Planning Expansion to Keep Up with Growth
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Keeping General Aviation Pilots in the Air
There are really three classes of pilots in the world: military pilots who fly as part of their military duties, commercial pilots who get paid to fly and general aviation pilots who fly for reasons of their own, such as business, fun or some level of excitement. For this month’s aviation column, I’m writing about general aviation pilots, who are, to some degree, an endangered species. Why are general aviation pilots so endangered? Put simply: cost. I’ve personally joked for quite a few … [Read more...] about Keeping General Aviation Pilots in the Air
Supporting a Growing, High-Altitude Airport
As I write this column on May 15, it is one of those columns I really wish I didn’t have to write. Recently, we had the local operators’ safety meeting, which is a gathering of all airport operators that includes all the flight schools, rental agencies, airport management and air traffic control. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss operational issues that affect operations at the airport. There were several interesting and some distributing items reported. For example, airport … [Read more...] about Supporting a Growing, High-Altitude Airport
Examining a Life-Long Love Affair with Aviation
Let’s talk about love – the love of aviation. I’m going to speak to my life-long love affair with flying and airplanes. Many pilots and perhaps some non-pilots will see themselves in these small vignettes. My love affair with airplanes started early in life. My dad was a builder and he recruited me at the tender age of three. He needed someone to help work in the controls on the airplane he was building, so he grabbed me, put me in the cockpit along with some rubbing compound on the control … [Read more...] about Examining a Life-Long Love Affair with Aviation
Electric Airplanes Proposed for Prescott
Some of us are just getting used to the idea of electric cars. But electric airplanes? Yes. And possibly manufactured and marketed in Prescott. It might happen if two visionary entrepreneurs from Kadima Zoran, Israel can find support in the greater Prescott area, Arizona and elsewhere. Omer Bar-Yohay and Aviv Taidon, Israeli founders of Eviation Aircraft met with the mayor, several Prescott City Council members and representatives from both the city and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical … [Read more...] about Electric Airplanes Proposed for Prescott
Female Flyers Appreciate Irene Leverton
Dreams remain just that if they are not properly propelled to get off the ground. Not one to be stalled on any ambition, pioneer aviatrix Irene Leverton flat-out refused to forsake her passion to fly planes just because the airfields catered to men. That very dedication mastered by Leverton in the mid-1940s and beyond is reflected in a cadre of determined young women who encounter similar career challenges in the male-dominated aerospace profession even today. However, the courage and … [Read more...] about Female Flyers Appreciate Irene Leverton