Research papers

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Beyond the Classroom with System Safety

At the Daytona Beach, Fla., campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a System Safety course is offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Anson Burlingame: Diplomat, Orator

Like a previous article titled "Cross-Cultural Underpinnings of the Taiping Rebellion: Potential Modem Applications" (Brady, 1993), this article too is somewhat out of step with the mainstream of information normally pre…

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Beyond 2000: The Undiscovered Frontier of a Career as an Aviation Professor

In an era in which aviation research and scholarly activities have increased immensely (Truitt & Kaps, 1995), the demand for qualified aviation faculty members will inevitably increase.

Student and Instructor Perceptions of Effective Instructional Methods in a University Aviation Human Factors Course

Aviation human factors instructors employed by University Aviation Association (UAA) member institutions and aviation flight students from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) were asked to rank nine teachin…

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Education Tailor-Made for the Times

The computer in the classroom and computing in the curriculum are the impetus for major changes in higher education during the next decade, The changes needed in the curriculum and in the concepts and practices of instru…

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Medical Problems in Commercial Flight: Shortage of Airport Medical Facilities

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States. If the heart-attack victim is unfortunate enough to be at an airport, the prognosis for survival is exceedingly low, unless vigorous treatment begins…

Aviation Science? Collegiate Aviation? Aeronautics? Aerospace Science? Introducing Aeronology in Resolving Identity Issues

In asking collegiate aviation educators for a term or a phrase that adequately describes their academic field, it does not take much time to discover that widespread agreement is notably absent.

Teaching Landings by the Numbers: Quantifying the Visual Approach and Landing

We have all heard it said that a good landing requires a good approach. But what can we do to teach our students to make good approaches? What techniques can we emphasize to ensure that the variables that affect each app…

The Development of the Flying Wing

The quest for the perfect and efficient airplane has been an ongoing challenge throughout most of the 20th century. Man's struggle to understand the physical forces of aerodynamics has been costly not only in terms of ec…

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Effects of PC-Based Pretraining on Pilots’ Performance in an Approved Flight-Training Device

PC-based multimedia learning tools are rapidly approaching a level of refinement that will allow them to become a viable and inexpensive option to the more traditional simulator training vital for instrument pilot certif…

Aviation Industry Employment Data Estimates Revisited

A wide variety of estimates of aviation industry employment data exist today. For example, a range of estimates from a low of 750,000 to a high of 2.1 million are reported in various industry publications and journals.

Professionalism and the Corporate Culture of Aviation Education

Those of us who are in some way affiliated with a university-based professional-pilot preparation program boast about our ability to prepare our graduates for careers as professional pilots employed by major air carriers…

Aviation English: An Introduction

Aviation is a specialized, technology-based area that covers a broad range of activities, from esoteric analyses of compressible fluids, to selling tickets, to getting a clearance for takeoff.

Sub-Suns and Low Reynolds Number Flow

The phenomenon called the ``sub-Sun'' is the specular reflection of sunlight by horizontally oriented plates of ice. Although well-known in meteorological optics, the hydrodynamics of the orientation is not quantitativel…

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Metal Deactivator and Other Additives in Reducing Insolubles in Aviation Fuels

Airline Quality Rating 1996

The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method of comparing airline performance on combined multiple factors important to consumers.

Effects of High G Conditions on Pilot Performance

The general development trend in space vehicle design suggests the desirability of maximally using the occupant to both control capsule attitude and to monitor vehicle systems during the boost (and reentry) acceleration …

Human Qualifications, Selection and Training for Spaceflight

Human qualifications - selection and training for space flight

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Toward an International Model of Crew Resource Management: The Cultural Implications

One tool used to increase safety in the aviation industry is a training and operations model called Crew Resource Management (CRM). The model's human factors approach to training and operating was developed in the United…

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A Perspective on the Role of African-Americans in Aviation

Despite the enthusiasm for aviation sparked by the historic flight of the Wright brothers in 1903, participation by African-Americans in the new flight age did not come easily.

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A Framework for Assessing the Role of Aircraft Technology in Enhancing System Capacity

Projections of future air travel indicate that the capacity of the existing airport and air traffic control system will be outstripped.

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Transfer of Wood/Fabric Structures Concepts to Composite Structures Processes

Instructors in the Federal Aviation Administration aircraft maintenance technology field have routinely taught some form of non-metallic structures, comprising wood and dope-covered fabric technologies for many years.

Educational Course and Curriculum Needs for Corporate Aviation Managers

A survey was conducted for the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) that identified educational content and knowledge areas thought to be important to the success of a corporate aviation flight department manage…

Faculty Professional Development Imperatives in Collegiate Aviation Education

If the health and well-being of collegiate aviation is to remain intact, it is imperative that faculty professional development is highly prioritized at the programmatic level.

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A Review of History, Structure, and Competition in the U.S. Airline Industry

The airline industry has evolved in two profoundly different eras, first under the protective hand of federal economic regulation and, following the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, subjected to the full force of the fr…

The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule as a Predictor of Success in a Collegiate Professional Pilot Training Program

This study examined the preliminary results of a project designed to identify a method to predict successful student completion of a collegiate professional pilot curriculum.

The Blue Box: Solo

How far back in the training of pilots do we have to go to teach the modern crew concept of airplanes? Should we go back to nickel beer and put tail wheels back on the airplanes? This minority report suggests going back …

Determination of Curriculum Content for a Non-Engineering Doctoral Degree in Aviation

The U.S. aviation industry has been and continues to be a rapid-growth sector of commerce. Educational and academic metamorphosis coincident with this growth is evident in the number of postsecondary educational institut…

The Corporate Aviation Management Committee (CAMC): A New Academic Partnership for Aviation

A significant event of great importance to members of the higher education community and the business aviation industry occurred in Atlanta recently.

Editorial

This issue of JAAER is somewhat different from previous issues. The differences are that there are but two articles contained in this issue and both articles focus on one subject, faculty development/education.

Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance. Phase 5. Progress Report.

The fifth phase of research on human factors in aviation maintenance continued to look at the human's role in the aviation maintenance system via investigations, demonstrations, and evaluations of the research program ou…

Human Factor Implications of the Eurocopter AS332L-1 Super Puma cockpit

The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe some of the human factor problems which can occur in the cockpit of a modern civilian helicopter.