Research papers

Airline Quality Rating 2012

The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method for assessing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria.

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Spring Vol.21 No.3 Front Matter

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Not Just a Student Problem: Plagiarism in Aviation Academic Research

Plagiarism has long been a concern for educators. However, research literature has indicated that faculty and researchers have themselves conducted plagiarism at alarming rates.

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The Certainty of Uncertainty: Understanding and Exploiting Probability-Based Aviation Weather Products

Probability-based weather forecasts (i.e., forecasts that quantify uncertainty) have been available for certain weather elements for over 40 years; for example, the probability of precipitation forecast.

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The Evolution of the ATC Selection and Training Process

This paper explores the history of the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) selection and training process, showing how the process has evolved in an attempt to select a highly qualified and diverse controller workforce.

Mixed Methods Study of Demand Determinants of Airline Coach and Saddle Seats

The SkyRider seat was presented in September 2010 at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in California as a potential strategy to decrease space between seat rows and increase the revenue generating capacity of an airline.

Prepped for Departure: Sources of Information for Aviators

While some may joke the only information a pilot needs to know is which way is up and which way is down, the information needs of the aviator are easily equal to the most advanced scholar, doctor, or lawyer.

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Hybrid Courses in Aeronautical Science Curriculums

This article focuses on the need to address learning styles of NetGeners with an emphasis on aviation students. A brief history of aviation training generations as posited by Kearns (2010) is reviewed after which the aut…

The Wright Brothers vs. the World: Understanding the Wright Patent Wars

The Wright brothers' long and expensive legal defense of their patent was understandable, but damaging to both the brothers and the fledgling American aviation industry.

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The Wright Brothers’ Patent Lawsuits

The Wright Brothers pioneered the first sustained, powered, heavier than air, manned flight on December 17, 1903 (Garber, 1978). Some say that the Wrights' invention and innovation brought the "aerial age" into being (Do…

Collegiate Professional Pilot Programs: Acquisition and Use of a Level Six Training Device in the Academic Environment

Regardless of the bill of H. R. 5900 Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Act of 201 0 aiming to elevate the flight hours and level of certification for pilots working for FAA FAR 121 air carriers, the ongo…

Flying in the 1920s

Ninety years ago, America was a very different place, but still similar to the America of today in many ways. Immediately following World War I, a large number of veterans returned from overseas unable to find suitable w…

Analysis of General Aviation Instructional Loss of Control Accidents

Although student pilots spend many hours practicing maneuvers to improve airmanship and prevent accidents, almost one half of all general aviation aircraft accidents occur during flight training.

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The Digital to Analog Risk: Should We Teach New Dogs Old Tricks?

Imagine being competent and certified to fly under both visual and instrument rules in a single engine aircraft. Then imagine flying cross country, entering actual instrument conditions and having the stark realization t…

Homogenous Learning Styles Among Airport Management Professionals

Research on the career paths of airport management professionals included an assessment of learning styles to better understand the psychological profile of those in this career field.

Aviation Law After September 11th: Cases and Materials by Timothy M. Ravich, Lake Mary, FL: Vandeplas Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-60042-118-1.

Airline Quality Rating 2011

The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method for assessing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria.

Predictive Weather Display in ATC: Implications for Research and Training

Two systems are central to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) air traffic management program - Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) and En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM).

Beyond the Classroom: Applying a Business Process Model of Weather Forecasting to Aviation Meteorology

Modern weather analysis and forecasting has become a very complex enterprise, with aspects that are purely scientific, and others that are business operations-related.

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Effects of Barred Wing Owl Adaption on the Gliding Distance of a Model Airplane

In seeking ways to reduce aircraft noise at airports as part of the Silent Aircraft Initiative, researchers studied the quiet flight of the owl in reducing airframe noise.

Tracing the History of the Ornithopter: Past, Present, and Future

Since the earliest recorded history, humans have shared a nearly universal desire for the freedom of flight. This obsession with escaping gravity's unblinking gaze to somehow slip aloft, even for a fleeting moment, has i…

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Heuristics to Improve Human Factors Performance in Aviation

This paper reviews literature related to heuristic cognitive strategies as they are used by flight crews. A review of heuristic and naturalistic cognition is presented.

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The Wright Patent Lawsuit: Reflections on the Impact on American Aviation

The Wright brothers, it must be conceded, were the first to fly a powered, heavier-than-air machine in sustained flight and under control.

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Visual Information Management: A New Skill for Online Course Development

Visual information management refers to the total package of effort that results in successful online delivery of education. It includes the delivery system, student preferences and perceptions, learning and teaching sty…

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Development and Validation of an Aviation Research Survey

Surveys are one of the more commonly utilized data collection instruments in aviation research. Unfortunately, there often is little information provided as to how the surveys utilized in such studies were developed.

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Accident Reduction through Crew Resource Management

The advent of technology has aided pilots navigate challenging terrain and avoid potentially disastrous weather systems, but the large mounts of information required to process have significantly hindered crews, some to …

Freud’s Ego in the Cockpit

In the early 1900's, Sigmund Freud theorized the three parts of a person's personality: the id, the ego, and the superego. The ego controls the id's desires because they may have consequences or not be socially acceptabl…

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The Rationale for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Ph.D. in Aviation: A Brief Explication

The earliest versions of a doctoral degree originated in Europe during the Middle Ages as a license for a master to impart wisdom to students at the universities of that time.