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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.

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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

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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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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System Safety Study: Pedagogical Aviation Action Research

Action Research (AR) is a scientific methodology whereby researchers participate in a research setting for data collection and problem resolution.

Digital Training to Analog Flying: Assessing the Risks of a Stark Transition

There are many advantages to train new pilots using the latest technically advanced aircraft (TAA ). Most believe that the advanced avionic displays, autopilots, and moving maps, which emulate larger commercial aircraft …

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.

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Airline Quality Rating 2010

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.

Requiring Laptop Computers: Aviation Student Perceptions

Laptop initiatives at colleges and universities have remained in low numbers despite increases in the technology and decreases in the costs.

Effects of Repetitive End Cleaning on Multimode Plastic Fiber Optic Cable Performance

Periodic cleaning of the end faces of fiber optic cable links in aircraft avionics systems is undertaken as part of routine maintenance or when problems develop.

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Pilot’s Style of Learning and Thinking and Age-Related Declines in Visual Recall

This study examined the styles of learning and thinking and age-related visual recall performance of pilots. The study used the Style of Learning and Thinking (SOLAT) survey instrument to determine pilot's learning prefe…

Hypoxia Awareness Training Using Normobaric Lab Technology as a Training System

Walking across the ramp of almost any general aviation airport ramp it is easy to spot an array of high performance aircraft like the Cirrus or Diamond that have joined the ranks of Cessna and Pipers with capabilities of…

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A Historical Perspective for Incorporating the Airframe and Powerplant Certificate as a Relevant Engineering Technology Skill

At first, the concept of an engineering technology program containing an Airframe and Powerplant certificate (A&P) program might seem to be odd.

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