Aviation research, sourced & cited.

Recruiting on the Outside: Action-Oriented Research Solutions to External Student Recruitment in Collegiate Aviation Education

The authors present a case on various methods of recruiting external students that can be applied to any academic program. An example case study is provided to compare the most efficient practices used by a particular un…

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The Aircraft Engine: An Historical Perspective of Engine Development through World War I

As the quest for manned, heavier-than-air flight progressed into the latter half of the 19th century, man still did not possess sufficient scientific understanding of all the principles that would permit the successful a…

Interpersonal Skills in Aviation: Applications and Development

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the critical role that interpersonal skills play in the aviation environment. Many volumes have been written on the matter and it is not our intention here to review every resear…

Airline Quality Rating 1998

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.

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Denver International Airport: Lessons Learned

"The airport planner, who is required to anticipate conditions 10 to 15 years in the future, must often resort to guesswork" (322). Researching the evolution of Denver International Airport was more than simply a project…

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A Pioneering University-Airline Flight Internship Program: A Follow-Up Study of Intern Participants

This article presents the results of a follow-up survey administered to 110 former university interns who served a semester long internship in the fight operations department at United Airlines.

The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994: An Overview of Tort Reform

The aviation industry, not yet a century old, has developed into one of the most robust, visible, and analyzed industries in the world today.

Establishing a Total Safety Culture within a Flight Department

This article will present behavior-based principles and procedures that can be successfully applied to change safety attitudes in a Flight Department.

Would ACES Academy Benefit Your University?

In 1989 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) entered into a collaborative effort with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to design a model Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy seminar.

Inclusion of Modern Composites Technology into a Federal Aviation Administration Airframe and Powerplant Curriculum

Rapid growth in the use of composite materials in the last two decades has driven curriculum designers to combine the study of such materials with that of more traditional materials.

Airline Quality Rating 1997

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.

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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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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…

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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…

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.

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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…

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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…

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.

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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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.

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.

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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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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.

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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.

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 …

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