AE Aero Capstone: SPEAR
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor AE Aero capstone team “SPEAR” (Strike Precision Elude Attack Reconnaissance) is developing a High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) aircraft called the Night Owl, an...
AE Aero Capstone: CABAGE
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor AE Aero capstone team “CABAGE” (CArrier Based Advanced GEneration multi-role fighter project) is creating a multi-role fighter aircraft to replace the Super Hornet fleet...
AE Aero Capstone: LUDWIG
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor AE Aero team “LUDWIG” (Lightweight Uniform Design With Improved Glide-ratio) is picking up where an experimental NASA project left off. The concept is a...
Senior flight student creates Project Aces to inspire younger generation
Jackson Osborne, aviation buff and videographer, seeks to modernize aviation content By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor Senior flight student Jackson Osborne has loved aviation since he was shown a...
AE Aero Capstone: Rugged Aviation
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor AE Aero capstone team “Rugged Aviation” is designing a next-generation 6-seater bush plane that can land at 40 knots and cruise at 200 knots,...
AE History: The Growth of Facilities
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor When the Aerospace Engineering (then Aeronautical Engineering) program started at ERAU Prescott in 1980, there were no engineering facilities to speak of: everything the...
AE Aero Capstone: BASE
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor AE Aero capstone team “BASE” (Blended Air Superiority Enforcer) is creating a next-generation air-superiority fighter aircraft with a blended wing-body configuration. “Many of the...
University announces more details on “Grad Week” and hybrid ceremony
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor Plans have continued to evolve for the festivities surrounding the class of 2021’s graduation this May, but the details are now clearly coming into...
Aerospace Engineering History: The Beginning
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor Photo: Tracy and Nancy Doryland, center, at the rededication of the Nancy and Tracy Doryland Wind Tunnel in 2018. Image courtesy of Embry-Riddle. In...
AE History: How Far We’ve Come
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor Photo: An original sign for Aerospace Engineering faculty offices which hung on the now-demolished Building 61 until it was torn down to build AXFAB....