Is Daytona Embry-Riddle’s Better Half?
Pandemic seems to have widened gap between two campuses By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor Embry-Riddle’s Prescott campus has always been “second:” it wasn’t purchased until 1978, some 13 years...
AE History: Evolution of Curriculum and the Astro Track
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor Now, Aerospace Engineering students on the Astro track outnumber those on the Aero track, but that’s a recent development. When the Aerospace (then Aeronautical)...
Students get a chance to drop eggs from AC-1 balcony in SGA Egg Drop
By Vee Glessner, Chief Copy Editor Image by Caleb Doo, Photographer. On Saturday, April 24th, the Student Government Association (SGA) held an Egg Drop event, affording students to not only...
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...