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Women in Aviation: Diversity Boosts the Bottom Line
Female aviation leaders representing the airline industry, Urban Air Mobility, safety and academia all agreed, in an Aviation Outlook virtual event Oct. 7, that workforce diversity…
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Drone Integration the Goal of FAA-Funded Research at Embry-Riddle
As unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, become more and more common in uses such as package delivery and aerial taxi services, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University received two…
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Exec: Airports Must Embrace Innovation to Transcend Pandemic ‘Survival Mode’
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SAN) had celebrated six straight years of exponential growth, reaching a height in 2019 of 25 million…
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Teen Eagle Aims to Break Record for Youngest Solo Flight Around the World
As 17-year-old Trevor Simoneau settles into his freshman year at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, he has a huge project in the works: embarking on a solo flight around the world.…
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Alumni Airline Captains Encourage Flexibility as Students Enter Aviation
Embry-Riddle alumni Alyse Adkins and Michael Dee are both airline captains. They both have huge management responsibilities. They both still get to fly in their jobs. And, they both…
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Interdisciplinary Student Reflects on Pursuit of Passion, Internship Amid Pandemic
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University senior Rory Maher-Siems wasn’t the type of kid who grew up knowing exactly what career he wanted to pursue when he got older – but he…
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Airline Executive: Smartest Carriers Will Emerge from Pandemic Stronger
Longtime airline executive Ben Baldanza isn’t afraid of adversity.
Former CEO of Spirit Airlines, Baldanza is credited for bringing the “ultra-low-cost carrier” model…
Embry-Riddle, Verizon Partner to Use Drones for Marine Mammal Rescue
In an effort to safely and humanely rescue marine mammals, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has partnered with marine biologists and a Verizon drone-management platform to monitor…
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NTSB Chair Reflects on Investigating Accidents in a Virtual World
The Covid-19 pandemic has altered the way that organizations around the world do business — and that holds true even for investigative agencies like the National Transportation…
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Embry-Riddle Students Judge Children’s Paper Plane Creations
Little planes, big planes, colorful planes, plain planes. Judges had a variety of paper airplanes to critique in the first ever Kids’ Paper Airplane Challenge hosted by Daytona…
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Embry-Riddle Works to Advance Sustainable Environmentally Friendly Urban Air Mobility Vehicles
A newly developed hybrid power plant promises a ratio of electric power-to-weight that is 4.6 times better than any existing battery system, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers…
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Space Workers: ‘Run Toward Difficult Problems’
For husband-and-wife duo Kathy and Dillon Rice, the latest guests to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Aviation Outlook webinar series, success is not a state of being. It’s…
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Names Six Eagles to National Women in Aviation Advisory Board
Six Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumnae were recently named to the newly formed Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB), which is tasked with developing strategies and recommendations…
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Sea Turtle Conservation Flies Forward Thanks to New Drone Project
To better understand the behavior of multiple sea turtle species along Florida’s Space Coast, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has teamed up with aviation leader Northrop…
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Virtual Courses Propel Colombian Native Toward Pursuit of Lifelong Dream
For his 12th birthday, Juan Mesa’s uncle gave him a bright yellow toy biplane fighter. It was a model of a World War I Fokker D.VII, and it came with a pamphlet that detailed…
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