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Zachary Wilkinson News Editor My name is Zachary Wilkinson and I am junior studying Aeronautical Science here in Daytona Beach. I said living because ‘studying’ simply doesn’t cover it. For me this degree is indeed a lifestyle, and I try to learn

as much as I can each day to get the most out of my time here. If you are unfamiliar with this degree or are currently practicing it, then let me share a little bit about what I feel makes an AS student successful.

Number one: You must be willing to go the extra nautical mile to learn. Your activity doesn’t cease once you exit the classroom

Pluto Probe Over Halfway There Ryan Hurilla Guest Reporter The New Horizons spacecraft heading for Pluto is now well past the halfway mark. The probe was launched in Jan. 2006 on a tenyear journey to explore the icy dwarf planet and its moons. In Feb. 2007, the spacecraft received a gravity assist from the gas giant Jupiter propelling it for a rendezvous with Pluto in July of 2015.

When New Horizons does reach the dwarf planet, the spacecraft will be traveling at over thirteen kilometers per second. This means there will be very little time actually spent at the dwarf planet, and very little time to take as many detailed pictures and measurements as possible.

New Horizons is intended to fly approximately 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) from the surface of Pluto at its closest approach.

This close approach does lead to incredible pictures and better measurements, but it is not with-

out additional risk. Mission specialists expect there to be a large number of small objects in orbit around Pluto. We already know that Pluto has multiple moons, some of which have only recently been discovered. Charon is Pluto’s most well known moon because it is half the diameter of Pluto, making it the largest satellite relative to the size of the planet it orbits. In truth the Pluto-Charon system can be considered a binary planet system, the only one in our solar system.

Even though Pluto is just a small ball of nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide ices, it does have weather, winds, hazes and an ionosphere. These features should be better understood after New Horizons finally reaches its destination in mid-2015. After it’s rendezvous with Pluto, the spacecraft will continue traveling out of the solar system where it will fly by several Kuiper Belt objects before heading out for interstellar space.

or leave the Flight operations building.

From day 1 the standard expected of you is that of a professional pilot. Make it an objective to spend some time at the end of the day to think about what you have learned in your classes and how it can be applied and correlated.

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Robinson Introduces Glass Cockpit Helicopters Suzanne Fernandez Copy Editor The 757’ and 767’ found themselves in the middle of awe and excitement with their old steam gauges being replaced by the ‘glass cockpit’. The term ‘glass cockpit’ refers to the use of cathode ray tubes for most of the primary instruments like airspeed indicator, attitude indicator, engine health indicating systems. However, round dials may be available for parameters like rotor rpm, attitude indicator, airspeed etc. to provide for redundancy and better situational awareness. Each glass cockpit system has a Multi-Function Display (MFD) consisting of a Primary Flight display (PFD), engine management/ monitoring system or a navigation system with moving map. This innovation was welcomed as a tool to reduce pilot workload along with automation. How about taking this technology into helicopters? Robinson helicopters will introduce ‘optional’ glass cockpit avionics

functionality for the R22, R44 and R66 production. The helicopter line will feature a Garmin GTN 600/700 touch-screen navigator, and Aspen Avionics PFD and MFDs. Other available features include a Garmin’s GTR 225B COM radio, GMA 350H audio panel, GDL 88 universal access transceiver (UAT), and GTX 330ES transponder.

While the traditional instruments will be offered for the models. Robinson is in final stages of certifications from the FAA on combinations of glass cockpit design. For those interested, Robinson will be showcasing this newest addition to their fleet at their booth at Heli-Expo on Feb 25-27. This expo will take place in the Anaheim Convention Center in California where attendees will take a glimpse into the future of helicopter cockpit avionics. In addition to touch screen flight decks, Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS), Advanced Synthetic Vision Systems and other Next Generation flight deck programs will be talked about.

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Study Abroad with your ERAU Classmates Sue Macchiarella Study Abroad Each summer ERAU graduate and undergraduate students from every major and walk of life decide to participate in something amazing. What is this “amazing”? Amazing is studying with ERAU faculty and fellow students in one (or more) exotic locales throughout the world. Last year, over 100 ERAU students went on a Summer Study Abroad with our faculty and had the most amazing time while completing 6 credit hours towards their degree program.

This year will prove no different.

Completing the first summer showcase this month, over 85 students attended, learning about all the Summer Abroad options available. Already, applications are pouring in for the 2014 summer programs.

The Siena, Italy Summer Program is full and we have opened up a wait list for it. Homeland Security, Aviation Appreciation, The Great British Tour and the Aviation Salamanca, Spain programs are all half-full. The other programs are not far behind.

You don’t want to miss out this summer on what will prove to be one of our most innovative program offerings.

Perks of studying abroad this summer include: ½ price tuition (you get credit for 6 credit hours but only pay tuition for 3), all your in-country travel, entrance fees, professor and books fees, insurance, lodging and a couple other items (depending on the program) are taken care of in a lab fee. You are charged for the tuition and lab fee through the school. Your round-trip ticket and most food (depending on the program) are your out-ofpocket costs. Financial Aid is available through your Federal Direct Stafford loans, Federal Direct Parent Plus loans and private loans.

Talk to any student who has been on a Summer Study Abroad Program and they will tell you that you don’t want to miss out. In fact, we have several that have gone on more than one Summer Study Abroad and we even have a few that are going on international programs for both Summer A and Summer B. Continued on A2 >>

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ANY one course you would like and take it for ½ price tuition.

Berlin, Germany – EE and Humanities combine to bring Berlin to life in a way you will never forget. So much to see, do and experience, boredom is not an option. This program will have you coming back for more. The history of Berlin is rich and recent, the vibe amazing, and the culture never-ending. After this, you will go back for more!

Homeland Security – Great for Homeland Security majors and minors (grads and undergrads) or those wanting elective credit. This program includes a once-ina-lifetime trip to the amazing celebrations of D-Day’s 70th Anniversary in Normandy, France. Sadly, it will probably be the last time we have so many WWII vets gathered together in one place.

Siena, Italy – closed, wait list open to those needing lower and upper-level Humanities.

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Most of the programs allow you to take one or both courses offered. So, what programs are being offered for Summer 2014? Keep reading SUMMER A Air Traffic Management – Great for ATM majors and minors (grad and undergrad). This program takes you through ATM related facilities in six countries and provides you one-of a kind access behind the scenes.

Aviation Appreciation – COA majors and minors and all others (grad and undergrad). This is a unique opportunity to travel through three countries and get a close-up look at European aviation and a chance to fly gliders in Germany. You will take three credit hours while on the program during Summer A and then in Summer B you will be able to choose

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SUMMER B Canary Islands, Spain – Another first run program!

COB students, grad and undergrad, you all have the chance to whisk yourselves away to the island of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain to learn more about interna-

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tional trade and explore the amazing culture and cuisine of the Canary Islands. Your accommodations will be among the best found in our programs. Visit Mt. Teide, Santa Cruz and La Laguna, and learn a bit about the shipping industry.

CERN or bust! Those of you interested in the world’s largest and most powerful hadron collider may want to hop on this program which will base in Italy but include a trip to CERN in Geneva, Switzerland for you to see this amazing place in person. This program is great for anyone wanting to take Control Systems and learn more about Particle Accelerators first hand!

The Great British Tour – Perfect for COB major and minors, grads and undergrads. This program takes you from the charming country-side of England to bustling London. You will visit and explore major companies and companies you may never have thought about but, be sure, it will be a time you will not forget.

Salamanca, Spain – COA grad and undergrad students won’t want to miss this first-run program taking you into the heart and history of Spain. Learn flamenco dancing, enjoy a tapas crawl, visit a major aviation training center and enjoy a side-trip to Portugal all while taking in the flavor and spirit of Spanish life.

So there you have it, nine amazing Summer Study Abroad programs to choose from. Don’t forget, before or after the program, you need to stay and do more traveling. Getting around Europe is cheap and easy.

Stop by the Study Abroad office for more information (Room 263, Student Center Annex). You may also e-mail us at DBStudy@ erau.edu or call 226-6215 for more amazing information and details!

Do not miss out, college is too short and it is the best time to travel!

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An Aeronautical Science Lifestyle Continued from A1 >> Those are two of the higher levels of learning.

A great way to increase Aeronautical knowledge is to read aviation related books. The more perspectives you can gain the better prepared you will be for when you encounter something new. If you don’t like reading, try and develop a habit, because the amount of information you must know just for the Private Certificate is very extensive.

The FAA has all kinds of publications offering a lot of information you will need to know for your entire life. My football coach in high school summed it up when saying, “The more you know, the more you’re worth.” In football, aviation, business, or life in general that holds true.

Furthermore, the Flight program here at Embry-Riddle is more than just about hours and airplanes.

You accept the safety culture of ERAU and the standards of the best Flight Uni-

versity in the world. Only about 60 percent of firstyear AS students remain in this degree program. Don’t let that statistic scare you, let it prepare you! Many students find out that the degree doesn’t suit them; they switch degrees, and continue happily with their change. There is nothing shameful in choosing what is better for your future.

Number two: Be humble. The fastest way to end up sidelined is thinking that you are “God’s gift” to the aviation industry.

At this university, you are surrounded by professors and instructors who have decades of experience.

Respect them, get to know them, and learn from them.

I like to think of a quote by Robert Parke, “Every pilot is a student Pilot, whether ten hours or ten thousand.”

We’re all students of the skies whenever we operate there, and it continues as long as we fly there. The FAA has compiled a list of Hazardous attitudes are dangerous. They are: Resignation, Anti-Authority,

Impulsivity, Invulnerability, and Macho. You can tackle Invulnerability, Macho, and Anti-Authority by being a humble learner in an aircraft. The most dangerous pilot is not always a young student pilot with less than a hundred hours.

That student pilot is likely a bit nervous still and he or she is cautious. They are humbled by the aircraft. The most dangerous pilot is the comfortable pilot, they likely have over a thousand hours. Operating an aircraft is second nature to them, and this is when danger can set in.

Number three: Be of Good character. Former president Calvin Coolidge once said, “Talent is plentiful and easy to buy, but character is priceless.” The leaders of best companies the industry are not just looking for a pilot to fill a seat with minimum qualifications, they are looking for a well-rounded individual who can be trusted with $100 million dollars of liability. A pilot with integrity of character will

be sought after. Your decision-making skills will also be evaluated. It is very common for air carriers to look into you before you set foot in an interview. Background checks, reference checks, and even credit checks are done. They may even browse your Facebook page. When they see how you manage your life as a whole it will demonstrate how you will operate their aircraft. Make yourself employable and as always, be careful with how you portray yourself on Social Media. Nothing is secret.

Number four: Diversify your experience. The most rewarding things I’ve ever done in my time here at Riddle were not from classes and flight block.

They were a result of the extra roles I’ve taken up in my spare time. I’m sure you’ve all heard the phrase, “Get involved!” a slew of times while here. It’s not just a slogan, it’s the best advice you could ever take.

Working in organizations like SGA or its branches; Wikd, The Avion Newspa-

per, or Touch-N-go open up opportunities you’ll get nowhere else. You could Join the O-team, join a club, go Greek, try for a position as an RA, Study abroad, join the AOA honor society, or join a club sport. These will enrich your college experience and make you more marketable when job time comes around. It’s a great way to widen your horizons.

Number Five: Love what you do, whatever it is.

Charles Lindbergh said it best, “Science, beauty, freedom, adventure; what more could you ask of life?”

This qualifies as the most important of the list. The road ahead will not be easy and you must be certain that whichever area of aviation you choose it’s something you can truly enjoy.

Most AS students are settled on the airlines, but don’t forget that you may need to look past that, and that there may even be something better than that. We all know the regional carriers pay is abysmal, and Airlines will never be perfect. I think an airline job would

be neat, but I’m not so set on it that I’ll be depressed if I’m not at an air carrier by age 25. Something better may be just around the corner. If you try a few of the things I’ve mentioned in this article then you will have more opportunities when it’s time to graduate.

My favorite time to fly is in the morning. The air is smooth and brisk, and I get to watch the sunrise as we head to the practice area.

It is during these times that I know I am right where I want to be, and I’m flying towards something truly great, even if it’s not set in stone. On those mornings, the Florida sun is glowing in long orange rays which peak between slowly lumbering Cumulus clouds off the coast. You haven’t seen a sunrise until you have watched it aloft. When I complete my Flight Instructor certificate and can teach students how to fly, I’ll have reached just the next step in a journey with many different paths to take. And I can’t wait to see what lies behind the next set of clouds.

From Death to Life Zack Wilkinson News Editor It was the call you never want to receive from a family member, “..Your father just died. Can you come home for the funeral?” Ed Carter heard those words from his mother on Nov. 7th, 1970.

At the time, he was a sophomore at Marshall University in Huntington, Virginia and a first team player on the University’s ‘Thundering Herd’ football team. Going home would mean he would miss the next week’s football game vs. East Carolina and the airplane flight that would bring them home. His mother wanted him back in Texas for the funeral, and asked him not to go to the game the following week.

“Don’t be on that plane” she warned, “Because that plane will crash.” Through a series of terrible events his father’s death would, invariably, save his life. Ed Carter was born in 1950 in Pampa, Texas. By the age of 4, his parents were divorced and he was living with his mother and two siblings in a small apartment. Before long he was passed on to his grandparents in Wichita Falls, TX, who raised him in their home under strict discipline. Carter recalls being told, “You will have rules

to follow in this house”. He and his brothers had many chores to keep up with daily, and any misbehavior was met with beatings. At 12 he was attending his church regularly, and was baptized into the Christian tradition. He considered himself saved because he was a good person and avoided drugs.

When he reached 9th grade he was asked to play football. The then scrawny high school freshman admittedly was no more harmful than a teddy bear. He went on to spend two years “Riding the pine” collecting splinters as a second team football player. Senior players beat on him day after day during practice until one day he saved up enough money and courage to buy a set of weights. By his junior year he was a starter, and at six foot two and 230 pounds his coaches called him a “Head Hunter” and a “Madman” on the offensive line.

He could open up a hole for the running back “large enough for an 18-wheeler”.

By graduation time, Carter had no money for college, so he signed up for the military, expecting to be sent to Vietnam in the draft.

He was spared that path when he received multiple 4-year scholarships to play football. That was when he

chose Marshall University.

Ed Carter was back home in Wichita Falls a week after he received the frantic phone call from his mother. As he was packing his suitcase bound home for Kentucky, he heard an urgent radio news bulletin. It reported a crash of a DC-9 carrying the Marshall Football team.

There were no survivors.

Ed Carter was stunned. The next day he read a headline in his hometown newspaper declaring him dead, it included his obituary.

Ed Carter shared his story with 25 other students and myself in a Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting in the Center for Faith and Spirituality on Thursday, Feb. 13th. To this day, Ed Carter travels around the world telling his story and evangelizing for the Christian faith. He believes God saved him from boarding the plane for this purpose.

In his testimony he tells the story of the new life he found after the crash.

The accident aircraft was a Southern Airways DC-930 operating as a charter flight for the Marshall football team. It would take them from Kinston, North Carolina to Huntington, West Virginia after their November 14th Football game against East Carolina

state. The aircraft was flying a non-precision localizer approach into runway 11 at Tri-State Airport (HTS).

The pilots reported crossing the Outer marker at 1934 and were cleared to land.

At approximately 1936 the tower controller observed a red glow west of the airport.

When no response to radio transmissions was received the tower controller initiated emergency procedures.

The accident aircraft collided with trees atop a hill at 930 ft MSL, one mile west of the runway threshold. It then rolled nearly inverted before crashing nose down into another hill. A witness reported seeing the aircraft pass 300 feet above him and heard an increase in jet noise just prior to the collision with terrain.

The aircraft was completely destroyed by postcrash fire and there were no survivors.

Post accident investigation revealed that the aircraft descended below the Minimum Descent altitude of 1240 feet MSL without visual contact with the runway environment. At the time of the crash clouds were scattered at 300 and broken at 500 with ceilings overcast at 1100 feet. Many prominent citizens from Huntington were killed aboard the aircraft. Among the 75

casualties were four of the city’s six physicians, a city councilman, a state legislator, and boosters in the athletics program. Seventy children lost at least one parent in the crash, and 18 were orphaned. Each year, on Nov. 14th, a memorial service is held for the crash victims around a fountain created to commemorate them. During that ceremony the fountain is shut off,

and is kept off until the following spring. The fountain bears the inscription, “They shall live on in the hearts of their families and friends forever, and this memorial records their loss to the university and to the community.” The events following the crash were detailed in the 2006 movie, ‘We are Marshall’ starring Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox.

Ed Carter was a starter for the Marshall University Football Team. He was spared from boarding the fatal flight that killed most of his teammates. He is now a role-model and public speaker.

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It’s About Revamping Legal Eagle the Little Things Tyler Mucha COE Representative

Adegoke Adelabu COE Representative “Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things,” a quote by Frank Clark. It’s just like a little boy who’s goal was to impress the whole world by accomplishing huge feats. He had no idea of the obstacles he would face. As he tried to unleash his beautiful and amazing ideas, he met roadblock after roadblock. Then one day, he decided to sit back and imagine what will make a difference; he listened to leadership talks and went to conferences, and he realized that it’s all about the little things. Little things make big differences. If you were to disintegrate or break down big things, you will find little things in them.

The SGA is now providing books for students, in an effort to substantially expand the reserve section of the library. There are books that have been worn

out, there are books that need more copies for students to use in the library, and there are books that are high-demand but are currently not even on reserve. The SGA is asking students to request books by providing lists to the SGA office or the Library’s front desk. Essentially, the SGA is trying to help students achieve academic success. Little things like providing that extra book or books that are not even on reserve could make a difference. If you would like to make a difference to one of those students in need, we ask that you please do your part, give us your suggestions for this effort or let us know what we could be doing that could potentially make a big difference.

Dwayne Wade once said, “Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.”

It’s more often that not that when we talk to students about all the services SGA has to offer, most students are completely unaware of the majority.

Legal Eagle just so happens to be one of those services. While in retrospect, it is a good thing that most students don’t have to ever use Legal

Eagle throughout their experience at Embry-Riddle. However, our goal is to ensure that students are at least aware of the service so they can utilize it appropriately when they need it. With our goal may be to spread awareness of the program, our hope is that students never find themselves in a situation where they need to use it. Legal Eagle is a service SGA offers that partners

students who require legal services with attorneys and law firms. Lately there has been a lack of knowledge for some of these services. Additionally, some of these services need to updated and renovated.

Renovation is exactly what we are trying to do right now with Legal Eagle. We have been contacting attorneys and starting to update the website so that you, the

students in need, have all the resources that you require at your disposal.

Hopefully, you will never need to use Legal Eagle, but if you do, we want it to be as useful to you as possible. If there are any suggestions that you think is necessary for anything at all on campus, then do not hesitate to leave a note in one of our suggestions boxes. After all, we are here for you.

Get to Know your SGA Robert Peters College of Engineering Student Representative Senior, Business Administration Robert is a business administration major from Atlanta, Georgia. During his time here at Embry Riddle, Robert has been actively involved on campus. He has held positions in five student organizations including OBAP, the College of Business Advisory Board, and the National Business Aviation Association Student Group. Apart from these areas of involvement, Robert is also a Resident Advisor in Doolittle Hall. Like many Representatives, Robert joined SGA to make a difference on campus. He wants his legacy to be in the form of increased campus involvement, and more powerful relationships between ERAU and industry professionals. He believes involvement on campus benefits all students and enhances their future career opportunities. Robert Peters will be representing the College of Business on the Student Representative Board and we welcome him as a new SGA official!

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Airshow Center New Smyrna Airshow New Smyrna Beach, FL March 28-30

• Hot-air balloons are what got this event started back in 2009. From a small gathering of a dozen balloons one Friday night, the New Smyrna Beach Balloon & Sky Fest has grown into a world class three-day aviation, entertainment, and educational event. _________

Tico Warbird AirshowTitusville, FL March, 14-16

• Jammed packed with ground

displays and aerial performances the TICO WARBIRD AIRSHOW 2014 will make a special tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen and the missions they flew in their Red Tail P-51 Mustangs to protect our bombers in the European Theater during WW II. _________

Sun ’n Fun Fly-In Lakeland, FL April 1-6

• There’s always something at SUN ‘n FUN for everyone.

Whether you’re actively involved in aviation or an aviation enthusiast, SUN ‘n FUN has an activity for just about every interest. As soon as the sky is quieted from the sounds of props and rotors, the night darkness erupts again in a blaze of fireworks. The SUN ‘n FUN fightline is pulsed with peonies, chrysanthemums, willows, dahlias, waterfalls and horsetails (to name a few)! _________

Vero Beach Air Show Vero Beach, FL May 10-11

• The Blue Angels will be the

stars. Be sure to arrive early to enjoy the excitement. You’ll thrill to the performances of the best air show acts in the country.

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Suzanne Fernandes Copy Editor In recent news, the CEO of Mooney Aircraft Dr. Jerry Chen has announced that the company is starting its famous production line again after a 5-year hiatus. At Mooney Aircraft located at Kerville airport, more than 55 people are employed and the company is undergoing some major improvement changes.

It is exciting to note that the company is in the process of upgrading its manufacturing equipment, maybe, the future may see a newer better technologically

February 20, 1962

John Glenn Becomes the first American to orbit the Earth in the Mercury Atlas 6

February 26, 1979

Production of the A-4 Skyhawk ends after 26 years, with the delivery of the 2,690th and final aircraft to the United States Marine Corps.

February 21, 1984

14 hours and 2 minutes after taking off from New York, Air France pilot Patrick Fourticq and his companion, race driver Henry Pescarolo, land their Piper Malibu in Paris, setting a world record for a trans-Atlantic flight by a single engined light aircraft.

to sell excess inventory in a degrading market.

Interestingly, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft also cut workforce and production in the same time frame. They

planned on beginning to build again when the economy got better which apparently is now! I feel glad to say that the legacy of the Mooney continues. With their motto

of producing safe efficient single engine reciporocating aircraft, this bird has been used for training, leisure flying, corporate flying; and it will still continue to do so.

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Lightning Strike Injures Controller Jonathan Lezman Guest Reporter The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will start examining Air Traffic Control Towers and their safety in regards to lightning protection. On September 12, 2013 Baltimore Washington International’s control tower was hit by lightning, and the current traveled to a generator switch on the inside, injuring a controller. According to Fox News, “Because of their height, airport towers have a greater chance of being struck by lightning,

and tower designers plan for the bolts. Towers are built with lightning rods and wiring to direct the electrical current from a strike harmlessly into the ground. That protects the tower and equipment from damage and protects the air traffic controllers working inside. A few minutes later, he turned on a generator to ensure the airport’s runway lighting stayed on, part of a standard procedure during a storm. Boyd had his right hand on the generator switch when he saw lightning flash outside and felt a shock on his ring

finger. “It basically felt like somebody had whacked me on the tip of the finger with a tool of some kind,” he said during a recent interview, describing a stinging sensation. Boyd, an air traffic controller for more than 30 years, dropped to one knee and told colleagues: “I got hit.”

After the incident, more than 100 flights out of BWI were delayed due to concerns of the control tower’s safety. The control tower was built in 1960 and renovated in 1983 – the FAA issued lightning protection systems in 1978. Some-

where in the renovating, a critical wire may have been severed which would have caused the lightning to misdirect into the tower.

The FAA pledged $400,000 to investigate BWI’s control tower’s lighting issues.

Controller safety is paramount due to the fact that the persons working inside the tower are dealing with the protection of life and property – something that should not be hindered. “The FAA is also working on replacing the tower itself. The agency said in 2013 that officials had begun preliminary

planning for a new tower at the airport, and the FAA has a program in place to replace aging facilities. On average, air traffic control towers are 26 years old and in many cases, they do not meet today’s building requirements, the FAA said in a 2013 budget document submitted to Congress.” The FAA will strive to make corrections to the aging facilities, but under the political and monetary constrains of Congress will indefinitely delay the process to build new and improved control towers across the country.

45 Years of Boeing 747 Models Anthony Carpeneti Staff Reporter

This Week in Aviation History

adept manufacturing plant.

M20TN Acclaim Type S will be the first aircraft to come out of the production line, which is due to begin on Feb 26.

The Mooney Airplane Pilots Association (MAPA) is celebrating the comeback of Mooney on April 10-13 at Kerville Airport, Texas.

During this event, everyone will be able to tour the company factory and manufacturing facility. In 2008, the company decided to cut production resulting in the lay-off of 229 workers.

With the normal rate of producing 100 planes a year, this move came because of the Mooney’ desperation

45 years ago on Feb. 9, 1969, a plane that would become a legend in its own right took its maiden flight from Boeing Field in Seattle Washington. That aircraft was the Boeing 747, affectionately known today as the Queen of the Skies.

Back in the spring of 1963, Boeing formed an engineering group to develop large airplanes to meet passenger and cargo growth predicted for the 1970s. Pan Am, who was Boeing’s biggest customer and most influential international airline then, gave Boeing a requirement in which they wanted a really big jet carrying upwards of 400 passengers at one time. Knowing Pan Am’s chairman at the time Juan Trippe’s bias for an “ocean liner paradigm”, people

knew he was expecting a double-decker jet and Joe Sutter, who was Boeing’s retired chief engineer at the time, decided to figure out how to build exactly what he wanted. Three years later on Sept. 30, 1968, the first 747 prototype was rolled out of the Everett assembly building before the world’s press and representatives of the 26 airlines that had ordered the aircraft.

On Feb. 9, 1969, The Boeing 747 first took flight with test pilots Jack Waddell and Brien Wygle at the controls and Jess Wallick at the flight engineer’s station. Despite a minor problem with one of the flaps, the flight confirmed that the 747 handled extremely well. It was also found out that the 747 was largely immune to the “Dutch Roll” phenomenon that had been a major hazard to the early swept wing

jets. Over the course of the development and flight test program that Boeing would do on the aircraft, Boeing had incurred a debt exceeding $2 billion.

Boeing President William M. Allen said “it was really too large a project for us.” Ultimately, the gamble succeeded, and Boeing held a monopoly in very large passenger aircraft production for nearly 40 years, until the Airbus A380 came onto the scene. The 747 was able to achieve its FAA airworthiness certificate in Dec. of 1969, making it ready to enter commercial service.

Pan American World Airways was the launch customer for the Boeing 747 and also was the first airline to fly it. On Jan. 15, 1970, First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon christened Pan Am’s first 747, naming it Clipper Victor, at Washington

Dulles International Airport in the presence of Pan Am chairman Najeeb Halaby. It was able to enter service on January 22, 1970 on Pan Am’s New York-London flagship route. The flight was originally planned for the evening of Jan. 21, but engine overheating made the original aircraft unusable, and finding a suitable replacement 747 delayed the flight by more than six hours to the following day.

Back in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, a new era in commercial air transport started. Never before was a civil aircraft built that came even close to the size of the 747. It revolutionized air travel because of its superior economics and size, although it needed many years to gain traction in the later half of the 1970’s and 80’s onwards.

Jumping ahead to today, the Boeing 747 has

evolved to include over five series of commercial jets and classics with special assignments depending on the aircraft. Since the first delivery in 1969, Boeing has secured orders for more than 1,523 747s.

Of those, more than 40 customers collectively had ordered 694 Boeing 747400 series, which made it the most popular wide body airplane in history.

With 45 years of history on its belt, the 747 has been one of the most successful wide body aircraft in the history of commercial aviation. But more than anything, the 747 enabled large numbers of people to fly farther than ever before, opening a new world of travel on long-distance international routes. The 747 is such an iconic and impressive sight to me, whether it is on the ground or in the air above us.

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NASA solves mystery of Mars “Jelly Dount” Zakaria Daud Guest Reporter Last month a “jelly donut” shaped rock seemed to appear out of nowhere when the Mars Opportunity rover took a second picture of a location that it had already passed over.

Opportunity took a photograph showing no rock at the exact position on the Mars surface only four days before the rock was found.

Steve Squyres, lead scientist of the Mars Exploration Rover mission, described it as a white rock with a dark red low spot in the middle.

The rock bears a strikingly similar appearance to a jelly donut. The odd looking rock that seemed to materialize out of nowhere was dubbed “Pinnacle Island.”

Rhawn Joseph, an avid Mars enthusiast working as an astrobiologist, filed a lawsuit demanding that NASA do more to investigate the mysterious rock.

The astrobiologist discusses his working, published in the Journal of Cosmology,

that concludes the “jelly doughnut” rock that suddenly appeared in front of the Opportunity rover is a “ a fully grown bowlshaped organism resembling Apothecia.” Apothecia are composite organisms, a mixture of fungus and cyanobacteria. Joseph’s suggestion of a fungus-like organism seemed to have suggested the possibility of life on Mars.

Initial analysis of the rock using Opportunity’s instruments indicate that the “jelly” part of the rock is composed of high levels of sulfur and manganese, water soluble ingredients that may have accumulated in the rock as a result of water.

"This may have happened just beneath the surface relatively recently, or it may have happened deeper below ground longer ago and then, by serendipity, erosion stripped away material above it and made it accessible to our wheels," Opportunity deputy principal investigator Ray Arvid-

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Alas, upon further investigation of Pinnacle Island, a research team has con-

cluded that the rock is not a fungus-like growth but instead a small chunk of rock that was broken off when one of the wheels of NASA’s opportunity rover

drove over it. The rock is located in a spot on "Murray Ridge" along the wall of Endeavour Crater, where Opportunity is spending the Martian winter.

Spaceport Meeting or Popularity Contest?

Ryan Hurilla Guest Reporter On Tuesday Feb. 11th, the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation held a public scoping meeting regarding the environmental study being conducted for the proposed Shiloh Commercial Spaceport in Titusville, Florida.

The Shiloh Commercial Spaceport complex is a proposed two launch pad facility located on 100 acres of land inside the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. With congressional authorization NASA purchased several large parcels of land on the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, including the proposed site of Shiloh, in the early 1960s for the purpose of expanding the United States space program. Space Florida proposes to purchase a small portion of this land from NASA to develop a non-Federal launch site that is state-controlled and state-managed to provide a more enticing environment for commercial space companies to do business. The federal restrictions imposed at the Kennedy Space Center launch sites greatly hinder the ability of commercial launch providers

to operate at a competitive cost and therefore, those companies would choose to do business in other states where commercially operated launch facilities are currently under construction or are already in operation. So the main purpose of the Shiloh Spaceport is to provide a competitive market to keep those commercial launches and all the associated benefits on the Space Coast of Florida.

The scoping meeting started with an openhouse workshop from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. where various professionals from the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service manned posters around the gymnasium describing the proposed project and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process answering the public’s questions on a one to one basis. The FAA then provided an overview of the environmental process from 6:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. before opening the floor to a public comment period from 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

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The public comment period heard comments from a diverse crowd of environmentalists, politicians, students, professors and representatives of everything from local hospitality businesses and city councils, to fish and game club members.

Although this event was meant as a means of soliciting questions from the public to be addressed by the environmental impact study, it quickly became evident that the majority of the speakers were more interested in getting reactions from the crowd and did not pose even a single question within the three minutes given to each to speak. Some individuals had very strong opinions about the potentially harmful impacts of such a facility on the “pristine” environment around the proposed launch site, while others argued that the area was already “highly polluted” and further damage needed to be avoided. Some of the individuals who spoke were highly uninformed and spouted fiction after fiction, everything from the highly toxic and dangerous fuels used in the Apollo program still being used today (these were found to be dangerous in the 70s and no longer used after that), or

that the Shuttle launches resulted in vast populations of wildlife deaths (environmental studies showed that animals around the shuttle launch facilities were relatively unaffected other than a desire to run in the opposite direction and the very small number of animals directly caught in the exhaust plume), or the apparent existence of a Saturn 7 rocket (flawlessly executed government cover-up). There was also a single statement that was repeated nearly every other speaker: “I think the existing facilities at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) should be used for these launches.” As you read earlier in this article the purpose of Shiloh was to bypass the federal regulations in place at the federally operated facility to allow a competitive market and hopefully attract more commercial launch companies to do business in Florida. If KSC was forced to directly compete with all the commercial spaceports in America and around the world, not a single company would choose to do business here. Therefore, Florida would lose all the potential revenue and jobs that such activities would bring to the area.

Don’t get me wrong there were also a large number of speakers who embraced the true purpose of the meeting and delivered many good questions to be addressed during the environmental impact review. Although, I feel that many other important issues were not given a chance to be heard because many people decided to waste three minutes of everyone’s time to simply state their opinion on the matter instead of providing valuable points to be addressed in the environmental review.

Thankfully this public scoping session was not the only method of getting your questions and concerns to the FAA. The public comment period ends Feb. 21, but if anyone has any questions or concerns regarding the environmental impact study being conducted for the Shiloh Commercial Spaceport they can submit comments until that date via mail to: Ms. Stacey M. Zee, FAA Environmental Specialist, Shiloh EIS c/o Cardno TEC Inc., 2496 Old Ivy Road, Suite 300, Charlottesville, VA 22903; email comments to faashiloheis@cardnotec.com; or fax your comments to: (434) 295-5535.

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A four-run first inning proved to be the catalyst as the Embry-Riddle softball team picked up a 5-4 victory over Point at the NAIA Southern Challenge in Clermont, Fla. on Saturday. The win evens the Eagles' record at 2-2, while the Skyhawks fall to 1-3.

Dee Espinosa led the offense with a 2-for-4 effort out of the leadoff spot, scoring once, stealing a base and driving in a run.

Robi Zimmerman also went 2-for-4 with a run

scored and an RBI, while Haleigh Lewis was 2-for-3 with stolen base.

Alexis Estrada picked up the win to even her mark at 1-1, pitching five innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on seven hits, striking out six and walking none. Zimmerman pitched the final two frames to earn her first save of the season and second of her career, giving up one unearned run on three hits with two strikeouts and no walks.

Jordan Edge went 2-for4 with an RBI for Point, while Alyssia Palomino was also 2-for-4.

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Edge threw all seven innings for the Skyhawks, taking the loss to drop to 1-1. She allowed five runs (three earned) on nine hits, walking one and striking out four.

Embry-Riddle jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first inning, helped in large part by a pair of Skyhawk errors. Espinosa opened the inning with a base hit and Talia Barraco followed with a walk. Sarah Huey laid down a sac bunt but the throw to first base was wide, allowing Huey to reach and Espinosa to score. Zimmerman laced the first pitch she saw for a base hit through the left side, scoring Barraco to make it 2-0. After Lewis advanced the runners with a sac bunt, Samantha Smith hit a sac fly, scoring Huey.

Jennifer Estrada then hit a pop-up that was dropped by the second baseman,

allowing Zimmerman to score the fourth run of the inning.

Point answered back with a run in the bottom of the first, but Estrada induced a ground out to end the inning, leaving the bases full of Skyhawks.

The Eagles got that run back in the fourth inning when Espinosa reached on an infield single, scoring Jennifer Estrada to make it 5-1.

ERAU's defense committed three errors in the fifth inning, aiding Point in plating a pair of runs to cut the deficit to two runs at 5-3.

The two-run lead held up until the final half-inning when the Skyhawks got a two-out RBI single to make it a one-run game.

Zimmerman pitched out of trouble, getting a ground ball to end the game, stranding the potential tying run at third base.

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Embry-Riddle: 5 Alison Smalling ERAU Athletics The top-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team rebounded from a 2-1 deficit following doubles to top NCAA II No. 9 Rollins 5-4 at the Tars' Martin Complex on Thursday, marking the third straight year that ERAU has bested a ranked Rollins team. Senior Simon Felix clinched the win for the Eagles who improved their 2014 record to 3-1.

The Eagles got their first point of the match when

Rollins: 4 Patrick Besch and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rio defeated the 20th-ranked Rollins duo of Malte Christesen and Robin Marchione 8-2. However, the Tars battled back to overtake the visiting Eagles when Jacobo Herrero and Ari Davis topped Miguel Lopez Gomez and Luke de Caires 8-3 at the third position, and NCAA II No. 5 Will Kwok and Jason Alabaster edged Deni Zmak and Simon Felix 9-8 (7-5).

Singles play saw NAIA No. 1 Zmak bring the Eagles level with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat

of Kwok at the top spot.

Lopez Gomez reclaimed the lead with his 7-5, 6-2 decision against Adrian di Felice at the fifth position, and Besch widened the gap to 4-2 when he toppled 34th-ranked Alabaster 7-5, 6-4 on court four.

Felix's clinching win came at No. 3 singles where

he bested NCAA II No. 23 Marchione 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Rollins got their only two singles wins at the second and sixth positions as No. 38 Christesen topped Sanchez-Canameres 6-3, 7-6 (4) at No. 2, and Herrero fended off a stiff challenge from de Caires (6-7 (6), 6-3, 10-8) at No. 6.

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vs Embry-Riddle: 5 Ryan Mosher ERAU Athletics Senior right-hander Daniel Poncedeleon pushed aside a rough first inning to pitch a masterful complete game victory over visiting University of South Carolina Beaufort on Friday night. The La Mirada, Calif. native allowed just six hits (three over the final eight innings) and two runs (both in the first frame) while not issuing a walk and striking out 10 Sand Shark hitters en route to his first win of the year. The Eagles (3-5, 3-1) collected nine hits and scored five runs in the middle of the contest to claim the series opener from USCB (4-2, 2-2) on a chilly evening at Sliwa Stadium.

The two teams will meet on Saturday, Feb. 15 for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.

USCB brought a potent offense into Friday's contest, scoring 42 runs in its first five games, but Poncedeleon held them scoreless over the final eight frames, registering the first complete game for ERAU since Jon Rapose did it for the Eagles against the Sand Sharks in The Sun Conference Tournament (5/4/13).

The Sand Sharks reached the scoreboard early on, plating a pair of runs in the first inning after Poncedeleon retired the first two USCB batters. Erik Armstrong, Ryan Walker and Brandon Joyce strung together three consecutive two-out hits,

Univ. S. Carolina:2 with Joyce's base knock scoring his two teammates for a 2-0 USCB lead. Poncedeleon ended the frame with a strikeout of Jon Andrews, stranding Joyce at first.

The Eagles appeared to have an answer in their half of the first, putting runners on the corners with no outs after a leadoff double from Kyle Chastain and single from Jake Cavender, but C.J. Kelly struck out the side, getting Kevin Lindheim, J Rhet Montana and Darryl Knight to swing and miss at strike three to keep his team in front.

After a leadoff single in the second, Poncedeleon induced three straight ground ball outs, including a sacrifice bunt that almost went for a hit if not for the pitcher's perfect throw to get Alex Bonilla at first.

Kelly and Poncedleon traded scoreless innings over the next few frames, but the Eagles finally got to Kelly in the fourth thanks to a crucial error to begin the inning.

Montana led off the last of the fourth with a routine ground ball to short that was misplayed, but was unable to advance as Kelly recorded a strikeout and a shallow fly ball in the next two at-bats.

Liam Goodall kickstarted the Embry-Riddle offense with a first-pitch double to right center, scoring Montana all the way from first and cutting the lead to 2-1.

Goodall moved to third on a wild pitch and scored when Jordan Johnson collected his

first of two base hits with a single to left center, knotting the game at 2-2.

Poncedeleon was nearly unhittable after the fourth, delivering a big shutdown frame in the fifth, putting the Eagles back into the dugout before ERAU took the lead for good in the next half-inning.

Gage Roth relieved Kelly to start the home-half of the fifth, walking Cavender before getting a fielder's choice ground ball from Kevin Lindheim. On his first pitch to Montana, Roth gave up a scorcher down the left field line as Lindheim scored from first as he was off on the pitch. Knight kept the Eagle rally going with an RBI single before reaching second on a poor throw from the thrid baseman. With Hunter Bruehl at the dish and courtesy runner Connor Williams on second, USCB's catcher Bonilla attempted to throw to second, but the ball bounced off Bruehl's batting helmet and into the Eagle dugout, allowing Williams to trot home for a 5-2 Blue and Gold cushion.

The Eagle defense did good work for Poncedeleon over the next few innings as the Eagle hurler set down nine in a row until J.J. Crespo collected an infield single to begin the eighth. However, the right-hander wasn't phased and got the final six outs of the game without allowing another baserunner.

Poncedeleon threw 120 pitches in the complete game performance, adding to his season strikeout total with 10 Ks. Roth (1-1) was tagged with the loss in four innings of relief for USCB. All but two Eagle hitters collected a hit, including two each from Goodall and Johnson.

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