The FAA Part 147 Airframe and Powerplant curriculum is a two year degree program with a current facilities expansion project to obtain an additional 21,000 sq ft attachment to the existing 15,000 sq ft pilot training facility. There will be two four year degrees initially offered in Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Technology. But, as a nonresearch technology college within KSU, research partnerships are being sought with other universities to provide mutual benefiting services. The pilot training and maintenance expertise may support aviation research. For example, testing pilot response, cockpit design, cockpit management procedures and the like could be done with the 96 current pilot students providing the instrument sample. Over 30 airplanes and helicopters are owned that could be used in testing research; one example is a Beechcraft Duke, a cabin class twin engine aircraft that is complete with engines and props that flies 15 knots slower than any other similar production model. Studies could be conducted to determine why this anomaly exists for this airplane.
Aviation Education/Research Endeavors at Kansas State University, College of Technology, Salina
1992
1 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aeronautics & Aerodynamics , Job Training & Career Development , Education, Law, & Humanities , Research Program Administration & Technology Transfer , Management methods , Pilot training , Students , University program , Aircraft maintenance , Airframes , Cockpits , Electronics , Helicopter performance , Mechanical engineering
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