Aerospace

[andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!!]

Headline: "UND seeking to start doctoral program in aerospace sciences"

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/230185/

[GeauxSioux]

Amid Predicted Pilot Shortage, Students Flock To North Dakota For Most Technologically Advanced, All-Season Flight Training

Aspiring pilots from across the U.S. and as far away as Japan, Taiwan, China and Saudi Arabia aren't letting the weather deter them from flocking to Grand Forks, N.D. to earn their wings. For students enrolled at the University of North Dakota's John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences (UND Aerospace), learning how to fly planes and helicopters in nearly every weather condition is a valuable experience.

UND Aerospace, ranked one of the nation's top collegiate aviation programs, offers the most technologically advanced flight training complex and largest aircraft fleet of any public university in the world. The aviation school began in 1968 with just two planes and 12 students. Today, it owns and operates a fleet of over 150 aircraft and flight training devices, and provides pilot training to nearly 1,500 students from 12 different countries amassing more than 120,000 flight hours per year.

Nice piece that really promotes UND Aerospace.

[fightingsioux4life]

I wonder if the ND Legislature will scream and howl bloody murder because UND is "growing state government beyond sustainable levels".

[jdub27]

Kevin Cramer appointed to Science, Space and Technology Committee can't be a bad thing for UND with the areas the Aerospace program has started moving towards.

[watchmaker49]

Kevin Cramer appointed to Science, Space and Technology Committee can't be a bad thing for UND with the areas the Aerospace program has started moving towards.

He does not believe in science.

[fightingsioux4life]

He does not believe in science.

And here we go.............

[watchmaker49]

And here we go.............

Fact is fact.

[fightingsioux4life]

Fact is fact.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But you are opening the door to the wonderful world of politics. And that topic is not allowed on this forum. And I for one am supportive of that policy.

[watchmaker49]

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But you are opening the door to the wonderful world of politics. And that topic is not allowed on this forum. And I for one am supportive of that policy.

You opened the door. Does post number 3 ring a bell?

[watchmaker49]

Amid Predicted Pilot Shortage, Students Flock To North Dakota For Most Technologically Advanced, All-Season Flight Training

Nice piece that really promotes UND Aerospace.

And what one service does UND offer that most other schools probably do not offer? ELS.

[fightingsioux4life]

You opened the door. Does post number 3 ring a bell?

I was talking about the Legislature as an institution, not about any one political party or politician. The ND Legislature has a lot of built-in, institutional, cultural biases against funding even the most common-sense stuff.

[watchmaker49]

I was talking about the Legislature as an institution, not about any one political party or politician. The ND Legislature has a lot of built-in, institutional, cultural biases against funding even the most common-sense stuff.

And what party controls it and has for how many years?

[GeauxSioux]

http://ndus.edu/uploads/resources/3726/17-und-aerospace-ground-lease.pdf

UND Aerospace Foundation proposes the construction of an academic classroom and research facility (approximately 65,000 sq. ft.) on a site previously designated as West Campus property. The proposed facility would be west of and connected to Ryan Hall (see attached map). The land is currently green space with limited landscape development. It is part of the West Campus Planned Unit Development (PUD) whereby all improvements are considered a part of a large, single zoning enterprise that allows a number of university-related functions including research, education, and other support facilities.