Dr. Angela Trego, Structures Director for Practical Aeronautics and Assistant Professor at Utah Valley University Technology Management, is passionate about helping girls gain exposure to STEM opportunities. Hosted by Utah Valley University and the Women Tech Council, SheTech Explorer Day’s goal is to create a safe and fun environment encouraging young women to explore opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. [Read more…]

On March 12th, John and Jennifer soared in a glider just east of the Colorado Springs area. John has been a member of the High Flights Soaring Club since 2003. High Flights Soaring Club is a group of people with a common passion for flying. [Read more…]

We started 2017 with some of our favorite aerospace enthusiasts, students from Wings Aerospace Academy. On January 31st, John and Keith spent the morning teaching 7th and 8th graders fundamental aircraft performance concepts and introduced basic performance calculations and dimensional analysis. [Read more…]

Keith and Jennifer had the privilege of spending time with the 3rd graders of Birch Elementary in Broomfield, Colorado on October 12th. Keith discussed the basic principles of lift and the major parts of the airplane. The kids were incredibly engaged and we really enjoyed all of their questions! [Read more…]

John and Keith did some outreach teaching at Wings Aerospace Academy​ (WAA) on September 14th. This Denver charter school holds classes at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum​…what an amazing learning environment! They discussed basic aerodynamics concepts with 6th graders and then performed flight test experiments to determine the glide ratio of our PAI gliders. They also had the opportunity to teach 9th graders (who they first met when they where 8th graders back in February this year) about stability and control of airplanes. The guys left inspired by their time spent with the future leaders of the aerospace industry! [Read more…]