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Lydia Wiff has been awarded the 2015-2016 Globalair.com Calvin L. Carrithers Aviation Scholarship.  Her writing skills and determination to work in the aviation field exemplify the next generation of aviator we feel will make a contribution to the aviation industry. Notified by:  Jeffrey A. Carrithers, President, Globalair.com

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The University has successfully deployed an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Lakota, N.D., airport. This was the first time UND  has conducted UAS operations from a public general aviation airport. The flight test was conducted in connection with North Dakota’s Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site (NP UAS TS), designated as such by […]

That’s been the case since he was 14 when he had his first discovery flight. When he was 17 years old, he became a licensed pilot. He even likes to fly when he stays on the ground, and now he’s a pioneering his own path again as one of the few commercially licensed drone operators […]

Returning Air Race Classic student team, Frozen Force: left to right, Carely Namhira, Christina Durskin, Jennifer Pinkowski. Not pictured Lydia Wiff.   A team of University of North Dakota aviators placed second overall among 56 international teams competing this year in the all-women Air Race Classic. The UND team—Frozen Force—also won second place in a field […]

CLUB KID MAKES A TRIP TO THE CROOKSTON AIRPORT AND WILL MAKE SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE UMC CAMPUS Crookston Park and Recreation Club Kid summer immersion at the University of Minnesota Crookston continues for another year.  Janessa Quanrud and Megan Luxford from the Center for Adult Learning on the Crookston campus have been working to […]

Congratulations UND Flying Team!  The UND Flying team just returned from competing in the National Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) in Columbus, OH. They brought back with them quite an impressive set of hardware. The team placed 2nd overall with a score of 395! Christian Mohan earned Top Pilot and Top Scoring Male Contestant […]

The Pipeline Program is primarily intended to: Provide for the selection, training, and education of potential entry level pilots, sensor operators and other crew members. Provide an academic career path leading to an employment interview with Blue-Chip UAS, Inc. Provide UND Graduates with potential for employment at Blue-Chip UAS, Inc. Provide potential internships/scholarships for selected […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences will be an integral part of a national research system whose goal is to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace. The Odegard School established an early lead in the UAS sector, with […]

A new jobs pipeline program is the result of an innovative collaboration between UND and Sensurion Aerospace.   University of North Dakota, Sensurion Aerospace sign UAS Pipeline Program agreement at the 2015 Unmanned Systems Conference in Atlanta. Left to right: Bob Perrin (Sensurion), Brian Haynes (Sensurion), Dave Strohm (Sensurion), Capt. Joe Burns (Sensurion), Al Palmer […]