Every year, Professor Doryland invites
his AE415 In-Flight Laboratory class, members of Sigma
Gamma Tau, and members of AIAA on a 3-day field trip to the Antelope
Valley in Southern California. The number of locations visited varies
from year to year, but the trip is always focused on aerospace-related
sites in Mojave, Palmdale, and on Edwards Air Force Base. The Spring
Break Trip for 1999 was the most extensive to date and was attended by
about 35 students and 3 faculty members.
Lockheed Martin X-33 |
Blackbird Airpark |
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works |
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School |
U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center Museum |
416th Flight Test Squadron |
National Test Pilot School |
Scaled Composites, Inc. |
Rotary Rocket Co. |
Dryden Flight Research Center |
Air Force Research Lab |
X-33 Launch Site |
Special Thanks to the following people for making
this year's trip possible and very enjoyable:
Mr. Adams - Air Force Research Lab
George Cusimano - Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Capt. Fred Fugere - Air Force Test Pilot School
Al Lawless - National Test Pilot School
Roger Moseley - X-33 Plant Tour
Maj. Al Norman - Air Force Test Pilot School
Bob Williams - Scaled Composites, Inc.
two Embry-Riddle graduates:
Chris Eaton - Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
James Yamanaka - Dryden Flight Research Center
and the guy who made it all happen:
Professor Doryland - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
