Flight instructors experience missionary aviation as a family over summer in Alaska
Liberty University alumni Connor and Gretchen Ross, who completed their B.S. in Aeronautics: Commercial/Corporate degrees through Liberty’s School of Aeronautics (SOA) in December of 2020 and 2021, respectively, are soaring through the early years of their marriage on missionary adventures….
Simulated plane crash provides aeronautics, nursing students practice as first responders
Emergency response management requires coordinated precision from a variety of trained professionals and volunteers, as students from Liberty University’s School of Aeronautics (LUSOA) and School of Nursing (LUSON) witnessed firsthand Thursday during a simulated air show crash into a…
School of Aeronautics NIFA team earns 18th consecutive Region X championship
For the 18th time in a row, Liberty University’s National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) team won the Region X competition held last Wednesday through Saturday at the Averett University Flight Center in Danville, Va. For many on this year’s…
Business, communication, and aeronautics students network with over 50 employers at career fair
Liberty University Career Services hosted its first Business & Communication Career Fair on Tuesday in the LaHaye Multipurpose Center, providing students from the School of Business, School of Communication & the Arts, and School of Aeronautics the chance to connect…
Liberty’s School of Aeronautics, Spirit Airlines announce partnership, extending pilot pipeline
Spirit Airlines recently announced a new partnership with Liberty University’s School of Aeronautics to become the company’s 10th flight school to launch the Spirit Wings Pilot Pathway program, which offers graduates a fast track to the flight deck. “Liberty…
Liberty mourns loss of former soccer player, Marine killed in crash in Australia
Liberty University aviation graduate Maj. Tobin “Toby” Lewis (’08) was one of three service members killed Sunday when their Osprey MV-22B crashed on Melville Island, 50 miles off the coast of Darwin in northern Australia, during a training operation. Lewis,…
Aviation students experience missionary life on trip to Kenya
For two weeks, six student-pilots from Liberty University’s School of Aeronautics witnessed firsthand what missionary aviation is all about during a trip to Kenya, Africa, in late May. “It was really an exposure for these students,” said Joel King,…
UPDATE: Liberty Belles’ two teams of female pilots complete annual Air Race Classic atop their class
UPDATE: The Liberty University School of Aeronautics’ two all-female student-pilot racing teams, Liberty Belles I and II, finished first and third, respectively, out of five planes in the Electronic Data Monitoring Aircraft (EDMA) Competition Class of last week’s 46th annual…
Liberty’s aviation maintenance team takes third place at annual competition in Atlanta
A team from Liberty University’s Aviation Maintenance Technician Program (AMTP) placed third out of 34 collegiate programs at the April 18-20 Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC), part of the Aviation Week Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Americas conference in Atlanta….
Alumni soar to success as CEO, directors of aircraft maintenance company
Ryan Shepherd (center), CEO of Victory Lane Aviation, stands between fellow Liberty University School of Aeronautics alumni Dallas Marshall (left) and Brian Dollanarte. (Photo courtesy of James Wiley/GoDigital Unlimited) Liberty University School of Aeronautics graduate Ryan Shepherd (’15, ’17) was…