Stories @ EKU - aviation
It was more than 40 years ago that former EKU vice president Dr. Joseph Schwendeman chaired a feasibility study, determining...
At Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), the professional flight program is training the next generation of pilots with a highly...
Eastern Kentucky University Colonels filled the Kentucky State Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 15, as EKU hosted the annual Colonels...
Eastern Kentucky University has installed a 2D/Virtual Reality professional flight simulation lab within the Aviation program....
Eastern Kentucky University recently purchased two new G1000 planes to add to its fleet of more than 20 aircraft.
A nearly half-million-dollar investment in eastern Kentucky will bring hands-on experience with Eastern Kentucky University’s...
EKU aviation alumnus Matthew Singer was named Kentucky Airport Manager of the Year for 2019 after managing the London-Corbin...
After serving as a professional pilot for more than two decades, Sean Howard has returned to his alma mater to train the next...
EKU, which offers the Commonwealth’s only FAA-approved, four-year professional pilot program, was one of only two public...
A “mutually beneficial” partnership between EKU’s nationally prominent aviation program and Blue Grass Airport has taken...
When senior aviation major Kristena Cook reflects on her daily life, a 100-mile commute each way from her Louisville home to...
Luke Easley, from the EKU Class of 2016, always wanted to be a pilot. As a kid, he mapped out major cities on his family’s...
For Chandler Osborne, a senior aviation major at EKU, defying the odds runs in the family.
Since Horace Hunter was 5 years old, he has dreamed of taking off one day as a pilot. On Dec. 15, 2017, he landed at his...
From the throes of brain surgery to the thrills of the cockpit, EKU student Ethan Youngblood is soaring to new heights –...
What do the academic disciplines of sociology, animal studies, agriculture, wildlife management and aviation have in common?
It’s not every five-year-old who already knows what he wants to do with his life, and then spends the next 15 years following...
Alec Mason came to EKU to follow not only his father’s footsteps as a student, but his trails in the sky as a pilot as well.