Presentation: March 2021

This month's AE presenter: Capt. Fortenberry
Date of presentation: 15 Mar 2021
Subject: Aircraft propulsion and thrust
Description: Capt Steve Fortenberry discussed aircraft propulsion and the unique ways aircraft generate thrust.

Presentation: January 2021

This month's AE presenter: Capt. Samuels

Date of presentation: 25 Jan 2021
Subject: Master's research
Description: A few years ago, Squadron 80 pilots participated in (then) 1st Lt Tara Samuel's master's thesis assessing the effectiveness of several simulated modifications to the standard cockpit instrument panel.  At this meeting, (now) Capt. Samuels returned with a summary of her research findings from that study.

The primary topic was how a certain instrument in the avionics panel is lacking in vital information that would benefit all pilots, and how the instrument should be updated to accommodate this information.  Her research was interesting, to say the least, and she defended her conclusion well.  Unfortunately, at this time I do not recall what the information in question is (sorry, Tara), but undoubtedly somebody will enlighten me.

Presentation: December 2020

This month's AE presenter: Capt. Swale

Date of presentation: 14 Dec 2020
Subject: Aircraft carrier landings
Description: For this month's presentation, Captain Swale talked about launching and landing on an aircraft carrier.  He also had a number of anecdotes dating back to his service as a US Navy aviator.