Embry-Riddle

I was surprised when Flying celebrated its 90th birthday last August. Could the magazine really be that old? Heck, am I really this old? And then I realized that dare­devil aviators — followed by legions of prudent and prosaic corporate airplane drivers — have been launching themselves into the air from the Turkey Bottoms, aka […]

Just in time to help the tens of thousands of people around the U.S. who expect to see a drone beneath their Christmas tree comes word that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will again launch its free online course to teach new operators how to safely operate their drones once they pull them out of the box. […]

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help build the Applied Aviation and Engineering Research Hangar. The facility will serve as the new home for the Eagle Flight Research Center, a hub for engineering research and development. “Embry-Riddle has a 90-year legacy of innovation, and our research […]

As Hurricane Irma approached Florida, college campuses all over the state began shutting down in preparation for what was predicted to be the most powerful storm ever to strike the U.S. mainland. Embry-Riddle’s campus shut down on Tuesday, September 5, to offer students and faculty plenty of time to make their escape. But what to […]

Both UAV novices and experts are invited to enroll in the upcoming Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) online course created to bring students one step closer to better understanding where a drone, as well as the drone operator, can safely fit into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The course begins February 6 and runs through […]

Two female pilots from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s (ERAU) Daytona Beach campus, Emmy Dillon and Abbie Pasmore, last week snagged first-place honors in the collegiate division of the annual all-female Air Race Classic. This year marks the fourth in recent history that ERAU pilots have taken the top collegiate division honors. The 2,716-mile competition crisscrossed much […]

Today, December 17, marks a momentous occasion in aviation history; in 1903, it was the day Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in a powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Just 22 years later on this landmark day, barnstormer John Paul Riddle and businessman T. Higbee Embry struck a deal, laying […]

Fliers from Spruce Creek Fly-In traveled to Daytona Beach Campus for the Embry-Riddle Alumni Fly-In and Static Aircraft Display during Alumni Homecoming weekend. Check out photos from the flight and the event.

At the NBAA annual convention in Las Vegas, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University confirmed the dates of its 2016 Wings and Waves Air Show, which will be held in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Oct. 8-9. At the 2012 show, Wings and Waves drew more than 100,000 visitors, as well as special guests, industry leaders, graduates and current […]