No juried publications can excel without the tireless efforts of experts from all aerospace disciplines who volunteer their time to serve as anonymous reviewers. Indeed, the ultimate guarantors of quality and appropriateness of scholarly materials for a professional journal are the knowledge, integrity, and thoroughness of those who serve in this capacity. The thoughtful, careful, and timely work of the Editorial Board and the issue reviewers add substantively to the quality of the journal. On behalf of our Editorial Board, we extend our thanks.
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVESThe University Aviation Association publishes the Collegiate Aviation Review International throughout each calendar year. Papers published in each volume and issue are selected from submissions that were subjected to a double blind peer review process.The University Aviation Association is the only professional organization representing all levels of the nonengineering/technology element in collegiate aviation education and research. Working through its officers, trustees, committees, and professional staff, the University Aviation Association plays a vital role in collegiate aviation and in the aerospace industry.The University Aviation Association accomplishes its goals through a number of objectives:To encourage and promote the attainment of the highest standards in aviation education at the college levelTo provide a means of developing a cadre of aviation experts who make themselves available for such activities as consultation, aviation program evaluation, speaking assignment, and other professional contributions that stimulate and develop aviation education To furnish an international vehicle for the dissemination of knowledge relative to aviation among institutions of higher learning and governmental and industrial organizations in the aviation/aerospace field To foster the interchange of information among institutions that offer non-engineering oriented aviation programs including business technology, transportation, and education To actively support aviation/aerospace oriented teacher education with particular emphasis on the presentation of educational workshops and the development of educational materials covering all disciplines within the aviation and aerospace field
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Editor's CommentaryThe reader is in for a treat with this issue. Our first article by Mehta, Rice, Winter and Buza provides the feedback of 449 participants on the question, how do you think passengers would feel about withstanding an intentional rapid decompression to thwart a would-be terrorist? Is the locked flight deck door enough, or can such extreme measures be added to ways of defeating an attacker. You will find the results of this study interesting. In the second article, by Wallace, Loffi, Ison and Courtney, the authors examine the methods of FAA regulatory compliance over the educational use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and leave us with a comparative tool and decision matrix whereby educational institutions can select the co...