David Collette (right) talks with a group of students on the Quad about the aviation program at USU on April 1.
One of USU Aviation’s helicopters sits parked on the Quad to kick of Aviation Week on campus.
Andreas “Baron” Wesemann, a faculty member in the Aviation Technology department, is interviewed by a local news channel about the helicopter, which was used to fly President Cantwell to campus earlier in the day.
Rotorcraft student Brandon Apperson poses in a helicopter on April 1.
David Collette (right) talks with a group of students on the Quad about the aviation program at USU on April 1.
One of USU Aviation’s helicopters sits parked on the Quad to kick of Aviation Week on campus. The helicopter was used to fly President Cantwell to campus earlier in the day to kick off Aviation Week on campus.
Brandon Apperson, a rotorcraft student in the aviation program, checks part of the helicopter before it takes off from the Quad.
The helicopter used to fly President Cantwell to campus takes off after sitting parked on the Quad for the first day of Aviation Week.
A small FPV drone sits on a table during Drone Day on the Quad on April 3.
Tiny model pilots are seated in a tiny model cockpit of a remote-controlled airplane on the Quad for the third day of Aviation Week activities.
Matt Marcusen pilots a FPV drone from the edge of the quad with a controller and wireless video headset on April 3.
Jake Larsen (left) pilots a drone on the Quad with help from Ruby Jordan (right) during the third day of Aviation Week on campus.
A remote-controlled airplane hovers in the air in front of Old Main during Drone Day on the Quad.
Tyson Pap turns back to talk to a friend while wearing a FPV goggles during Drone Day.
Talyn and Tytus Jeppson (bottom and right), two brothers from Cache Valley, practice flying drones with help from Ruby Jordan (center). Their father, Blake Jeppson (not pictured), brought them to campus to see the drones as part of the Aviation Week activities.
An RC helicopter soars in front of Old Main during Drone Day on April 3.
An FPV drone dives through an obstacle set up on the Quad for Drone Day.
A flight simulator sits in a room of the Industrial Science Building on April 4 where visitors could come try it out during Aviation Week.
The controls of a soon-to-be-retired flight simulator are seen in the Industrial Science Building during Aviation Week.
Prospective aviation students and their families watch as USU Aviation faculty and students run a demonstration of a jet engine in the USU Technology Building during Aviation Week on campus.
A jet engine sits in USU’s test cell in the Technology Building, the only such test cell in the region, on April 4.
Randall Chesley (center), who teaches multiple aircraft and engine maintenance classes at USU, gives a tour of the school’s jet engine test cell to prospective students and their families on April4.
Randall Chesley stands at the end of the jet engine test cell in the Technology Building where sound is absorbed so much that one almost can’t hear someone talking from the other end of the cell.
A helicopter engine sits in the Technology Building features brightly painted internal components in different colors to allow students to see how individual parts individually work within the engine.
An old airplane sits with its engine exposed for students and visitors to see in the Technology Building during Aviation Week.
Randall Chesley, a teacher at USU, describes how the exterior of an airplane wing is fabricated during a tour in the Technology Building as part of Aviation Week.
Randall Chesley, a teacher at USU, demonstrates the strength of carbon fiber and explains its use in aircraft during a tour in the Technology Building as part of Aviation Week.
Andreas “Baron” Wesemann stands in the Technology building on April 4 as he tells prospective students and their families about USU’s aviation program.
An old airplane sits partially taken apart in the Technology Building where students can use it to learn about aircraft maintenance.
Aviation Week takes place April 1-5 and lets students and anyone else with an interest in aviation come to see the best of what the USU’s Aviation Technology department has to offer, from powerful jet engines to lightning-quick FPV drones and everything in between.