This episode features an interview with Eric Crump, Aerospace Director at Polk State University, on the innovations taking place in aviation training.

Pre-Flight

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Cruise Flight

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• Eric Crump is Aerospace Director for Polk State University’s Aerospace Program and our special guest tonight. Previously he worked for 8 years as Director of Content Development for Gleim Publications.
  
• Eric gives a history of Polk State and it’s flight training curriculum from humble beginnings to nearly 200 students in the aerospace program and plans to double in the near future.
  
• Eric details what makes their program different from other training programs that do not offer degrees.
  
• The program includes a professional pilot track and an aerospace administration track.
  
• Polk State uses a Redbird Flight Simulator
  
• Polk Aviation Alliance advocacy group and liaison between all the groups participating in this program.
  
• Contact Eric on Twitter: @seeericgo
  

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