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An MTSU airplane carrying a student and a flight instructor was involved in a crash on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. (Photo by Noah McLane)

Aerospace student and flight instructor involved in incident at Murfreesboro Municipal Airport

Noah McLane, Lead news reporter September 6, 2024
An MTSU airplane carrying a student and a flight instructor was involved in a crash yesterday morning during a training exercise at the Murfreesboro Municipal Airport, which resulted in delays as the plane and debris had to be removed from the airstrip.
MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee (left) shakes Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's hand (right). (Photo by Noah McLane)

Gov. Lee, MTSU President McPhee announce Shelbyville airport as new home for aerospace program

Kailee Shores September 24, 2023

Featured Photo by Noah McLane Story by Noah McLane MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee announced Shelbyville as the new home of MTSU’s Aerospace Program Thursday from the Shelbyville Municipal Airport...

Gabriella Lindskoug and Jordan Cantrell pose with their racing plane in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Photo courtesy Gabriella Lindskoug)

MTSU student pilots race across country in 2018 Air Race Classic

CIM Digital June 21, 2018

Photo courtesy of Gabriella Lindskoug Gabriella Lindskoug and Jordan Cantrell are two pilots who love a great challenge. Both MTSU seniors are racing across the country in the 2018 Air Race Classic, an...

Cantrell (left) and Lindskoug (right) pose with their plane before taking it up to compete. (Submitted: Gabriella Lindskoug)

MTSU students fly to new heights in 2017 Air Race Classic

CIM Digital July 2, 2017

Photos courtesy of Gabriella Lindskoug Two MTSU students participated in the 2017 Air Race Classic last week, an all-women’s race that spanned 2,649 miles across the United States. Pilot Gabriella...

Aubrey Bloom conducts UAS inspection (Submitted/MTSU Sidelines)

MTSU Aerospace Introduces Unmanned Aircraft Concentration

CIM Digital February 16, 2015

Students can now major in building and operating drones as an approved degree within the Aerospace program at MTSU. The "unmanned aircraft systems operations" concentration has officially been confirmed...

The university breaks their flight instruction program into four phases. Students receive their commercial certificate upon completing the third step of the program, making them eligible for the FAA’s multi-engine rating. After the third phase, students can work as flight instructors. Photo by Bailey Robbins.

New aviation rules lengthen pilot training process

Sidelines April 14, 2014

By Jonathon Austin and Zach Chadwick Contributing writers Flight students across the country are grappling with new federal regulations that strikingly increase the minimum number of flight hours required...

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