National Aviation Academy (NAA) regularly offers students numerous career services opportunities to directly network with industry professionals and find employment. NAA held our most recent career fair in New England on March 3, 2022. Students and alumni networked...
An airfoil (or aerofoil in British English) is any structure designed to manipulate the flow of a fluid to produce a reaction, which in an aircraft’s case, is aerodynamic lift. The wings of fixed-wing aircraft feature airfoil-shaped cross-sections. Airfoils enable...
One of airports’ most notable safety aspects is their thorough lighting infrastructures. Aircraft, buildings, runways, and taxis all feature special lighting fixtures. It is vital for airports to be sufficiently lit at all times that the FAA has regulations on...
In aviation maintenance training, hands-on experience is essential to proper education! Hands-on training (also referred to as experiential learning or kinesthetic learning) allows students to put theory into practice and apply their knowledge into real-world settings...
An aerostat is an aircraft that generates lift by using a lifting gas to become lighter than air. Aerostats are named so because they utilize aerostatic lift, a buoyant force that does not require movement through surrounding air. Because of this, aerostats do not...
