College of Aeronautics Records
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection reflect the development of the College of Aeronautics and its programs at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL. Some of the materials pertain to Indialantic, FL. The majority of the collection spans from 1968 - 1995. The collection consists mostly of ephemera and publications, although curriculum notes for a M.S. program and a history of the early days of the College, both produced in the 1990s, are also included. Materials include announcements, brochures, catalogs, correspondence, course guides, curricula, histories, manuals, news clippings, notes, programs, proposals, and publications. The collection is not a complete representation of the records generated by the College of Aeronautics.
Dates
- 1968-2015
Creator
- Florida Institute of Technology. College of Aeronautics (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Photocopies, photographs, and scans of items in this collection may be made by users or by library staff on behalf of users for the following purposes: personal, research, scholarly, educational, and other nonprofit use. It is the responsibility of the user to abide by any and all applicable copyright laws in their use of material from the Harry P. Weber University Archives. Florida Tech is not responsible for any copyright infringement resulting from improper use of research copies or scans created by or provided to users.
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Biographical / Historical
The original aeronautics program at Florida Institute of Technology was a 2 year course headed by Jerry Lauderbaugh. Lauderbaugh was the former VP of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, before becoming the President of Aerospace Technical Institute (ATI), an affiliate of Florida Institute of Technology. Courses started in 1968, intending to prepare students to achieve the FAA commercial pilot certification. Florida Tech purchased Campbell Aviation Inc. for ATI, which operated out of the Cape Kennedy Regional Airport and surrounding properties (later Melbourne Regional Airport) for many years. Pilots initially lodged in the Cape Kennedy Airport Motel until housing moved to the Tradewinds Hotel in Indialantic, which served as the Dougherty dormitory for student pilots.
Initially, ATI was not accredited but affiliated with FIT, a relationship similar to that of the Hydrospace Technical Institute. In 1972, ATI integrated with FIT and split into the School of Aeronautics with Jerry Lauderbaugh as Dean and FIT Aviation Inc. with Jerry Lauderbaugh as President. The School of Aeronautics received flight instruction from FIT Aviation Inc. Lauderbaugh then began a 4 year program at the School of Aeronautics. FIT began to lease land and hangars from Piper Aviation, and purchased some of the Piper fleet. In 1986, Jerry Lauderbaugh passed away and Edmund Everett became Dean. The school was later renamed the College of Aeronautics.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet
Abstract
The materials in this collection relate to the College of Aeronautics at Florida Tech in Melbourne, FL and primarily cover the period from 1968-1995. This limited collection of 1 archival box consists mostly of ephemera, publications, and documents illustrating the history and development of the program. The aeronautics program began as a 2 year course headed by Jerry Lauderbaugh under the name Aerospace Technical Institute (ATI), an affiliate of Florida Institute of Technology. In 1972, ATI split into the School of Aeronautics and FIT Aviation Inc., both still under Lauderbaugh who then began a 4 year program at the School of Aeronautics, later renamed the College of Aeronautics.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into 2 series reflecting the organization and evolution of the department and file units are arranged alphabetically.
Container List
- Aerospace Technical Institute, 1968-1972.
- School of Aeronautics, 1972-present.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
- Indialantic (Fla.)
- Aeronautics
- Aircraft
- Brevard County (Fla.)
- Campbell Aviation, Inc.
- Campbell Hall, Florida Institute of Technology
- Cape Kennedy Regional Airport
- Carkeet, John
- Cessna 150 (Private plane)
- Cocoa Beach (Fla.)
- Duplantis, Lynn
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Everette, Edmund B.
- Florida Institute of Technology. College of Engineering. Department of Marine and Environmental Systems
- Florida Institute of Technology. Nathan M. Bisk College of Business
- Florida Preparatory Academy
- George M. Skurla Hall, Florida Institute of Technology
- Grissom Hall, Florida Institute of Technology
- Holder, Robert
- Keuper, Jerome P. (Jerry), Dr. (Jerome Penn Keuper)
- Lauderbaugh, Jerome A.
- Lockheed Martin
- Melbourne (Fla.)
- Mentzer, Richard S.
- Miller, John E., Dr.
- Mooney Aircraft Corporation
- Mooney Airplanes
- Munson, John J.
- Piper Aircraft Corporation
- Piper airplanes
- Skurla, George M. (George Martin Skurla)
- Southgate Apartments, Florida Institute of Technology
- Trade Winds Club
- United Airlines
- Valkaria (Fla.)
- Valkaria Airport
- Vero Beach (Fla.)
Creator
- Florida Institute of Technology. College of Aeronautics (Organization)
- Mondor, Colleen C. (Colleen Catherine Mondor) (Person)
- Florida Institute of Technology. College of Aeronautics. F.I.T. Aviation LLC (Organization)
- Villaire, Nat (Person)
- Davis, Paul (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Records of the College of Aeronautics
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Erin Mahaney
- Date
- 07/20/2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Harry P. Weber University Archives Repository
Evans Library
Florida Institute of Technology
150 West University Blvd.
Melbourne FL 32901-6975 USA
(321)-674-7632
(321) 724-2559 (Fax)
archives@fit.edu