The Future is Very Bright

With Winter Break behind us all, it’s time for us to continue what we started last semester. I was pleased, well moderately satisfied, with where I stood last semester but there was definitely room for improvement. This semester I’m attempting to push myself harder and, thanks to my schedule, I might make my goal a reality.

With only 4 classes this semester, I have plenty of time for school and the clubs I’m involved in. It’s nice not feeling constrained by your course load, but also it feels good to have something to do. Whether it’s doing my EGR120 homework (Graphical Communications) or a photography assignment for the Avion, I’m always doing something.

Aside from school and clubs, I’m starting to get back into photography and, more recently, RC planes. I just got a mini-quadcopter and I love it! Of course that was until after 2 minutes of me flying it for the first time, I got it stuck in a palm tree. With the enlisted help of 4-5 of my hall-mates, and the loss of my two flip flops,  we got it back and it still works! This basically means I need to practice in the simulator more and/or not fly by trees.

Since it’s only been 3 weeks into the semester, nothing much really has happened. I’m sure things will change in the next couple of days. So, until then, “Till all are one!”

I also would like to take the time to thank my friend Rachel Weeks for proof reading my posts since I have the grammar mechanics of a 5-year-old.

February 2012

Members of the Embry-Riddle R/C Flight team Compete in Miami, Florida

Alan Bedsworth, Aerospace Engineering; Patrick Fox, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Science; James Bumbaugh, Aerospace Engineering; Max Podberesky, Communications; Kevon Ritter, Aerospace Engineering; Kevin Garland, Aeronautics

We brought home 3 first place finishes and also a 4th place finish, 6th place finish, and 7th place finish.

Freestyle competition with pilot Kevin Garland: [Video]

Freestyle competition with pilot Jim Bumbaugh: [Video]

 

Go Eagles!