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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 13, 1968
Engineers use KU's planes
Students in the aerodynamics and stability and control classes in the aerospace engineering department have an airplane from which they learn flight principles.
The plane, a single-engine Cessna 172, is one of two airplanes owned by the University. The other plane, a twin-engine Beech C45, can be used by anyone approved by the Chancellor's office.
The Cessna is used not to teach
Poet, a KU grad begins 3 weeks as resident writer
His master's degree essay titled "Down in My Heart" was published in 1948. Since then he has had three volumes of poetry published. They are "West of Your City," "Traveling Through the Dark," for which he received the National Book award and the Shelley Memorial Award, and "The Rescued Year."
Stafford, a member of the faculty of Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from KU. His home was Hutchinson.
William Stafford, national award-winning poet and graduate of the University of Kansas, began a three-week appointment at KU Monday as writer-in-residence in the English department where he is teaching classes in poetry writing.
Stafford will give a public reading of his work March 20 at 4 p.m. in the Kansas Union Big Eight room.
students how to fly but to teach them flight characteristics and what occurs when different controls are applied, David Kohlman, associate professor of aerospace engineering, said.
"By using the plane for flight demonstrations, students can learn flight principles from an engineer's point of view instead of a pilot's," Kohlman said.
The plane also is used by the aerospace engineering department for official flights to the aeronautical engineering department at Wichita State University, and to the Cessna and Bocing plants at Wichita. The department is doing sponsored research with the two companies.
The Beech aircraft is approved for use in the Big Eight states, Norman Hoecker, the pilot, said. To fly out of that area, special permission is needed from the Board of Regents.
"everything has gone smoothly," he said.
Hoecker, who has been flying since 1941, said he flies once a week, at the most, on University business. Luckily, he always has had good weather for flights, and
Both planes are kept at the Lawrence airport. Hoecker, who is a licensed airplane and engine mechanic, is responsible for keeping the planes in proper running order and ready for flight.
The Beech aircraft, which now is valued at $25,000 to $30,000 including the equipment, was purchased in 1962 for $100. Hoecker bought two Beech planes for the University from government surplus property at Tucson, Ariz. The other plane was used for repair parts. The Cessna was bought locally at the market price, and is valued at $6,000.
The inside of the Beech C45 was remodeled with reclining seats which face each other, and folding tables for passenger use.
The Cessna 172 uses eight gallons of gas per hour traveling at 105 miles per hour. It seats four people. The Beech uses 45 gallons of gas traveling at 170 m.p.h. and seats seven people including the pilot. Both planes have dual controls, Hoecker said, but only one pilot is necessary.
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