Dan Bubb

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Aviation Historian and Associate Professor in Residence, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Honors College
Coordinator of Academic Affairs
Expertise: Commercial Aviation, Airport History, World History, U.S. History, American Western History

Biography

Daniel "Dan" Bubb  â€” a former airline pilot — is an expert on commercial aviation and airport history in the American West. His other research areas include United States, American Western, and world history.

An associate professor in residence with the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Honors College, Bubb also serves as the college's coordinator of academic affairs.

In 2012, he published his first book, Landing in Las Vegas: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City (University of Nevada Press). Currently, Bubb is researching and writing a second book that examines the role airlines and airports play in connecting Western American cities with the world.

Bubb serves as the deputy director of the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame.

Education

  • Ph.D., History, University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • Ph.D., Political Science, University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • M.A., History, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ

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Fox9
The single-engine turboprop plane that crashed into a house in Brooklyn Park on Saturday could have plummeted to the ground for a couple of reasons, including a structural issue or a medical emergency, a former commercial airline pilot said.
Smithsonian Air and Space Quarterly Magazine
Only two of the four large propellers were still turning as the Boeing B-17D slowly descended in the mid-afternoon. The Flying Fortress—now essentially a 35,000-pound glider—was on a course to land in the Pacific Ocean.
Simple Flying
Shopping has become almost synonymous with the airport experience as both airports and airlines try to make the most of passengers having hours of time to burn with little to do. Nowadays, most of the world's leading international airports offer a wide range of shopping options both landside and airside.
The National Desk
President Donald Trump has nominated longtime airline CEO Bryan Bedford to lead the Federal Aviation Administration to steer the agency through an air traffic controller shortage and increased scrutiny of its safety procedures after a series of crashes and near-misses.
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