Tag: OU aviation

A Booming Industry Peppered throughout Governor Kevin Stitt’s Feb. 6 “State of the State” address were references to a staple of the Oklahoma economy: the aerospace industry. The term covers the design, building and repair of aircraft flown within the atmosphere, programs associated with pilot training and anything to do with the space program. Oklahoma has all this and more.  The Oklahoma...

Sho Kassam doesn’t have to think hard to transport himself to the moment he took his first solo flight as an aviation student. The memory exemplifies why a career in aviation is right for him. “It’s very vivid,” Kassam says. “You remember the tail number and a lot of other little details. It’s a life-changing experience.” As a student, Kassam wasn’t...