Wayne Tripp

Biography

Wayne Tripp serves as a professor of aeronautics at Liberty. He started aviating in 1976 as one of Liberty’s first flight students. He worked in line service, airline dispatch, flight instruction, charter, corporate, regional, and airline flying, with over 40 years in professional aviation. Wayne specializes in commercial aeronautics focusing on corporate and airline training. He transitioned into teaching at Aviation Career Academy, Cairn University, Lehigh-Carbon County College, Arizona State University, Daniel Webster College, New Hampshire Technical Institute, and Liberty University School of Aeronautics, and over 30 years in teaching aeronautics, psychology, and counseling. Today, Wayne focuses on training future professional aviators and developing aeronautical educational materials.

Certifications

He holds Federal Aviation Administration Airline Transport Pilot, Commercial Single, and Multi-Engine Land, Flight and Instrument Instructor, Advanced Ground and Instrument Instructor Certifications, Multi-Engine, and Instrument Ratings.

Professional or notable memberships

Airplane Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), National Pilots Association (NPA), Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI)

Courses taught

Exploring Aviation (AVIA 101 ), Private Pilot Ground (AVIA 210/215), Private Pilot Flight (AVIA 220), GPS Navigation (AVIA 240), GPS Instrument Navigation (AVIA 241 ), Advanced GPS Navigation (AVIA 342), Aviation Safety (AVIA 300), Commercial Ground (AVIA 315), Instrument Flight (AVIA 320), Commercial Flight (AVIA 325/326/327), Aviation Weather (AVIA 340), Corporate/Business Aviation (AVIA 360), Flight Instructor Flight (AVIA 420), Multi-Engine Ground (AVIA 430), Multi-Engine Flight (AVIA 440)

High Altitude Physiology, High Altitude Chamber Ground and Flight, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, Aircraft Engines and Powerplants

Research Interests

Effectiveness of teaching materials, Learning methodologies about aeronautical tasks