Asbury Park High School: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

The month of October was filled with multiple events at Asbury Park High School including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

From the League of Women Voters lesson to a VFW celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, there was always something positive going on at Asbury Park High School.

Asbury Park High School and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Just recently in the late month of October, Mr. David Wronko Careers in Gaming Esports class teamed up with Lyndsay Digneo, the program manager of the FAA Technical Center’s Aviation STEM Program. Through this partnership, Michael C. Dorsch, an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an Aviation STEM Ambassador, volunteered his time to show students at Asbury Park High School how being a gamer could lead to a career in Aviation. For instance, Mr. Dorsch explained both gaming and aviation deals with checklists and strict routines, spatial awareness and rapid decision-making, and simulation and transferable skills.

Attending this conference were members of the VFW and Asbury Park High School Computer Science Teacher, Richard Gonalez. Joining Mr. Dorsch was Peter who worked on helping the design of naval ships for the military.

Aviation Project

To launch this idea with the FAA, Mr. Wronko put together an aviation project for his students to complete. The following was the project:

Aviation: The 2025 midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger airplane over the Potomac River sent shockwaves through the aviation community. There is some speculation that the Black Hawk Helicopter was at the same altitude as the plane which led the
crash to occur. How did this happen? What were the mistakes?

a. Answer those questions and complete the following:

1. How do we prevent future aviation accidents such as this one from occurring again to keep everyone safe?
2. Is more training needed for pilots, member who work on planes and helicopters, and people that work at the airports who guide flying vehicles when to take off, land, and the runway they should use?

b. Case scenario: You have a total of twenty-eight planes coming into your airport along with ten Black Hawk Helicopters, how do you prevent air collisions, landing collisions, and guide each of them to a proper runway?

1. To answer these questions, you may draw a diagram to show the paths that could be taken. Include the altitudes, speed, weather consideration, the number of passengers, and runways. Also consider who works at the
   airports. Who needs to be watching and guiding. Additionally, the locations along with instructions are trans missioned to the pilots.
2. Or you can take your own innovative approach to explain how a fully functional airport would ensure the safety of the landing of each airplane and helicopter.