Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Salt Lake City

Summary

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea plans, glides, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University. In June 2023, he won the prestigious Bill Gunston Technology Writer of the Year Award.

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Articles

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Ground operations in the winter create a large number of threats that can cause serious damage to an aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Researchers find lack of large flakes may give crews false sense of security in snowy takeoffs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Piloting demands good vision. But the aviation environment contains numerous hazards to our eyes that can affect our ability to accomplish our tasks
Safety, Ops & Regulation