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Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) at Lancaster’s aviation program welcomes distinguished pilot Karl Clemmensen <\/strong>to its faculty as an industry liaison and meteorology instructor. His 49 years of aviation experience are a boon to the program, as he’ll be able to counsel graduates as they prepare for the workforce and connect them to potential aviation employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clemmensen’s arrival is particularly timely as EMU’s first aviation students are starting their senior year this fall \u2013 an inaugural cohort that’s been followed by larger and larger classes<\/a> enrolling each year. Seven students formed the first cohort in 2018, followed by nine and 16 students joining each year after. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karl Clemmensen teaches a meteorology class this summer at EMU’s Lancaster site. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The combination of a bachelor\u2019s degree in leadership and organization management and flight certifications allows expanded education funding options, mentorship and career guidance \u2013 and an expedited pathway to Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clemmensen said teaching the next generation of aviators is a way to express gratitude for the opportunities he’s been given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I came from a modest background and was helped when I was young by a neighbor who owned a small airplane,” he said. “After several years of guiding and helping me as a teenager, one day after thanking him, he said ‘just pay it back some day to someone else.’ I\u2019ve never forgotten that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’s been a pilot with American Airlines since 1987, during which time he’s logged 28,000 hours flying planes. For 10 years, he also served the airline as a federal flight deck officer \u2013 a pilot who’s deputized as a federal law enforcement officer under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to respond to criminal activity in flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clemmensen has taught others to fly since the mid 1980’s, when he owned and operated a flight school in Saint Augustine, Florida. That included aerobatics lessons \u2013 and Clemmensen was a performer himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biplane he performed in was painted green and white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I performed as the ‘Green Baron’ and would dog fight a white biplane which went by ‘the White Knight,'” Clemmensen recalled. “Because I was the only one with a smoke system, I was the one that would be ‘shot down’ at the end. I also had a small Kermit the frog painted on the side with the caption, ‘it’s not easy being green.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clemmensen is a flight instructor as well as an instrument and advanced ground instructor. He’s also worked as a designated pilot examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration, investigated accidents for multiple pilots associations, and was inducted as a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKarl Clemmensen brings a lifetime of experience to the aviation program at EMU,” said John Sibole, <\/strong>director of aviation. “He also utilizes his deep aviation network in the newly created position of Aviation Industry Liaison. In this role he acts as a bridge between EMU and potential aviation employers and provides counseling to EMU students about methods and techniques of obtaining aviation employment.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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