Rocky Mountain College - Yellowstone / Poly Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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It ' s really cool the way a person can get his li- cense in just one se- mester. — Kirk Rabe I love the Aviation Pro- gram! It ' s the reason I came back to Rocky. ' — Ty Orth When I am up there in the clouds I am in control and it ' s great! ' 1 — Trey Thompson Rocky ' s own Top Gun, Curt Wyss. Curt does a wing check as pari of a pre-f light check. Aviation Studies 21

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Restless Aviators Off to a flying start. ' ' — Ben Diggs Rocky Mountain College ' s Aviation program got off to a flying start this year with about 50 students enrolled in the program. Thirty-six of these stu- dents began flight training and should complete all requirements for their Pri- vate Pilot certificate by the end of the first semester. These along with the students who have previous flight training, will begin aviation courses of a more traditional nature during the second semester. The ground school for the program is taught by Mr. Ben Diggs, who is also the Director of Aviation at Rocky. Flight training was conducted through Cor- porate Air and Lynch Flying Service located at Logan International Airport. Rocky ' s aviation program allows the student to receive a Bachelor ' s of Sci- ence Arts in Aviation Studies and in- cludes professional pilot training; along with a minor or double major from RMC ' s twenty seven other ma- jors. — Wayne Cavill Sophomore, Bill Southard, does an in- strument check before starting the en- gine. Safety always comes first. Here, Bill tests the wings. 20 I Aviation Studies

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Equestrian Studies l l e all work toward these goals with single-minded intensity. — Tina Burgan Rocky Mountain College ' s equestrian program may be small, but it ' s one of the top three in the country. Bob and Penny Nance started this program only two short years ago and it has already required a new barn to house this year ' s freshmens horses. Togeth- er with our advisor and new train- er Bill Bormes, our vet-in- residence and professor Liz Con- ger, OVM, and our very dynamic director who can rise to any oc- casion, Penny Nance, how can this program help but be a success?! The equestrian club and stu- dents have already put on a very successful dance and horse show. Trail rides are a part of the cur- riculum along with English equi- tation and western horsemanship, anatomy, training, breaking, and sometimes just goofing off and en- joying each others company. Sem- inars are given by outside trainers to vary and improve certain skills. Bill even gets on a horse occa- sionally. Already scheduled for the spring are another dance and more shows. We all work toward these goals with single-minded in- tensity. Come up and look around sometime soon! — Tina Burgan