Department of Aviation

Professor Sloan is a 1977 graduate of Central Washington University's Flight Technology program and was the first woman to graduate from the program. She is an Airline Transport rated pilot with 1900 hours of dual flight instruction given and six years of experience flying in Alaska. She was the Chief Pilot and Company Check Airmen for her family owned air taxi operation in Cordova, Alaska. She lives in Ellensburg with her husband and daughter. Her interests outside of aviation include riding her Thoroughbred horse.

Service:

• Faculty Advisor, Flight Technology Academic Interest Area Dormitories
• Member, Ellensburg Airport Planning Committee
• Past Faculty Advisor, NIFA Flight Team
• Past Faculty Advisor, Alpha Eta Rho
• President, Ellensburg Chapter 492 Experimental Aircraft Association
• Past member, Ellensburg Airport Advisory Committee

Professional Papers & Presentations:

• Sloan, T. A. (2003). Taking the Lost Out of Lost Communications. Collegiate Aviation Review. 21(1), 73-81.
• Wilson, D. R. and Sloan, T. A. (2003, Fall). VFR Flight into IMC. Reducing the Hazard. Journal of Aviation /Aerospace Education and Research. 13(1), 29-42.
• Sloan, T. A. (2000). Collision Avoidance at Non-Towered Airports. Collegiate Aviation Review. 18(1). 70-85.
• Women in Aviation International: Concurrent Speaker; presentation on National Air Tour 2003. March 2004, Reno, NV
• Women in Aviation International: Concurrent Speaker; joint presentation with Dale Wilson on Collision Avoidance. March 2000
• Instruction, WSDOT Flight Instructor Refresher Course, October 2001, January 2002

Member:

• Experimental Aircraft Association
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• Women in Aviation International
• University Aviation Association
• The Ninety-Nines