Dan Bubb

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Aviation Historian and Associate Professor in Residence, UNLV Honors College

Coordinator of Academic Affairs

Expertise: Commercial Aviation, Airport History, World History, U.S. History, American Western History

Biography

Daniel "Dan" Bubb — a former airline pilot — is an expert on commercial aviation and airport history in the American West. His other research areas include United States, American Western, and world history.

An associate professor in residence with the UNLV Honors College, Bubb also serves as the college's coordinator of academic affairs.

In 2012, he published his first book, Landing in Las Vegas: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City (University of Nevada Press). Currently, Bubb is researching and writing a second book that examines the role airlines and airports play in connecting Western American cities with the world.

Bubb serves as the deputy director of the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame.

Education

Ph.D., History, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Missouri, Kansas City
M.A., History, UNLV

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Dan Bubb In The News

Why Do Airlines Overbook Flights — and What to Do If You Get Bumped

Travel + Leisure

When checking into your flight, have you noticed a prompt asking if you'd be willing to change your trip? Alternatively, you might have heard an announcement at the gate asking for volunteers to take a later flight. Yes, it's true — most airlines overbook their flights. Booking a plane ticket doesn't actually guarantee you'll have a seat on that flight. So, why do airlines have this practice?

There’s a very good reason the majority of aircraft are painted white

SupercarBlondie

Looking at an airfield you might notice that almost all the aircraft are painted white. But do you know why? And no – it’s not to blend in with the clouds that surround them.

The real reason you may hear ‘barking’ during a long flight – and it’s nothing to do with dogs

The U.S. Sun

There's a reason passengers might hear a “barking” noise during a long flight – and it’s got nothing to do with dogs. During a flight an aeroplane might make various strange noises which might unsettle nervous fliers but invariably they are nothing to worry about.

Why Larger Planes Can Handle More Turbulence, According to Aviation Experts

Newsweek

Many might feel scared to fly following recent incidents of severe turbulence, including on an Air Europa flight Monday that injured 30 people, but experts have assured Newsweek larger planes can handle the extreme conditions.