Dan Bubb

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Aviation Historian and 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.

As a 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

I'm scared of flying — I asked a pilot the questions all nervous flyers need answers to

Mirror UK

Aviophobia, or fear of flying, is remarkably widespread and, for those of us who suffer from it, likely stems from the same fundamental issue — our brains struggling to cope with an environment where we feel utterly powerless.

FOX5 Investigates: Air traffic controller shortage affects Las Vegas operations

Valley’s radar center operates with half the optimal number of controllers as FAA seeks to fill thousands of positions nationwide

6 TSA carry-on rules that shock even the most frequent flyers

Packing around these guidelines will help ensure you have a smoother airport security experience

Passenger points out strange detail to flight attendant—has instant regret

Dan Bubb, a former airline pilot who is an aviation historian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told Newsweek that the issue visible in the viral video appears to involve a part of the wing’s spoiler.