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Aviation department faculty

Barney King

Hometown:
Lowell Massachusetts

Aviation certifications held:
ATP SEL and MEL, commercial helicopter and glider, instrument helicopter, CFI SEL, MEL, instrument and glider, AGI IGI

Aviation jobs held:
Platoon Leader, Operations Officer and Executive Officer in Assault Helicopter Companies, Operations Office and Executive Officer Assault Helicopter Battalion, Assistant Division Aviation Officer, Division Aviation Safety Officer, Staff Aviation Officer at Army Component Command,  Flight Instructor at the Fort Leavenworth Flying Club and at FBOs and faculty member at K-State at Salina.

Favorite airplane/s:
Whatever I am flying at the time.

Advice to future aviation professionals:
Do not jeopardize your career by drinking and driving or using drugs.

What I like about K-State- Salina:
The outstanding people I get to work with each day.

Hobbies/Interests:
I spend much of my time as the Commander of the Kansas Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. I get to work with cadets, look for missing airplanes and use my knowledge of aviation in our aerospace education program.