University of Illinois officials have decided to shut down its Institute of Aviation after 50 years, pending approval by university trustees this week. The program, at the university’s Urbana ...

SAVOY – A vote on the closure of the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation won't come for at least a month. Meanwhile, the interim director of the institute said the campus has "rushed to ...

Institute of Aviation student Pat Kolis of Springfield checks the fuel in the orange-and-blue Piper plane the institute inherited from the University of Illinois when it took over the program ...

New studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign identify economic and environmental considerations that make switchgrass a candidate for sustainable aviation fuel. The Sustainable ...

At Willard Airport, students at the Institute of Aviation at Parkland College log flight hours by mastering takeoffs, landings and cross-country flights while also learning the procedures and ...

In July 2011, the University of Illinois' Institute of Aviation was staring down its own expiration date. The UI Board of Trustees had just voted to close the program, with the move taking effect ...