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

Airplane Toilets Are Crammed Full Of Crap That Doesn't Belong In There

Jalopnik

A clogged airline lavatory or two might not seem like a big deal to you, but when there are a couple hundred unruly passengers onboard for several hours at a time horking down airport Starbucks and Biscoff cookies, the bathrooms suddenly become quite important. Airlines will often divert an otherwise totally airworthy craft in the case of a severely clogged toilet.

Diapers, bullets and lip balm: The stuff people flush down airplane toilets

Why backed-up lavatory toilets don’t fly — and can turn the plane around.

Pilot Shares Alarming Detail In Photo Of Helicopter’s Tail Before It Took Off And Claimed 6 Lives

BoredPanda

A retired pilot noticed something unusual about the tail of the helicopter that crashed in New York City on Thursday (April 10), claiming six lives.

Expert suggests structural issue or medical emergency might have downed plane in Brooklyn Park

Fox9

The single-engine turboprop plane that crashed into a house in Brooklyn Park on Saturday could have plummeted to the ground for a couple of reasons, including a structural issue or a medical emergency, a former commercial airline pilot said.