Peter M.A. Sherwood, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University, is shown prior to a flight at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Okla.
Sherwood and Wikle, the college’s associate dean for academic programs, each took to the skies on Nov. 24 in a T-38 Talon. The T-38 is used to prepare pilots for front-line fighter and bomber aircrafts.
Before Sherwood and Wikle were eligible to fly they attained a physical from the flight surgeon’s office. They also completed physiological training in preparation for experiencing G-forces.
Life support equipment training, as well as helmet and uniform fittings were the final step.
The one-hour flight took the OSU officials to about 20,000 feet over western Oklahoma in a pair of two-seater aircrafts, which took off and landed together.