Rodney O. Rogers is Professor of Aeronautical Science (Department of Aeronautical Science - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA).  He holds the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida and the Ph.D. degree in English and American Literature from the University of Virginia.

 In a long and varied academic career, he has taught Literature at Jacksonville (Florida) University, Clemson, the University of Florida, the Citadel, and the University of North Carolina at Asheville.  At Embry-Riddle since 1978, he has been a member of both the Compute Science Department and the Aeronautical Science Department.  Rogers teaches courses in Aerodynamics; Aircraft Performance; and All Attitude Flight and Upset Recovery Training.  Currently he is co-principal researcher on a $200,000 FAA Grant to study transfer of upset recovery training conducted using low cost desktop flight simulation.

 Rogers is a former Naval aviator with six years active duty and eight years reserve flying, during which time he accumulated 2500 flight hours, including 1500 in the Vought F8 Crusader and 500 in the A4 Skyhawk.  He and his wife, Shirley Waterhouse, are seasoned travelers.  In June 2006 they completed a 12 day 9000 kilometer trip across Russia on the Siberian Railroad, starting in Moscow and terminating in Vladivostok.  They were accompanied by their Muscovite friend Georg Mosolov, Chief Test Pilot for MiG in the 1950s and early 1960s and a recipient of the Soviet Gold Star award designating him a Hero of the Soviet Union.  At one time Mosolov held airplane speed and altitude world records.  Among his many aviation achievements, he flew a MiG-21 to almost 114,000 feet.