Displays and Exhibits
The Hazy Library and Learning Center is proud to present several displays and exhibits open to the public for viewing.
Young Artists Contest Paintings -- New!
View the delightful and colorful exhibit of paintings from the Young Artists Contest, sponsored by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) Aviation and Space Education Commission. These amazing paintings are created by young people between the ages of 6 to17 from countries worldwide. The FAI sponsors this international art contest each year with thousands of students from around the world participating for awards and honors. Aeronautical and aerospace themes are represented, with special emphasis on air sports. ERAU University Archives has provided an online display.
Location: 2nd floor
Book Displays
Thematic displays of books highlight specific subjects or timely events. This month, the displays feature “Discovering Arizona” and “Soccer”.
Location: 1st and 2nd floors
ERAU Heritage
A rotating collection of historical materials of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are displayed as part of the Heritage Project. Photos and memorabilia of founders John Paul Riddle and T. Higby Embry are proudly included.
Location: 1st floor
Geochron
The Geochron World Clock is a unique time piece that shows you where the sun is shining around the world. The shape of the lighted area changes as the year advances and the location of the lighted area changes as the time of day moves forward. Every time zone in the world is defined. You may view where the sun is directly overhead and follow its path throughout the year.
Location: 2nd floor
Kalusa Miniature Airplane Collection
The world’s largest to-scale, to-detail collection of miniature airplane models is housed in the Hazy Library. The Kalusa Collection consists of 6,103 aircraft. The library also offers a 8-minute video in which Mr. Kalusa explains and demonstrates how he created his little masterpieces. A database of the collection is searchable by manufacturer, country, type, year, and accession number.
Location: 1st and 2nd floors
Murals
Large back-lit wall murals are displayed at the end of the blue-lit hallways for a runway effect on each floor. This year, the 1st floor mural is titled “Take Off.” This is a Windows Media Files collage of an aircraft ascending from a blue checker board runway. The 2nd floor mural, titled “Nebula Dreams,” is a colorful celestial image from the Hubble telescope with images of founders John Paul Riddle and T. Higby Embry embedded in the cosmos. Both murals are enlarged and enhanced by the graphic artistry of Linda Eisner, Circulation Supervisor.
Location: 1st and 2nd floors
NASA Manned Mission Patches
The Hazy Library originally received a donation of NASA manned mission patches from Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Danielsen in 1994. Since that time, the collection has grown to include 165 NASA patches. They represent the manned mission flights beginning with Mercury in 1961 and include Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Space Shuttle missions up to the present.
Location: 1st floor
Student Aircraft Design Project Models
The Hazy Library proudly displays aircraft models donated to the library by graduating seniors. In their senior engineering design classes, student teams design, fabricate, and wind tunnel-test their design project aircraft. The project finale is the presentation of their project research to a panel of professors and aerospace experts.
Wall of Quotes
The wall of quotes gives a boost to the ordinary humdrum of every day student life in the library. These quotes provide inspiration, contemplation, wisdom, and whimsy as represented by 19 notables including scientists, artists, authors, philosophers, politicians, poets, and pilots.
Location: 2nd floor
Women Airforce Services Pilots (WASP)
The WASP display is dedicated to the Women Airforce Services Pilots of World War II. Inez Woods donated WASP materials including pins, letters, plaques, statues, photos, and a Fifinella patch. Fifinella was a female gremlin designed by Walt Disney for a proposed film from Roald Dahl’s book The Gremlins. During World War II, the Women Airforce Service Pilots asked permission to use the image as their official mascot, and the Disney Company granted them the rights.
Location: 1st floor
