Auburn Aviation Program

More than one hundred women will take off from the Sonny Callahan Airport in Fairhope today for the 48th Annual Air Race Classic. Lieutenant Katrina McCleod is an instructor pilot with the U.S. Coast Guard. She has spent years saving lives and tracking down drug smugglers. But now she’s trying something different–a cross-country air race.

Auburn University officials say upgrades to the school's aviation program will focus on research and supporting the aerospace and aviation…