Breadcrumb Home Companies test high-tech gear in UI's jets Monday, February 18, 2013 The Daily Iowan http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130218/NEWS/302180034/-1/COMM03/Comp… Tom Schnell, a University of Iowa associate professor of engineering, flies an Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin, an experimental jet used by the UI Operator Performance Laboratory, that helps companies test equipment.