Pierpont Community & Technical College’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program has reached an articulation agreement with Southern Illinois University. This articulation will allow for Pierpont students looking to pursue their bachelor’s degree in Aviation Maintenance Management a path to complete their first two years at Pierpont, and then finish their final two years at Southern Illinois. […]
Aviation Education
NBAA’s Damato Joins DOT Task Force Focused on Youth Access to Aviation Careers
National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Vice President of Educational Strategy and Workforce Development Joanne “Jo” Damato, CAM, has been appointed to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force (YIATF) as an aviation educational stakeholder representative. The YIATF was established in October 2019 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, […]
New Bachelor’s, Master’s Degrees Advance Careers in Growing Field of Aviation
Liberty University School of Aeronautics (LUSOA) has added two degrees to its growing academic offerings — a Master of Science (M.S.) in Aeronautics and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Aviation Management. Both programs will be offered beginning this fall and are available through Liberty University Online Programs. Dr. Julie Speakes, online dean, said the […]
GAMA Announces 2020 Aviation Design Challenge Winners
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced that the team from Riverwood International Charter School in Sandy Springs, Georgia, is the winner of the 2020 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge. The team from Harkness Career and Technical Center in Cheektowaga, New York, is the second-place winner. “As we have been each of the eight years of […]
Blueprint for Achievement: The Western Carolina Youth Aviation Foundation
What happens when you combine a small airport, a small high school, and a group of passionate pilots? You get an aviation curriculum, flight simulators, flight instruction, and a local group of citizens who want to donate time and money to enable students to pursue careers in aviation. Not only that, but this small high […]
Utah State University First to Train with Frasca DA40 RTD
The Aviation Program at Utah State University, part of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Logan, will soon be adding a Frasca RTD (Reconfigurable Training Device) to their training program. The RTD simulates the university’s fleet of Diamond DA40 aircraft including Garmin G1000 NXi avionics and will feature a single channel visual display system […]
AOPA Flight Training Experience Project Deadline Approaching
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association recently announced a new initiative called the Flight Training Experience Project in place of the AOPA Flight Training Experience Awards and the deadline to enter is fast approaching. “Even though many schools have had to close their doors during the pandemic, we believe it is important to celebrate the […]
Redbird Offers Free Access to a New Solution for Remote Flight Instruction
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the flight training industry, Redbird Flight Simulations is providing free access to a new product that enables flight instructors to conduct remote flight simulator sessions with students. The product, dubbed Redbird Connect, provides an effective platform for flight instructors and their students to safely […]
Aeronautical Decision-Making
By Captain Judy Rice Early in 2020, our lives changed when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Governors and state agencies issued emergency orders for the temporary closures of businesses and organizations in an effort to reduce the spread of this virus. All segments of the aviation industry have felt the impact. Transportation […]
WAI to launch new Aviation for Girls App on 6th Annual GIAD, September 26
Women in Aviation International’s Girls in Aviation Day (GIAD) will go on in 2020 – despite the global pandemic – and it will be bigger and more far-reaching than ever! WAI chapters and corporate members will not host in-person events this year and will instead deliver a virtual experience through a new Aviation for Girls […]
