The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) along with Liberty University School of Aeronautics has released its Fatal Flight Training Accident Report 2000-2015 —a comprehensive 16-year study on accidents during flight training. The report categorizes fatal flight training accidents according to the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) and International Civil Aviation […]
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AOPA FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2019 YOU CAN FLY CHALLENGE
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation has announced its 2019 You Can Fly Challenge, generously supported by the Ray Foundation for the fourth year in a row, giving donors an opportunity for their contributions to have double their usual impact. For every dollar the AOPA Foundation raises to fund the You Can Fly […]
NCASE Holds Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.
Photo above – NCASE members from left are; Ralph Coppola, RWDC; Tony Fowler, U.S. Dept. of Education; Shelly Simi, NASAO; Jeff Coppola, RWDC; Robin Thurman, AIA; Rol Murrow, Wolf Aviation Fund; and Kim Stevens, State Aviation Journal. The National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) held their annual full membership meeting last week in […]
Alabama Lt. Gov.-Elect Will Ainsworth Named Vice Chair of Aerospace States Association
Aerospace States Association (ASA) Chair, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, has appointed Alabama Lt. Gov.-Elect Will Ainsworth as vice chair of the ASA. “I am excited to have Lt. Governor. Ainsworth join our leadership team. I look forward to his stewardship in advancing aerospace within our states and around the nation,” said Kleefisch. “I am […]
Free Glider Courses for EAA Young Eagles Now Available Through Gliderbooks.com
EAA Young Eagles now have an additional resource to discover more about the world of flight, as GLIDERBOOKS Academy online soaring school is offering free glider courses for all young people who have flown in the Young Eagles program. The GLIDERBOOKS Academy online courses cover four basic areas of glider and soaring flight: Introduction to […]
Ray Foundation Awards $1 Million Challenge Grant To Create STEM Learning Lab for Hawaii’s Youth
The Ray Foundation (Naples, Florida) recently awarded Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum a $1 million challenge grant to develop a new educational resource for Hawaii Youth – a Learning Lab using the exciting field of aviation and aerospace to advance interest and competency in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The proposed Learning Lab will be […]
Second Annual Oklahoma Women in Aviation & Aerospace Day Celebrated in Tulsa
Photo above -Â At the December 6, 2018 second annual Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day brunch, hosted by the Oklahoma Aeronautic Commission, Oklahoma Airport Operators Association, the Tulsa Airport Authority and BizJet International, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum addressed the crowd. OAC Staff Photo. In a crowd of 400 aviation and aerospace professionals and students, […]
Young Aviatrix Builds Skills, Confidence
It can be difficult to start flying again after not having flown at all for several months. That was the case for me when I came back to school in the fall. I am a senior at Valparaiso University – a school in northwest Indiana – with a major in English and a minor in […]
RWDC Alumni Ready for STEM Field Employment
The results from a national survey of participants in a national engineering design competition are in:Â students who participate in the Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) are much more likely to enter undergraduate and graduate programs and many are entering the aerospace and defense workforce. Having now completed its tenth year as a national Science, […]
San Antonio Aviation & Aerospace Hall of Fame Announces 2019 Honorees
The Dee Howard Foundation Chairman and President, Wayne I. Fagan, announced the 2019 San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame honorees. The Class of 2019 consists of brothers Earl and Tom Slick, Lt. Col. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, and Gen. (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III. “The mission of The Dee Howard Foundation is to […]
