Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley and renowned airshow performer Michael Goulian have teamed up with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association to promote learning to fly and keeping pilots flying. As AOPA’s You Can Fly Champions, Bentley and Goulian will work to inspire people from all walks of life to go up for their first flight […]
Aviation Education
GAMA Opens Registration for 2021 Aviation Design Challenge
Last week on National Aviation Day (U.S.), the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced that registration for the 2021 Aviation Design Challenge has opened. This annual competition promotes aviation jobs and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in U.S. high schools through aviation-focused curriculum and a virtual fly-off. “National Aviation Day is about celebrating […]
Civil Air Patrol Teams with Unmanned Safety Institute on UAS Safety and Education
Unmanned Safety Institute (USI), has teamed with Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to address unmanned aerial systems (UAS) safety and education nationally. CAP and USI have agreed to cooperate on enhancing aviation and UAS safety and education at every level of both partnering organizations, including communications and coordination with other agencies and groups throughout the U.S. […]
Pierpont Aviation Program Reaches Articulation Agreement with SIU
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. […]
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 […]
