The Aero Club Foundation of Washington has selected TransSTEM Academy student J’La Carroll as its first annual scholarship recipient. Carroll has attended Washington D.C.’s TransSTEM Academy at the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus since she was in ninth-grade, where she is a regular participant in the Foundation’s brown bag luncheon series. In her application essay, […]
Aviation Education
Saluki female aviators to compete in Air Race Classic
Photo above -Â Gabrielle Escudero, left, and Rachel Piacentini, are preparing for the 42nnd annual Air Race Classic transcontinental aviation race next month. Escudero is a senior in SIU Carbondale’s aviation management and flight program; Piacentini is a certified flight instructor with the program and 2017 graduate. (Photo by Russell Bailey) by Pete Rosenbery Competing in […]
U.S. Department of Education Partners with Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum to Launch “She Can” STEM Summer Camp
Continuing its efforts to emphasize the value and importance of education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), the U.S. Department of Education has partnered with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum to launch the “She Can” Summer Camp. “I’d like to thank the President for donating his salary to the Department, which enabled […]
NCASE Presents Strickler and Crown Circle Awards in National Ceremony
The National Coalition for Aviation and Space Education (NCASE) held their annual awards ceremony in Washington D.C. this week honoring the Arconic Foundation and Dayni Alba for the 2018 Dr. Mervin K. Strickler Award for Aerospace Education Leadership and Mr. Kevin Simmons as the 2018 inductee to the Crown Circle. The Award Ceremony was held […]
GAMA Announces 2018 Aviation Design Challenge Winning Teams
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has announced that Erie 1 BOCES Harkness Career and Technical Center in Cheektowaga, New York, is the winner of the sixth annual Aviation Design Challenge and St. Croix Lutheran Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota, is the second-place winner. The Design Challenge, created in 2013, promotes Science, Technology, Engineering, and […]
Aero Club of New England Presents the 2018 Godfrey L. Cabot Award
The Aero Club of New England (ACONE) announced this year’s winner of the prestigious Godfrey L. Cabot Award. This award has been presented each year since 1952 to “individuals or teams who were the first in their field and who have changed the course of aviation and or history, as inventors of types of aircraft, […]
MORE THAN 70 SCHOOLS SET TO IMPLEMENT AOPA’S HIGH SCHOOL AVIATION STEM CURRICULUM
More than 70 schools will implement the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Associations (AOPA) high school aviation science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum in the 2018-2019 school year. AOPA’s aviation STEM curriculum is the first-of-its-kind, and will offer students comprehensive, four-year aviation study options aligned with rigorous math and science standards used in many states […]
GAMA Announces Second-Place Prize for 2018 Aviation Design Challenge
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) today announced the addition of a prize for the high school team that places second in the 2018 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge, GAMA’s annual competition to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills through aviation education in U.S. high schools. The second-place team will receive a two-day STEM […]
2018 Aviation Art Contest National Winners Announced
The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) is proud to announce the U.S. winners of the 2018 International Aviation Art Contest. The winning artwork with this year’s theme of “Flight into the Future” will be forwarded to Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in Lausanne, Switzerland to be included in the international judging in April. The winning entries […]
Two Aviation Organizations Close the Gap through Joint Scholarship Campaign
Two nonprofits, separated by more than 2,000 miles, east to west coast, recently launched a joint scholarship effort to bring attention to the gender gap and lack of diverse talent in aviation, specifically pilots. Through a creative joint effort, east coast’s Liftoff Learning and west coast’s I Hart Flying Foundation have teamed up to offer […]
