In Tennessee there are a growing number of education opportunities that allow youth to develop an interest in aviation and to explore the aviation and aerospace field as a career. One of those highly successful programs for teenagers has been around for 27 years. Known as FLIGHT (Flight Lesson Instructional Grants Helping Teens) Foundation, the […]
Aviation Education
Dee Howard Foundation Announces Three New Foundation Board Members
The Dee Howard Foundation has announced that Bruce R. McCaw, Gen. Edward A. Rice, Jr. (USAF Ret.), and Bianca Rhodes have joined The Dee Howard Foundation Board of Directors and that Gen. Rice, Bianca Rhodes, and Richard M. Francey, Jr. (Vice President, San Antonio Operations, GDC Technics) have been appointed to the Executive Committee of […]
Aviation Week Network Announces its “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties,” Award Winners
Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), has announced the winners of its awards program, “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” The awards recognize students earning STEM degrees who are nominated by their universities on the basis of their academic performance, civic contribution and research or design project. […]
High school students present prototypes to NASA experts for engineering challenge
The organization “High schools United with NASA to Create Hardware” (HUNCH) conducted the preliminary design review of a NASA Hunch Design & Prototyping challenge at Space Center Houston Nov. 13. What is the challenge? Area high school students have spent the school year researching and engineering prototypes that could help advance space exploration. The students […]
Piper Aircraft Opens Application for 2020 Apprenticeship Program
Piper Aircraft has announced that it has opened the application period for the 2020 Apprenticeship Program. The 2020 group, which will begin in late July, will be the second apprenticeship class to begin at Piper Aircraft’s world headquarters in Vero Beach, FL. The two-year program includes a combination of on-the-job training as well as classroom […]
The Dee Howard Foundation Announces the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame Class of 2020
The Dee Howard Foundation has announced the members of the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame Class of 2020. They are June Scobee Rodgers, Ph.D., the widow of Challenger Space Shuttle Commander Richard “Dick” Scobee, Col. Thomas M. McNish, M.D., MPH (USAF Ret.), and The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine […]
Sling Pilot Academy Awards 2019 $20K Scholarship
Throughout his journey from Costa Rica to the USA, California student pilot, Anthony ‘Tony’ Jimenez, has dreamed of becoming a professional aviator. Even with aggressive new programs like that offered by the Sling Pilot Academy (SPA), such pursuits seem at first, daunting, but Anthony’s recent win in a $20K scholarship competition makes his dream all […]
Ticket Punched: Flying Salukis Head to National after Ninth Straight Regional Title
With more than half of his squad potentially competing for the first time, Nathan Lincoln, head coach of Southern Illinois University’s Flying Salukis, had a few anxious moments leading to the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region VIII competition. But a blend of veterans and youth during the Oct. 29-Nov. 2 event at Southern Illinois Airport […]
American Airlines Offers Flight Education Grants to High Schools Utilizing AOPA’s You Can Fly Curriculum
In an effort to grow and diversify the pilot population, the American Airlines Pilot Recruiting & Development team has announced the 2019 continuation of the Flight Education Grant. These grants are awarded to fund creative and inspirational ideas aimed at growing and diversifying the next generation of aviators. In the last several years, American Airlines […]
Data on the Fly Event In NC Uses Aviation to Inspire Students, Honor Gold Star Families
Photo above – Karen Allen and Don Koch, SAS employees that have been instrumental in developing the successful Data on the Fly program. Data on the Fly, an event sponsored by SAS that uses aviation to inspire students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math careers, returned to the North Carolina DOT’s Division of Aviation […]
