The Air Force Association (AFA) has announced the winners of its Lifetime Achievement, H.H. Arnold, Symington, John R. Alison, and Chairman’s Aerospace Education awards. All winners will be honored at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference on September 19, 2018 during the Air Force Birthday Dinner. The AFA Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes groups or individuals […]
Aviation Education
EAA Celebrates 35 Years of Air Academy by Opening Exhibit in Museum
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is celebrating 35 years of introducing youth to the world of aviation through the EAA Air Academy with a unique exhibit in the EAA Aviation Museum. The EAA Air Academy is a youth program created in 1984 by Executive Director of Resident Education Chuck Larson as a way to reach […]
Kent State University Invests in Four ALSIM Simulators for New Aeronautics Academic Center
ALSIM is happy to announce the sale of four simulators, two AL250 and two AL172, to Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE). The simulators will be installed in their new 18,000 square foot Aeronautics Academic Center, slated to open in mid-2019, located at Kent State University Airport in Stow, Ohio. Originally opened […]
One-G Simulation Launches Youth Access Program with Placement of FAA Approved Flight Training Device at East Valley Institute of Technology
one-G simulation is intent on expanding career pathways for youth in aviation through better access to simulation. Building upon one-G Access, the industry’s only pay-per-use flight simulator program, the company launches the one-G Youth Access program with the donation of an FAA approved flight training device to East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT), a career […]
ASA Announces 2018 Scholarships
The Aerospace States Association Chair, Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch recently announced that Laura Holland O’Brien a sophomore at Southwestern Illinois College has won ASA’s Rockwell Collins scholarship and Henry Sanabria a sophomore at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University has won the Edward A. O’Connor scholarship. Both scholarships were made possible through the generous donation of […]
NBAA Names Recipient of Dale ‘Potsy’ McBurney Aviation Scholarship
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Charities announced Samuel Wagener as this year’s recipient of the Dale “Potsy” McBurney Aviation Scholarship. The award will be presented at NBAA’s Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians Conference in Saint Paul, MN, June 26-28, 2018. Wagener is the owner of Direct Approach Aviation and a senior captain at The Rydell Company, […]
Flying Musicians Award 2018 Solo Scholarship Recipients
The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) has announced their 2018 FMA Solo scholarship recipients – John Laughman of Pleasant Hill, Ohio and Nathan Nothelle of Imlay City, Michigan. Nominations from all across the United States and Canada made the selection difficult. John Zapp, co-founder and President of FMA, said, “Every nominee was spectacular, but we had […]
Aero Club Foundation of Washington Awards First Annual Scholarship to TransSTEM Academy Student
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, […]
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 […]
