The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) announced\nit will award 100 scholarships of $10,000 each to 80 exceptional\naviation-minded high school students age 15 to 18, and to 20 teachers dedicated\nto advancing aviation education in their classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The application deadline for the 2019 You Can Fly High\nSchool Flight Training Scholarships is April 2, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The\nscholarships are made possible by a $1 million grant from the Ray Foundation to\nthe AOPA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scholarship recipients can use their awarded funds to pay\ndirect flight training expenses toward a primary pilot certificate. To be\neligible, students and teachers must be AOPA members. Student scholarship\nrecipients must complete a flight training milestone \u2013 achieving either their\nfirst solo or earning a primary pilot certificate \u2013 within one year of\nreceiving a scholarship. (Review the eligibility requirements.) Teachers who\napply for a scholarship must be full-time employees of a school or school\nsystem working to prepare students for a future in aviation. (See the complete\nteacher eligibility requirements.) Winners will be announced by the end of May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The $1 million in scholarship funding from the Ray\nFoundation is a tenfold increase over the $100,000 in high school scholarships\nawarded in 2018. The Ray Foundation noted that the increase in scholarship\nfunding, together with a $2 million matching grant, recognizes the outstanding\nperformance of the You Can Fly program and encourages other pilots to offer\ntheir support by doubling the impact of their donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ray Foundation honors the memory of founder James C. Ray\n(1923\u20132017), a pilot, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. \u201cJames believed that\nlearning to fly developed his self-discipline and drive, traits that served him\nwell in business and in life. He was incredibly generous in offering that same\nopportunity to others and the Ray Foundation\u2019s support of the You Can Fly\nprogram continues his legacy,\u201d said Jennifer Storm, vice president of the AOPA\nFoundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You Can Fly is AOPA\u2019s multi-pronged program to get pilots\nflying and keep them flying, and to build a larger, more vibrant general\naviation community. A flight training scholarship can be life-changing for a\nrecipient who has dreamed of becoming a pilot but considered such a goal\nunattainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the scholarships for high school students and\nteachers, other AOPA members may apply for awards ranging from $2,500 to\n$10,000 for primary flight training or advanced certificates and ratings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information and to apply, please visit the AOPA\nScholarship Program website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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