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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nPilot\/Musicians will celebrate this milestone along with the\n50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon and the EAA’s\n(Experimental Aircraft Association) half-century in Oshkosh, WI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idea for the association came to co-founders Aileen\nHummel and John Zapp during a trip to AirVenture in 2008, and 2009 saw the\nformation and kick-off event \u2013 Fly-In MusicFest at Spinks Airport in Ft Worth,\nTexas. After a decade of providing inspiration, education, encouragement and\nassistance, the FMA has grown to over 700 members world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John Zapp, FMA President\/CEO, recalls, “FMA was\nembraced by the aviation community from day one. AOPA was our first corporate\nmember. At their request, we developed a corporate membership.\u201d Almost\nimmediately, \u201cThe music community came on board. We were selected to be a NAMM\n(National Association of Music Merchants) Foundation partner, affording us unfettered access to music\nmerchants across the globe. Now you will see FMA representatives at both The\nNAMM Show in Anaheim, CA and Summer NAMM in Nashville.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the creation of the FMA Solo Program five years ago,\nFMA has awarded eleven learn-to-fly scholarships to outstanding student\nmusicians across the USA and Canada. “We\u2019ve had nine recipients solo, and\nthere’s more student members following suit. These students are the best of the\nbest academically and musically while also being exceptional citizens. Their\ninfluence on underclassmen now will no doubt leave a positive and lasting\ninfluence on the aviation and music communities. FMA student members are our\nfuture leaders.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2020 FMA Solo program kicks off in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This scholarship is unique, bringing an aspiring music\nstudent from zero time to solo. FMA covers roughly fifteen hours of dual\ninstruction, online ground school, training materials, and additional products\nfrom sponsors. FMA envisioned and instituted this scholarship program because\nit recognizes the parallel skills involved in flying and performing music and\nwants to promote both areas of growth in our inspired and dedicated future\nleaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FMA Solo Scholarships depend on sponsorship from the\naviation and music communities — and you! Please contact\nEducation@FlyingMusicians.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFlying and music are my two passions in life and the Flying\nMusicians have put both of those together for a great cause. I believe\neducating the next generation is so important for music and aviation to\ncontinue on.” \u2013 Aaron Tippin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy wife and I want to help where we can and so we decided\nto sponsor an FMA scholarship ourselves through the Auen O\u2019Shea Family Fund.\nMusic and aviation are deeply rooted in our family and combining the two\nthrough FMA is a worthwhile endeavor. We encourage others to do the same. Visit\nthe FMA website and get inspired yourself, or better yet meet one or more of\nthese impressive young adults. Consider sponsoring a scholarship. It won\u2019t\nbreak the bank, and it provides a valuable boost for deserving applicants.\u201d-\nJeff Auen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our sponsors are doing their part. Thank them. Join them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bose Aviation, Sporty\u2019s Pilot Shop, MYGOFLIGHT, Gleim\nAviation, Hartzell Propeller, Daher TBM, Honda, ForeFlight, Sensenich\nPropeller, Auen O\u2019Shea Family Fund, FMA Denny Scalise Memorial Fund, and many\nothers. FMA also acknowledges Trade-A-Plane, AviNation, GA News, Aaron Tippin,\nand 121five.com for their extensive help in raising awareness of the FMA\nprograms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Flying Musicians Association (FMA) will celebrate a decade at AirVenture\u2019s 50th anniversary in Oshkosh, WI July 22-28, 2019. Pilot\/Musicians will celebrate this milestone along with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon and the EAA’s (Experimental Aircraft Association) half-century in Oshkosh, WI. The idea for the association came to co-founders […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13351,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13349\/revisions\/13351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}