The immediate and widespread success of the Experimental Aircraft\nAssociation\u2019s Ray Aviation Scholarship program in 2019 has allowed the program\nto be expanded for 2020, giving more opportunities for young aviators to\nreceive full flight training scholarships through EAA\u2019s chapter network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Support from the Ray Foundation will be expanded 20 percent\nin 2020, to $1.2 million. This added support comes after 96 scholarships were\nawarded through EAA chapters in 2019, leading to 20 young people earning\nprivate pilot certificates and an additional 55 making their initial solo\nflight in the program\u2019s first seven months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Ray Aviation Scholarship program has, in its first\nyear, raised our flight training success rate from the current 20 percent\ncommunity-wide to 90 percent by working with our EAA chapters to ensure the\nnecessary support for our scholarship recipients,\u201d said Jack J. Pelton, EAA\u2019s\nCEO and chairman of the board. \u201cThe enthusiasm shown by our chapters and the\ndedication by the scholarship recipients has made us even more optimistic for\nthe future. We are very appreciative to the Ray Foundation for viewing this\nsuccess as a springboard to even more possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ray Foundation provided $1 million to EAA to fund Ray\nAviation Scholarships for up to 100 young people during 2019. The program is\nmanaged by EAA and administered through its chapter network. EAA chapters are\nresponsible for identifying youths for the Ray Aviation Scholarship program and\nmentoring them through flight training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The additional $200,000 of new funding in 2020 will be\navailable to chapters that successfully mentored a scholarship recipient in\n2019. These chapters will be guaranteed $5,000 in funding for a 2020 scholar if\nthey commit $5,000 in matching funds. In addition, these chapters already\nestablished in the program may nominate potential scholars beginning on January\n1, 2020, two months earlier than those participating in the core fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe added support will allow EAA to enroll more qualified\nchapters into the Ray Aviation Scholarship program in 2020, without taking away\nslots from chapters that participated in 2019,\u201d Pelton said. \u201cThe matching\ncomponent will also allow successful 2019 chapters to guarantee their future\nslot while opening up additional slots in the core fund.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More information is available at EAA.org\/RayScholars. In\naddition, EAA chapters are invited to participate in a \u201cRay Aviation\nScholarship \u2013 2020 and Beyond\u201d webinar on November 12 to learn more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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