{"id":21237,"date":"2022-03-08T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=21237"},"modified":"2022-03-08T15:45:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:45:44","slug":"flight-simulators-donated-to-five-soaring-oklahoma-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/flight-simulators-donated-to-five-soaring-oklahoma-schools\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Flight Simulator\u2019s Donated to Five Soaring Oklahoma Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Because of a generous donation from the Corporate Aircraft\nAssociation, five Oklahoma high schools will receive a flight simulator to be\nused to enhance the classroom implementation of the AOPA \u201cYou Can Fly\u201d High\nSchool Aviation Curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2022-03-08T090959.603.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21238\" width=\"241\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2022-03-08T090959.603.jpg 474w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2022-03-08T090959.603-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption><em> Paula Kedy, Aviation and Aerospace Education Coordinator for the Commission presented Superintendent Duane Meredith, of Durant Public Schools, with a simulator to enhance their AOPA &#8220;You Can Fly&#8221; program for students. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of the five schools, Durant, Alva, Bartlesville,\nDuncan, and Lawton, was selected by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission as a\nrecipient of the gift because of their willingness to serve as leaders in the\nbuilding of high-quality aviation programs in their regions of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Corporate Aircraft Association (CAA) is a member-funded\nassociation that partners with select Fixed Base Operators (FBOs) at airports\nthroughout the US and Canada, to offer jet fuel programs and other aircraft\nservices to their members. Their leadership selected Oklahoma for this donation\nbecause of positive interactions they had at airports within the Oklahoma\nAirport System. They worked with the Commission to determine the most effective\nway to benefit students interested in aviation.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the Corporate Aircraft Association\u2019s gift to\nOklahoma schools,\u201d stated State Director of Aeronautics, Grayson Ardies. \u201cBy\nproviding flight simulators, CAA will help school districts implement the \u201cYou\nCan Fly\u201d curriculum with fidelity and will ensure that Oklahoma continues to\nlead the way in equipping students to enter the aviation industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCAA\u2019s mission is to support and to preserve corporate and\ngeneral aviation. I can\u2019t think of a better way to reach so many students. We\nhope these simulators help inspire an entire generation to consider a career in\naviation,\u201d said Bob Bordes, president of CAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The designated high schools are just five of the nearly 30\nOklahoma schools that are teaching the \u201cYou Can Fly\u201d curriculum during the\n2021-2022 school year. Developed by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association\n(AOPA), the free program offers schools the opportunity to teach two aviation\npathways of curriculum to students in Grades 9-12 and prepare them for a career\nin aviation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of a generous donation from the Corporate Aircraft Association, five Oklahoma high schools will receive a flight simulator to be used to enhance the classroom implementation of the AOPA \u201cYou Can Fly\u201d High School Aviation Curriculum. Each of the five schools, Durant, Alva, Bartlesville, Duncan, and Lawton, was selected by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission [&hellip;]<\/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":[98,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237","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=21237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21239,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237\/revisions\/21239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}