The next generation of aviation professionals will soon be\nheading off to college \u2013 and the Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV) and the\nVirginia Airport Operators Council (VAOC) are helping some of them get there.\nThis week, three high school seniors were awarded scholarships based on their\naccomplishments, backgrounds and, most importantly, their aviation ambitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eleanor Lombardi of Henrico County was awarded $2,500 as the\nwinner of the DOAV\u2019s Willard G. Plentl Sr. Aviation Scholarship. One of the\nyoung student\u2019s accomplishments was being selected as a flight student for the\nPathways Flight Academy. This free summer program enabled Eleanor to earn\nflight hours towards her private pilot\u2019s license. She said that it was not a single moment that\ninspired her to become a pilot but, \u201crather, it\u2019s a collection of little\nmoments\u201c\u2026 [that] added up to something bigger.\u201d \nEleanor will be working towards a Bachelor of Science in Professional\nFlight at Auburn University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Katelyn Miller of Hamilton, Va. is the recipient of the VAOC\u2019s John R. Lillard Foundation Aviation Scholarship. The $3,000 award will help the aspiring astronaut reach her goal of an engineering degree. Katelyn was accepted into engineering programs at the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and NC State University. One of Katelyn\u2019s biggest takeaways from flight training was the sense of community that supported her. \u201cI was shy about working with people and struggled to admit that I can\u2019t do everything myself \u2013 aviation taught me otherwise,\u201d she said in her essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emmett Moorhouse of Norfolk is the winner of the $3,000 Kenneth R. Scott Aviation Scholarship. He is an Eagle Scout, a competitive fencer, and earned his private pilot\u2019s license in 2023. Emmett wants to earn an aeronautical engineering degree and go on to be an airline pilot. It seems this high school senior will remain a life-long learner. Emmett said, \u201cConstantly learning is part of being a pilot. In this way flight is a passion I will never grow out of.\u201d\u00c2\u00a0 Emmett has been accepted into engineering programs at University of Colorado Boulder, Purdue University, and Michigan State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Plentl, Lillard, and Scott aviation scholarships are awarded annually to high school seniors in the Commonwealth who will pursue an aviation-related program at a higher education institution. Eligibility requirements and applications for these scholarships can be found at doav.virginia.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The next generation of aviation professionals will soon be heading off to college \u2013 and the Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV) and the Virginia Airport Operators Council (VAOC) are helping some of them get there. This week, three high school seniors were awarded scholarships based on their accomplishments, backgrounds and, most importantly, their aviation ambitions. […]<\/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":[144,98,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aerospace-education","category-aviation-education","category-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28770","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=28770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28773,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28770\/revisions\/28773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}