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Another path to an in-demand career

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“The aviation industry is currently seeing a workforce shortage for qualified aircraft technicians as the number of retiring certified airframe technicians is higher than the number of young adults expressing interest in the field of aircraft mechanics,” says Todd Duncan, chairman of Duncan Aviation in a recent news release. “In response, Duncan Aviation is educating young adults about the joys of choosing business aviation as a career and looking at new and different ways to introduce talented and motivated individuals to the company and the industry.”

The news about the workforce shortage shouldn’t have caught you off guard.

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Women in Aviation creates Pat Luebke Memorial Scholarship

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Women in Aviation has created the Pat Luebke Memorial Scholarship in tribute to Patricia Luebke, a WAI member and a longtime contributor to Aviation for Women and Aviation for Girls magazines.

Luebke passed away Nov. 22, 2019, after a brief illness.

“Pat was a proud member of Women in Aviation International and was the creative force behind many of the organization’s key programs and events, including Take Your Daughter to Conference, which became Girls in Aviation Day; the annual female group photo at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh; a WAI time capsule for our 25-year anniversary; the conference daily newsletters, and the Honor The WASP event on Memorial Day weekend,” association officials noted in a prepared release.

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Free Guide to Flying Drones in Chicago released

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CHICAGO — Helios Visions, an aerial drone services company, has released a free Guide to Flying Drones in Chicago. 

This guide was created to inform seasoned drone professionals, as well as drone enthusiasts, on the best practices for safely and legally operating drones in Chicagoland.

The guide is also useful for anyone looking to purchase a drone as a gift for the upcoming holiday season, noted Helios Visions co-founder Ted Parisot.

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Uptick in homebuilt accidents in 2018

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While fatal accidents in amateur-built aircraft remain at historic lows, a slight increase in the total for the last 12-month reporting period shows the continuing necessity for dedicated educational efforts to push the total even lower, according to officials with the Experimental Aircraft Association.

The FAA reports that for the 12-month period from Oct. 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2019, fatal accident totals for the experimental category overall, including amateur-built aircraft, racing aircraft, those used for exhibit only, research-and-development, and some types of light-sport aircraft, rose to 52 — five above the FAA’s “not to exceed” goal of 47 for the period.

Of that total, 39 fatal accidents were in amateur-built aircraft, an increase of four from the previous reporting period.

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Avionics sales post double digit growth

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Avionics sales topped $2.2 billion in first nine months of 2019, a 14.3% increase from the same time a year ago.

During the third-quarter months of July, August, and September, sales increased 14.9% compared to the same time frame a year ago, according to the latest Avionics Market Report from the Aircraft Electronics Association.

“The business and general aviation avionics industry has now seen an increase in year-over-year sales for 11 consecutive quarters,” said AEA President and CEO Mike Adamson.

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Museum of Flight launches online access to rocketry archives

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SEATTLE — The Museum of Flight has launched a new online resource for images and research papers that document the growth of the model rocketry industry and other research and developments on rocketry in the latter half of the twentieth century.

The “archival finding aid” is the result of a 14-month effort by museum staffers, who organized its collection of the personal papers, technical drawings and images of rocket engineer, aviator and early model rocket pioneer George Harry Stine, who was essential to the development of the model rocketry industry in the U.S.

Stine’s collection, donated to the museum in 2013, is one of the world’s largest collections of rocketry and associated materials, according to museum officials.

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Cascade Warbirds offers scholarships

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Cascade Warbirds, an organization that promotes the restoration, preservation, operation, and public display of historically significant military aircraft, is offering scholarships for Private Pilot Ground School with Introductory Flights to inspire today’s young people to become the aviation pioneers of tomorrow.

Cascade Warbirds has teamed with Galvin Flight Service at Boeing Field in Seattle to provide scholarship recipients with tuition, books and supplies, and two introductory instructional flights. 

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