The competition involved designing, building, and flight testing a banner-towing bush plane, conducting charter flights for passengers (rubber ducks) and hauling cargo (hockey pucks) to pay for the airplane and start a banner towing business.
Aviation Careers
Fueling the Future: Students Explore Aviation Careers at T82
Members of EAA Chapter 1088 visited with Fredericksburg High School aviation students March 26, 2026, at Gillespie County Airport (T82) in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Grant Fuels New Aviation Maintenance Training Program in Colorado
A new aviation maintenance technician training program at Pueblo Community College (PCC) in Colorado is expected to launch in fall 2026, powered by a state grant.
Where’s Jamail? San Diego
Jamail Larkins, the FAA Ambassador for Aviation & Space Education, brought the DreamLaunch tour to San Diego, where he learned about a local affordable A&P training program and helped a pilot with his medical.
Colorado college AMT program certified
Aims Community College recently received FAA certification as an official Part 147 aviation maintenance school. This is in addition to establishing a new hiring pathway agreement with Frontier Airlines, which includes a $25,000 signing bonus for eligible graduates.
Where’s Jamail? Back in college
Jamail Larkins, the FAA Ambassador for Aviation & Space Education, brings the DreamLaunch tour to Hampton University in Virginia.
Where’s Jamail? Fort Worth, Texas
Jamail Larkins, the FAA Ambassador for Aviation & Space Education, makes a stop in Fort Worth and talks to more than 700 students about careers in aviation.
Women in Aviation’s Harvard leadership program expands
In 2026, WAI will expand the program to offer both an on-campus experience as well as two virtual programs.
Finding the Right Stuff
ALSIM and Orbit Groundschool have formed a new partnership to develop an automated pilot selection and evaluation tool.