A new grant from the Foot Locker Foundation will provide kids from the Chicago Housing Authority the chance to learn about aviation and aerospace careers, with some even getting the chance to train for their private pilot certificate for free.
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New Aircraft Mechanic Training Center in the works at Dayton airport
The new training center, which will be housed in a renovated hangar at Dayton International Airport, is expected to open in early 2023.
The new and improved Florida Air Museum
If you visited the Florida Air Museum in the past but haven’t been there in a while, you are in for a surprise. It’s still on the SUN ‘n FUN campus at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL), but is surrounded by the new Ramus Skylab Innovation Center, which opened Aug. 4, 2021.
Earn and learn
A new program gives people interested in becoming an aviation maintenance technician the chance to work full-time while going through training. Tuition reimbursement is included, along with $1,000 to people willing to relocate to Wichita.
Registration open for virtual high school aviation STEM symposium
The virtual symposium is aimed at teachers to get them excited about using aviation in the classroom.
Lewis University partners with South Korean school to train mechanics
Students will begin their studies in South Korea, then finish up at Lewis University, earning either an Aviation Maintenance Technology Associate Degree or an Aviation Maintenance Certificate.
New scholarship program takes flight
Each year, the new scholarship program will award six $5,000 scholarships across three categories: Two for learning to fly or advanced pilot ratings; two for aviation technicians; and two for continuing education.
Minnesota teacher named Aerospace Educator of the Year
Caroline Little’s nomination was accepted unanimously by the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
The future of flight training
Embry-Riddle students are developing augmented reality holograms that will eventually play a part in training the next generation of airline pilots.