Construction is expected to begin immediately on the first phase of the project, which includes 11 box-style hangars.
Briefings
Giving students valuable hands-on experience
Beginning in the 2021 fall semester, the helicopter, valued at more than $500,000, will provide approximately 100 students in the Avionics and Airframe programs with an opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge in the inspection, maintenance, and repair of a fully rigged helicopter, including its electronic, mechanical, and hydraulic systems.
Defying the odds
The International Women’s Air & Space Museum’s first-ever virtual exhibit, “Defying the Odds: Exploring the Impact of Women and Aviation in the First Half of the 20th Century,” shines a light on lesser known pioneers and trailblazing women, according to officials with the museum, which is located inside the Burke Lakefront Airport (KBKL) terminal building in Cleveland, Ohio.
Fargo Air Museum launches flight simulator lab
Featuring two sets of controls, a yoke and joystick, with the option of virtual reality, pilots and aspiring aviators will be able to take to the sky virtually anywhere in the world. Individuals are able to choose from more than 30 aircraft to fly. Flights can be adjusted to depart and land in various destinations all while the user experiences real-time weather and air traffic conditions.
Oklahoma flying club offers private pilot scholarship
Named in honor of one of the flying club’s founders, the scholarship will cover all costs for a private pilot certificate for a high school student or young adult.
Another first in flight for Dayton
Four students became the first to earn bachelor degrees centered around aviation at a community college in Dayton, Ohio.
New hangar complex coming to San Carlos Airport
The hangars are named for female aviators “to honor Zelda Levin as the matriarch of the family (that owned the property), and until she recently passed, was the oldest living resident of San Mateo County,” said Douglas Wilson of FBO Partners, as leasing agent for Skyway Center. The property that Skyway Center will sit upon is now part of the Levin Trust.
Flight school introduces merit-based financing
Coast Flight Training, a veteran led flight school with locations in San Diego, Dallas and San Marcos, Texas, now offers merit-based financing that rewards borrowers for past educational and military experiences.
Milestone reached for new EPIC Caravan
Raisbeck Engineering reports it has successfully completed its pre-certification flight tests for its new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) program for the EPIC Caravan, a drag reduction system designed for the Cessna Caravan 208B.